Russian missiles kill 20 in Odesa, Zelenskiy vows retaliation
Odesa, Ukraine Reuters A Russian ballistic missile attack struck a residential area in Ukraine’s Black Sea port city of Odesa on Friday, killing at least 20 people and wounding more than 70, in Moscow’s deadliest attack in weeks, Ukrainian officials said. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia would receive a “fair response” from Ukrainian forces for […]
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 […]
Russia hits Ukraine’s port of Odesa during Zelenskiy and Greek PM visit
Odesa, Ukraine Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis were visiting the Black Sea port of Odesa on Wednesday when a Russian missile hit the infrastructure, close enough for leaders to see the strike. “It seems to me that we have not only heard, we have seen this strike today,” Zelenskiy […]
Russian missile attack kills 11 in Pokrovsk in Ukraine’s east: Governor
Reuters A Russian missile strike killed 11 people on Saturday in and around the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, the Governor of the Ukrainian-controlled part of Donetsk region said. “Eleven dead, including five children – these are the consequences for now of strikes on Pokrovsk district,” Vadym Filashkin wrote on the Telegram messaging app. Rescuers […]
Eight-year-old boy killed as Russian missiles hit western Ukraine – officials
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Russia attacked the western Ukrainian region of Ivano-Frankivsk with hypersonic missiles on Friday, hitting areas near a military airfield and killing an eight-year-old boy, Ukrainian officials said. People take cover inside a parking space during an air raid alert, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on 11th August, 2023.PICTURE: Reuters/Gleb Garanich […]
Death toll from Russian missile strike in eastern Donetsk rises to nine with 82 injured; hotel, apartments destroyed
Pokrovsk, UkraneReuters Russian missiles struck the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk twice on Monday night, killing nine people, wounding scores and destroying apartments and a popular hotel, officials said. Rescuers work at a site of a building destroyed during a Russian missile strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine on 8th […]
Updated: Lviv clears up after Russian missile strike in western Ukraine – seven dead
Updated: 11am (AEST)Lviv, Ukraine Reuters A Russian missile slammed into a residential building in Lviv in western Ukraine on Thursday, killing at least seven people in a city that is far from frontlines and home to thousands displaced by war. The roof and top floor of the building were destroyed in what Lviv’s mayor called […]
Twelve children, 26 others hurt in Russian missile strike in Ukraine
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukrainian officials said at least 38 people, including 12 children, were wounded in a Russian missile strike on Tuesday which an officer said targeted a military funeral in the north-eastern Kharkiv region. Television footage from the small town of Pervomaiskyi showed a tall residential building with smashed windows and black smoke pouring out. […]
Updated: Eight dead in Sloviansk strike as Ukrainians said to pull back in Bakhmut
Updated: 10:50am (AEST)Sloviansk, Ukraine Reuters A Russian missile strike killed eight people in eastern Ukraine on Friday as a British assessment said Ukrainian troops had been forced to withdraw from parts of the city of Bakhmut, the focus of Moscow’s slow advance through the region. Ukrainian troops have been doggedly defending Bakhmut, shattered after months […]
Israeli missile strikes building in central Damascus, five dead
Amman, JordanReuters An Israeli rocket strike early on Sunday hit a building in central Damascus, killing five people and damaging several buildings in the densely populated district, witnesses and officials said. The strike hit near a security complex around which Syria’s ally Iran has installed bases, two intelligence sources said. Police officers stand near a […]