Russia strikes Ukraine’s Danube port, driving up global grain prices
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Russia attacked Ukraine’s main inland port across the Danube River from Romania on Wednesday, sending global food prices higher as it ramped up its use of force to prevent Ukraine from exporting grain. The drone attacks destroyed buildings in the port of Izmail and halted ships as they prepared to arrive there to […]
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy vows action on air raid shelters
Reuters President Volodymyr Zelenskiy expressed unhappiness on Monday at results of an inspection he ordered into all Ukrainian shelters after three people were killed when they were unable to access one during a Russian air strike in Kyiv. A woman comforts her daughter inside a shelter during an air raid alert, amid Russia’s attack on […]
Ukrainians face homelessness, disease risk as floods crest from breached dam
Kherson, Ukraine Reuters Ukrainians abandoned inundated homes as floods crested across a swathe of the south on Wednesday after the destruction of a huge hydro-electric dam on front lines between Russian and Ukrainian forces, with their presidents trading blame for the disaster. Residents slogged through flooded streets carrying children on their shoulders, dogs in their […]