Ukrainian missile kills 15 at apartment block, Russia says
Updated: 5:45pm (AEST) Moscow, Russia Reuters At least 15 people were killed and scores injured on Sunday when a section of a Russian apartment block collapsed after being struck by fragments of a Soviet-era missile, launched by Ukraine and shot down by Russia, Russian officials said. In one of the deadliest attacks to date on […]
Fierce fighting rages in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region as Russia touts gains
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Fierce fighting raged into a second day on the fringes of Ukraine’s north-eastern Kharkiv region on Saturday as Moscow said it had captured five villages, while Kyiv said it was repulsing the attacks and battling for control of the settlements. Russia launched the armoured incursion early on Friday, an attack on a […]
Russia accuses Kyiv of election sabotage, Medvedev warns ‘traitors’
Moscow, Russia Reuters Russia accused Ukraine on Saturday of using “terrorist activities” to try to disrupt its presidential election and former President Dmitry Medvedev decried as “traitors” the scattered protesters who have tried to set fire to voting booths and pour dye into ballot boxes. The Ukraine war has cast a shadow over voting in […]
Missile hits apartment buildings in Ukraine’s Kryvyi Rih, three dead, 38 hurt, as Ukraine knocks out Russian refinery in major attack
Reuters A Russian missile slammed into two apartment buildings in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih on Tuesday, killing three people and injuring at least 38, with rescue teams sifting through rubble in a night-time search for survivors. Ten children were among the injured. A view shows a residential building heavily damaged in a […]
Questions swirl over future of Ukraine’s popular ‘Iron General’
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters For Ukrainian armed forces commander General Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, even his status as national hero for leading the war effort against Moscow’s invading forces is not enough to quash questions over whether he will keep his job. A series of Western and Ukrainian media reports this week said that President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had […]
Russia’s Putin says Ukraine shot down plane, deliberately or in error
Moscow, Russia Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that a Russian military plane that crashed near the border with Ukraine was shot down by Ukrainian air defences, whether on purpose or by mistake. Moscow accuses Kyiv of downing the Ilyushin Il-76 plane in Russia’s Belgorod region on Wednesday and killing 74 people on […]
Russia says Ukraine had 15-minute warning on PoW flight, Kyiv denies this
Moscow, Russia/Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters A senior Russian lawmaker said Ukrainian military intelligence had been given a 15-minute warning before a Russian military transport plane carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war entered an area where it was shot down on Wednesday, killing all on board. Moscow accuses Kyiv of downing the Ilyushin Il-76 plane in Russia’s Belgorod […]
On Orthodox Christmas Putin vows to back soldiers who “defend” Russia
Reuters President Vladimir Putin vowed on the eve of Orthodox Christmas to back soldiers who “with arms in hands” defend Russia’s interests, ordering his government greater support of those who fight and calling on his people to be merciful and just. “Many of our men, our courageous, heroic guys, Russian warriors, even now, on this […]
The week the Ukraine war hit home in a Russian border city
Reuters Air raid sirens blare, and people take cover in basements. Hundreds are evacuated from their homes while experts defuse unexploded bombs. Well-wishers place heaps of flowers, toys and sweets to share their grief over the deaths of children. Scenes long familiar to Ukrainians from 22 months of war are now playing out in one […]
Russia says 20 dead after “indiscriminate” Ukrainian strikes on Belgorod
Reuters Russia said 20 people including two children had been killed and 111 injured in “indiscriminate” Ukrainian strikes allegedly including cluster bombs on the Russian provincial capital of Belgorod on Saturday, and vowed to retaliate. The Belgorod region, which adjoins northern Ukraine, has like other Russian border zones suffered shelling and drone attacks all year […]