Russian drone attack injures nine in Ukraine’s Odesa, officials say
Reuters Russia launched a drone attack on Ukraine that injured nine people in the Black Sea port of Odesa, four of them children, and also targeted Kyiv, the capital, Ukraine’s military officials said early on Tuesday. The injured children, which include two infants, have been hospitalised, as well as three of the injured adults, the […]
Three US troops killed, up to 34 injured in Jordan drone strike linked to Iran
Washington DC, US Reuters Three US service members were killed and dozens wounded during an unmanned aerial drone attack on US forces stationed in north-eastern Jordan near the Syrian border, President Joe Biden and US officials said on Sunday. Biden blamed Iran-backed groups for the attack, the first deadly strike against US forces since the […]
Five wounded in Kyiv by largest drone attack yet on Ukraine – officials
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukraine’s capital suffered what officials said was Russia’s largest drone attack of the war on Saturday, leaving five people wounded as the rumble of air defences and explosions woke residents at sunrise. The attack began hitting different districts of Kyiv in the early hours of Saturday, with more waves coming as the sun […]
Russia launches drone attack on Kyiv for second night in row – Ukraine
Reuters Russia launched several waves of drone attacks on Kyiv early on Sunday for the second night in row, stepping up its assaults on the Ukrainian capital after several weeks of pause, the city’s military administration said. “The enemy’s UAVs [unmanned aerial vehicles] were launched in many groups and attacked Kyiv in waves, from different […]
Russian attacks kill nine in Ukraine, Lviv warehouses set ablaze – officials
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Nine people were killed in Russian attacks across Ukraine on Tuesday, including a drone strike that set ablaze industrial warehouses and destroyed humanitarian aid supplies in the western city of Lviv, officials said. Six of the victims were killed by a guided bomb that hit the northeastern town of Kupiansk, Regional Governor Oleh […]
Russian strikes kill three in Odesa, hit Poltava air base – Ukraine
Kyiv/Odesa, Ukraine Reuters Russia fired missiles and drones at targets across Ukraine in the early hours of Saturday, killing three civilians in the Black Sea city of Odesa and striking a military air field in the central Poltava region, Kyiv authorities said. The attacks, in which a 29-year-old was also killed in the northeast Kharkiv […]
Updated: Russia launches mass strikes on Ukraine ahead of 9th May Victory Day holiday
Updated: 8am, 9th May, 2023 (AEST)Kyiv, UkraineReuters Russia launched its biggest swarm of drones for months against Ukraine on Monday, the eve of Russia’s May 9 holiday celebrating the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, striking the capital Kyiv and the Black Sea city of Odesa and shelling other cities. Kyiv’s mayor said Russia had […]
Russia unleashes missiles, drones at Ukraine after Kyiv secures tanks, 11 dead
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukrainian civilians raced for cover on Thursday as Russia fired a barrage of missiles and drones across the country, killing at least 11 people, according to officials, a day after Kyiv won Western pledges of battlefield tanks to combat Moscow’s invasion. The German and American announcements they would send dozens of tanks infuriated […]
Russian ‘kamikaze’ drones hit Kyiv, Putin has talks in ally Belarus
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Russian “kamikaze” drones hit key energy infrastructure in and around Kyiv on Monday and President Vladimir Putin visited Belarus for the first time since 2019, fuelling Ukrainian fears he will pressure his ally to open a new invasion front. But Ukraine was hardly mentioned by Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko after […]
Russia launches deadly new attacks on central Kyiv using drones
Updated: 9.45pm (AEST)Kyiv, UkraineReuters Russia attacked the centre of Kyiv during morning rush hour with drones on Monday and shelled other cities around the country, the second time in a week it has unleashed strikes across Ukraine while its forces face setbacks on the battlefield. Soldiers fired into the air trying to shoot down the […]