US will not take part in any Israeli retaliatory action against Iran
Jerusalem/Dubai, United Arab Emirates/Washington DC, US Reuters President Joe Biden warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the US will not take part in a counter-offensive against Iran, an option that Netanyahu’s war cabinet favors after a mass drone and missile attack on Israeli territory, according to officials. The threat of open warfare erupting between the arch […]
Myanmar militias revel after attempted drone attacks on junta’s stronghold capital
Reuters Anti-junta forces in Myanmar attempted coordinated drone attacks on military facilities in its capital on Thursday, army TV and a parallel government said, in a brazen challenge to a military struggling to govern and fighting battles on multiple fronts. Military-run Myawaddy TV said in its nighttime news bulletin an attempt by “terrorists” to destroy […]
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 […]
Russian drones hit sites linked to Ukrainian nationalists
Lviv, Ukraine Reuters Russian drones attacked a university and a museum linked to two of the most prominent 20th century defenders of Ukrainian national identity on Monday, leaving locals vowing to repair the damage. The first smashed windows and much of the roof at the National Agrarian University, outside the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, […]
Russia’s air assault on Ukraine draws criticism at UN Security Council meeting
Reuters Russia drew sharp criticism at the UN Security Council on Friday for launching massive missile and drone attacks against Ukraine, after Kyiv and its supporters called for an urgent meeting of the 15-member body to address the strikes. Russian strikes across Ukraine on Friday killed 31 civilians and wounded more than 160 others in […]
Mass drone attack hits several Kyiv districts
Reuters Russian drones bore down on the city of Kyiv early on Friday, with Mayor Vitali Klitschko and other officials reporting strikes on widely separated residential districts. It was the sixth drone attack on the capital this month. Two people were injured. Emergency staff work at a site of an apartment building damaged during a […]
Russia has fired 7,400 missiles, 3,700 Shahed drones in war so far, Kyiv says
Reuters Russia has launched about 7,400 missiles and 3,700 Shahed attack drones at targets in Ukraine during its 22-month-old invasion, Kyiv said on Thursday, illustrating the vast scale of Moscow’s aerial assaults. Ukrainian air defences were able to shoot down 1,600 of the missiles and 2,900 of the drones, air force spokesperson Yuriy Ihnat said […]
Drone hits tower housing Russian ministries for second time in three days
Moscow, Russia Reuters A high-rise building in Moscow’s business district that houses three Russian government ministries was struck by a drone for the second time in three days on Tuesday, in what Russia called an attempted Ukrainian “terrorist attack”. A Ukrainian presidential adviser said Moscow should expect more drone attacks and “more war”. Emergency personnel […]
Moscow buildings hit as Russia says it downs Ukrainian drones
Moscow, RussiaReuters Russia’s Defence Ministry said it had brought down three Ukrainian drones early on Sunday that had tried to strike Moscow in the second such attack in a week, which damaged a high rise building reported to house government offices. Nobody was hurt and there was only minor damage to the facade of two […]
Russia reports attacks on oil refineries and town near border with Ukraine
Moscow, Russia/Kyiv, UkraineReuters Russia said Ukrainian artillery hit a Russian town for a third time this week and drones struck two oil refineries in an uptick in attacks on Russian territory as Ukraine prepares a Western-backed push to end Moscow’s invasion. Inside Ukraine, Russian-installed officials said five people had been killed in Ukrainian army shelling […]