Russia hits military base in Ukraine in new wave of strikes
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Russia said on Monday its military hit Ukrainian air bases in overnight strikes and Ukrainian forces shelled industrial facilities inside Russia as both sides sought the upper hand ahead of what Kyiv hopes will be a decisive counter-offensive. In a rare acknowledgement of damage to a military “target”, Ukraine said that work was […]
Russia unleashes largest drone attack on Ukrainian capital ahead of Kyiv Day
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Russia unleashed waves of air strikes on Kyiv overnight in what officials said appeared to be the largest drone attack on the city since the start of the war, as the Ukrainian capital prepared to celebrate the anniversary of its founding on Sunday. Ukraine’s Air Force said it downed 52 out of the […]
Russia says Ukraine drone attack caused major Crimea fuel depot fire
Reuters A Ukrainian drone strike set ablaze a Russian fuel storage facility in the Crimean port of Sevastopol early on Saturday, sending a vast column of black smoke into the sky in the latest attack on the Russia-occupied peninsula. The city’s Moscow-installed governor blamed Ukraine and later said the fire had been put out before […]
Russia says no ‘Christmas ceasefire’, as Ukraine downs drones; Pope urges Ukraine aid at Christmas
Kyv, UkraineReuters Moscow on Wednesday said no “Christmas ceasefire” was on the cards after nearly 10 months of war in Ukraine, where the first major drone attack on the capital Kyiv in weeks damaged two buildings but was largely repelled by air defences. The two sides are not currently engaged in talks to end the […]
Russia drones smash power network in Ukraine’s Odesa, could take months to repair
Reuters All non-critical infrastructure in the Ukrainian port of Odesa was without power after Russia used Iranian-made drones to hit two energy facilities, officials said on Saturday, adding it could take months to repair the damage. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said more than 1.5 million people in the southern port city and surrounding region had no […]
Russia attacks in east Ukraine, appears to scale back war aims; Griner released in prisoner swap
Near Bakhmut, Ukraine Reuters Russian forces attacked settlements in eastern Ukraine from the ground and air, officials said on Thursday, in support of the Kremlin’s apparently scaled-back ambition to secure only the bulk of Ukrainian lands it has claimed in the war. Fighting was under way along the entire line of demarcation in the Donetsk […]
Ukraine appears to expose Russian air defence gaps with long-range strikes
Kyiv/Novosofiivka, Ukraine Reuters A third Russian airfield was ablaze on Tuesday from a drone strike, a day after Ukraine demonstrated an apparent new ability to penetrate hundreds of kilometres deep into Russian air space with attacks on two Russian air bases. Officials in the Russian city of Kursk, around 90 kilometres north of the Ukraine […]
Updated: Biden says missile that killed two in Poland may not have come from Russia
Updated: 2:50pm (AEST)Warsaw, Poland/Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters A missile that killed two people in Poland was probably not fired from Russia, US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday after an emergency meeting of NATO leaders called to discuss what Poland called a strike by a Russia-made projectile. The explosion on Tuesday at a grain facility near […]
Russia destroys power and water infrastructure across Ukraine
Mykolaiv, Ukraine/Washington DCReuters Russia has destroyed almost a third of Ukraine’s power stations in the past week, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday, as Moscow rained more missiles down on infrastructure in what Kyiv and the West call a campaign to intimidate civilians. Missiles struck power stations in the capital Kyiv where they killed three […]
US condemns “war crimes” after Russia drone attack hits Kyiv apartment block
Kyiv, Ukraine/Washington, US Reuters The United States will hold Russia accountable for “war crimes”, the White House said on Monday, hours after Russia attacked Ukrainian cities with drones during morning rush hour, killing at least four people in an apartment building in Kyiv. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in his Monday evening video address, said there […]