Russian Drones Kill Civilians in Kherson

0:00It's May 2nd, welcome in. This is Canada News Today, where local news meets AI, on Corey, with the story. Russian drones hit a minibus in Kursin, killing two civilians and wounding seven others. Local officials confirmed the strike as part of Moscow's pattern of targeting everyday folks in southern Ukraine. Hours later, another Russian attack wounded a minibus driver in the same city. Over on the Black Sea coast, a strike damaged poor facilities in Odessa, but no one got hurt there. Ukrainians have faced non-stop air raids since the full-scale invasion started more than four years back. Talks for a ceasefire fell flat, and now the Iran conflict is stealing the spotlight from their daily struggles. Russia says it captured the village of Myropilia in Ukraine's northeastern summer region along that 750-mile front line, though we can't verify it yet. Meanwhile, Ukraine keeps hitting back with drones on Russian oil sites, like the Terminal in Twopsay, where a fire from Friday's strike got extinguished, Saturday.

1:02These attacks aim to crimp Moscow's war cash flow, even as higher oil prices from the Middle East give them a boost. The fight drags on with no end in sight.