Russia pounds Ukraine’s two biggest cities in new wave of attacks
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Russia pounded Ukraine’s two biggest cities in a new wave of heavy air strikes on Tuesday, killing at least five civilians and prompting calls for the West to quickly provide more military assistance. The missile and drone attacks on the capital Kyiv and the north-eastern city of Kharkiv also wounded dozens of people, […]
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 launches air assault on Kyiv for fifth time in December – Ukraine
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Russia late on Tuesday launched its fifth air attack this month targeting Kyiv, with Ukraine’s air defence systems destroying all weapons on approach to the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv’s military said early on Wednesday. “According to preliminary information, there were no casualties or destruction in the capital,” Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv’s military administration, […]
53 injured as Russian ballistic missiles target Kyiv – Ukraine
Updated: 9pm (AEDT)Kyiv, UkraineReuters Russia’s second missile assault on Kyiv this week injured at least 53 people, damaging homes and a children’s hospital, Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday, as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pleaded in Washington for more help for his country. The windows of residential apartment blocks were blown out and frightened residents streamed out […]
Ukraine presses ahead with removal of Soviet monuments
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukrainian officials pressed on with a campaign to remove Soviet-era monuments on Saturday as authorities in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv dismantled a statue of a Red Army commander from a central boulevard. Ukraine has doubled down on efforts to erase all traces of Russian rule amid a full-scale invasion by Kremlin troops, now […]
Kyiv lights Christmas tree according to new calendar
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Crowds flocked to one of Kyiv’s most beloved squares on Wednesday to see the Ukraine’s main Christmas tree lit up to mark Saint Nicholas Day according to a new calendar celebrating Christmas on 25th December. With their military locked in the 21-month-old war against Russia, it was the first time many Ukrainians marked […]
Ten people die in Ukraine snowstorms; German authorities urge people to stay home
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ten people have died in snowstorms in Ukraine, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said on Tuesday, after icy winds and storms swept the country since Sunday, cutting power and blocking roads. Southern Ukraine was the worst affected, particularly the Black Sea region of Odesa. Cars and buses slid off frozen roads into fields and […]
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 […]
US defence chief Austin visits Kyiv, announces more military aid
Kyiv, UkraineReuters US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin announced $US100 million in new military aid to Ukraine during an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Monday, pledging long-term American support amid growing concerns about the sustainability of vital US assistance. Austin announced the aid package after a day of meetings with Ukrainian officials, with the latest […]
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 […]