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 […]
Air defences shoot down 15 of 18 missiles launched at Ukraine in dead of night
Updated: 5pm (AEST)Reuters Ukrainian air defence crews destroyed 15 out of 18 missiles launched by Russian forces in the early hours of Monday morning, the military said, as Moscow intensified attacks on its neighbour in recent days. “Around 2:30 am, the Russian invaders attacked Ukraine from strategic aviation planes,” a post on the Telegram channel […]
Ukraine, Russia blame each other for nuclear plant shelling
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukraine and Russia accused each other on Friday of risking catastrophe by shelling Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, occupied by Russian forces in a region expected to become one of the next big front lines of the war. Western countries have called for Moscow to withdraw its troops from the Zaporizhzhia plant, but […]
Wave of shelling hits military, civilian targets in Russia’s offensive, Ukraine says
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Russia is attacking scores of civilian and military targets in its bid to establish full control over the east Ukraine regions of Luhansk and Donetsk, with 120 rockets hitting the area around the town of Nikopol overnight, Ukrainian officials said. Dnipropetrovsk Governor Valentyn Reznychenko said three people were killed and seven wounded by […]
Ukraine accuses Russia of using nuclear plant for deadly rocket attack
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine accused Russia on Wednesday of firing rockets from around a captured nuclear power plant, killing at least 13 people and wounding 10, in the knowledge it would be risky for Ukraine to return fire. The town Ukraine says Russia targeted – Marhanets – is one Moscow says its foes have used […]
Dozens missing after Russian missile strike on mall kills 18; Zelenskiy accuses Russia of being a “terrorist state”
Kremenchuk, Ukraine Reuters Firefighters on Tuesday searched the rubble of a Ukrainian shopping mall where authorities said 36 people were missing after a Russian missile strike that killed at least 18, as a regional governor reported another “enemy attack” further east. The attack in the central city of Kremenchuk and the reported strike in the […]