Hanna Palomarenko

The national anthems of Ukraine and the United States were sung together today at San Sofia Cathedral.

Lauren Guion took part in organizing the ceremony.

Their names were inscribed on the background of the icons and then read out in a prayer.

Hanna Palomarenko, NPR News, Kyiv.

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Over the past two days, the Russian military continued to strike civilian targets in Ukraine, as well as energy and railway infrastructure, killing about 30 civilians and wounding more than 100 others.

It launched 102 drones, 92 of which were shot down or jammed by air defense forces.

According to the latest report from the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, the effectiveness of air defense against drones over the past months has been nearly 90%.

The biggest challenge remains repelling ballistic missile strikes.

Patriot systems can counter them, but Ukraine lacks missiles for these systems.

Hanna Palomarenko, NPR News, Kyiv.

President Volodymyr Zelensky posted a video showing the sea drones striking the sterns of the vessels.

The tankers were in the waters near the port of Novorossiysk in Russia.

This is the third successful attack by Ukrainian sea drones in the past week.

Earlier, two of the uncrewed vessels struck a sanctioned tanker southeast of Russian city of Tuapse.

The next day, Ukrainian Navy struck two Russian patrol boats guarding the Kerch Bridge, which connects occupied Crimea with Russian territory.

And in an attack by air, Ukrainian drones struck Primorsk Sunday, Russia's largest oil exporting port on the Baltic Sea, sparking a fire.

Hanna Polomarenko, NPR News, Kyiv.

Exhibitions of the nuclear disaster 40 years ago are taking place in Kyiv.

For Ukrainians, it doesn't feel like history.