Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv’s secret rocket launches into space are revealed

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13 Apr 2026 • 11:09 PM MYT
The Independent
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Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv’s secret rocket launches into space are revealed

  • Russian attacks in Ukraine's eastern Kharkiv region hospitalised an elderly woman and her daughter, damaging residential properties and an ambulance.
  • Ukraine conducted two previously undisclosed space-intelligence missions, launching carrier rockets from its territory to altitudes over 100km and 204km for wartime operations.
  • Ukraine possesses missiles capable of striking targets up to 500km away at hypersonic speeds, which are being used for 'extraordinary operations'.
  • Peter Magyar's pro-EU Tisza party won the Hungarian election, ending Viktor Orban's 16-year rule, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other European leaders offering congratulations.
  • An investigation by Mediazona and BBC Russian service confirmed the deaths of 208,755 Russian soldiers during the war, including volunteers, prisoners and mobilised personnel.

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