On the night of 5-6 December, Russia carried out a combined attack across 10 oblasts of Ukraine, hitting residential buildings, energy facilities and railway infrastructure. At least eight people have been injured as result of the attack.

A launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome that Russia used to launch crews and cargo to the International Space Station was recently damaged.

The recent launch of a Soyuz rocket carrying three astronauts to the International Space Station has caused significant damage to Russia's only remaining launch pad capable of sending humans into space.

A launch pad at Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome space complex was damaged during Thursday’s launch of a Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russian cosmonauts and one NASA astronaut to the International Space Station,

Oleg Artemyev, a cosmonaut with Russia's space agency, has been replaced on the upcoming SpaceX Crew-12 mission, Roscosmos announced.

The next crew handover aboard the ISS is not until July of next year. And the next scheduled astronaut mission to the station won't launch from Baikonur: SpaceX's Crew-12 flight is up next, with a targeted mid-February liftoff from Florida's Space Coast.

NASA has acknowledged Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome sustaining severe damage following a botched Soyuz launch last week.

Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome was damaged during Thursday's launch that sent two Russian cosmonauts and one U.S. astronaut to the International Space Station.

Two cosmonauts and an American astronaut arrived at the International Space Station safely, but damage caused by their launch may delay future Russian crew and cargo flights to the orbiting complex.