Russian forces bear down on Ukraine border town in Kharkiv region
Near Vovchansk, Ukraine Reuters Russian forces attacking Ukraine’s north-eastern Kharkiv region reached the outskirts of the border town of Vovchansk, Kyiv’s troops said on Sunday, as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy described heavy fighting there and in the east. Moscow troops smashed into the Kharkiv region on Friday, opening a northeastern front in the 27-month war that […]
Ukrainian missile kills 15 at apartment block, Russia says
Updated: 5:45pm (AEST) Moscow, Russia Reuters At least 15 people were killed and scores injured on Sunday when a section of a Russian apartment block collapsed after being struck by fragments of a Soviet-era missile, launched by Ukraine and shot down by Russia, Russian officials said. In one of the deadliest attacks to date on […]
Fierce fighting rages in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region as Russia touts gains
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Fierce fighting raged into a second day on the fringes of Ukraine’s north-eastern Kharkiv region on Saturday as Moscow said it had captured five villages, while Kyiv said it was repulsing the attacks and battling for control of the settlements. Russia launched the armoured incursion early on Friday, an attack on a […]
Russian forces attack Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, striking on new front
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russian forces launched an armoured ground attack on Friday near Ukraine’s second city of Kharkiv in the north-east of the country and made small inroads, opening a new front in a war that has long been waged in the east and south. Ukraine sent reinforcements as fighting raged in the border areas […]
Russia’s biggest airstrike in weeks piles pressure on Ukraine power grid
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russian missiles and drones struck nearly a dozen Ukrainian energy infrastructure facilities on Wednesday, causing serious damage at three Soviet-era thermal power plants and blackouts in multiple regions, officials said. Ukraine’s air force said it shot down 39 of 55 missiles and 20 of 21 attack drones used for the attack, which […]
On Orthodox Easter, Zelenskiy calls on Ukrainians to unite in prayer
Kyiv, Russia Reuters President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on his fellow Ukrainians on Orthodox Easter on Sunday to unite in prayer for each other and the soldiers on the frontline, saying God – who has a “Ukrainian flag on his shoulder” – will lead to life defeating death. “Let’s pray for each other. When we all […]
Russia hits Ukraine regions, Zelenskiy says Su-25 bomber downed
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russian attacks on Ukraine’s Kharkiv and Dnipro regions and the Black Sea port city of Odesa killed at least two civilians, set a food factory ablaze and damaged other infrastructure, homes and commercial buildings on Saturday, regional officials said. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia had used eight missiles of various kinds and […]
Russian missile kills three in Ukrainian port of Odesa
Reuters A Russian missile attack killed three people and injured three others in the Ukrainian port of Odesa early on Wednesday, regional Governor Oleh Kiper said. Kiper, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said the attack damaged civilian infrastructure. An educational institution building burns after a Russian missile strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in […]
UN experts say North Korea missile landed in Ukraine’s Kharkiv
United Nations Reuters The debris from a missile that landed in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on 2nd January was from a North Korean Hwasong-11 series ballistic missile, United Nations sanctions monitors told a Security Council committee in a report seen by Reuters on Monday. In the 32-page report, the UN sanctions monitors concluded that […]
Ukraine pulls back from three villages in east, Zelenskiy pleads for weapons
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine’s top commander said on Sunday Kyiv’s outnumbered troops had fallen back to new positions west of three villages on the eastern front where Russia has concentrated significant forces in several locations. The statement by Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi reflected Ukraine’s deteriorating position in the east that Kyiv hopes it can stabilise […]