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 forces apply pressure on Ukraine’s Avdiivka, Kupiansk
Reuters Russian forces on Monday pressed their attacks on two frontline areas of eastern Ukraine, seeking to sever the sole supply route into the devastated city of Avdiivka and advance on the key town of Kupiansk farther north. The General Staff of Ukraine’s armed forces said its troops had repelled about 10 Russian attacks on […]
Ukraine retakes village but warns of trouble in north-east – Kyiv
Kyiv/Kupiansk, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine announced the recapture of the village of Urozhaine from Russian troops in the south-east on Wednesday, but warned the situation on the north-eastern front was deteriorating amid Russian counter-attacks. Urozhaine, on the edge of Donetsk region, is the first village Kyiv says it has retaken since 27th July, a sign of […]
Zelenskiy says Russian bomb hits blood transfusion centre
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said a Russian guided aerial bomb hit a blood transfusion centre in the town of Kupiansk in eastern Kharkiv region late on Saturday. “There are dead and wounded,” he said on his Telegram channel. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. Kupiansk is a railway hub fewer than 10 […]
Ukraine reports fierce fighting in north-east
Reuters A senior Ukrainian official reported heavy fighting in the north-east of the country on Sunday, with Kyiv’s forces holding their lines and making gains in some areas. Russia’s military said it had halted Ukrainian forces in the north-east. The military also said it brought down down three Ukrainian drones which had tried to strike […]
Russia strikes Ukraine grain ports after pulling out of export deal
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Russia struck Ukrainian ports on Tuesday, a day after pulling out of a UN-backed deal to let Kyiv export grain, and Moscow claimed gains on the ground in an area where Ukrainian officials said Russian forces were going back on the offensive. Russia said it hit fuel storage in Odesa and a plant […]
Ukraine offensive “slower than desired”, Zelenskiy says; Putin sees “lull”
Kyiv. UkraineReuters President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was quoted on Wednesday as saying progress in Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russian forces was “slower than desired”, but that Kyiv would not be pressured into speeding it up. “Some people believe this is a Hollywood movie and expect results now. It’s not,” Britain’s BBC quoted him as saying in an […]
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 vows to repair shattered rail network to reconnect retaken towns
Upiansk, Ukraine Reuters The head of Ukraine’s railway vowed to keep trains running and to repair the damage done to the network by Russian troops, highlighting how rail is the lifeblood of the country and how the system is vital to restoring towns devastated during the invasion. Oleksandr Kamyshin, chief executive of Ukrainian Railways, spoke […]
Russian commander admits situation is ‘tense’ for his forces in Ukraine
Kyiv, UkraineReuters The new commander of Russian forces in Ukraine made a rare acknowledgment of the pressures they are under from Ukrainian offensives to retake southern and eastern areas that Moscow claims to have annexed just weeks ago. And in another sign of Russian concern about the situation on the ground eight months into its […]