KYIV, Ukraine -- A drone struck a Turkish-flagged tanker and set it ablaze on Monday in southern Ukraine’s Odesa region, officials said, a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a deal to import U.S. liquefied natural gas through the area.

The MT Orinda tanker was struck at Izmail port in Ukraine's Odesa region Monday, with all 16 crew members evacuated as flames engulfed the vessel across from Romania.

Russia fired a large-scale barrage of drones and missiles at Ukraine early Friday, damaging apartment buildings in Kyiv, Odesa and Kharkiv. It comes as Russia has been making incremental gains on the ground in recent weeks,

Russia launched a devastating drone attack against Ukraine on Friday while Ukraine debuted use of a long-range cruise missile against Russia.

Russian aerial strikes on Monday killed five people and destroyed a kindergarten in eastern Ukraine, authorities said.

A village near the border with Ukraine was evacuated after fears of an explosion following a Russian drone strike.

At least four people were killed and 15 others injured in Russian strikes on Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv and southwestern Odesa regions,

Russia unleashed a major missile and drone barrage on Kyiv early Friday, killing six people, leaving gaping holes in apartment buildings and starting fires as the sound of explosions boomed across the city and lit up the night sky.