Ukraine says Russian missile attack kills one, injures eight in Mykolaiv
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters A man was killed and at least eight people were wounded in a Russian missile attack on the Black Sea port city of Mykolaiv on Sunday, Ukrainian officials said, after an overnight strike on Odesa on the last day of Russia’s presidential election. Mykolaiv’s regional governor, Vitaliy Kim, said on Telegram that […]
Russian drones kill seven people, including three children, in Ukraine’s Kharkiv
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russia launched a drone attack on Ukraine’s city of Kharkiv, killing seven people, including three small children, triggering blazes and damaging infrastructure and residential houses, regional officials said on Saturday. Firefighters work at a site of a Russian drone strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine on 10th February, 2024. […]
Russian missile strikes on Ukrainian cities kills five, officials say
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russia unleashed missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities during Wednesday morning’s rush hour, killing five people, wounding more than 30, and damaging residential buildings and energy infrastructure, Ukrainian officials said. Four people were killed when debris from a missile hit an 18-storey residential building in Golosiivskyi district in […]
Pakistan launches strikes inside Iran against militant targets
Islamabad, Pakistan Reuters Pakistan conducted strikes inside Iran on Thursday, targeting separatist Balochi militants, the Pakistani foreign ministry said, two days after Tehran said it attacked the bases of another group within Pakistani territory. The neighbours have had rocky ties in the past, but the strikes are the highest-profile cross-border intrusion in recent years, for […]
Pakistan recalls envoy from Iran after “unprovoked” missile strikes
Islamabad, Pakistan Reuters Pakistan recalled its ambassador from neighbouring Iran on Wednesday to protest at a “blatant breach” of its sovereignty after Tehran said it launched missile attacks on militant bases in south-western Pakistan. Iran’s foreign minister said it hit militants in “missile and drone” strikes. State media said Iranian missiles struck two bases of […]
Iran strike sparks dispute with Iraq as fears of regional upheaval grow; Pakistan says Iran violated airspace, killing two children
Dubai, United Arab Emirates/Baghdad, Iraq Reuters An Iranian missile strike on targets in northern Iraq set off an unusual dispute between the neighbouring allies on Tuesday, with Baghdad recalling its ambassador in protest and Tehran insisting the attack was intended to deter threats from Israeli spies. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards hit what they called an Israeli […]
Russia says 20 dead after “indiscriminate” Ukrainian strikes on Belgorod
Reuters Russia said 20 people including two children had been killed and 111 injured in “indiscriminate” Ukrainian strikes allegedly including cluster bombs on the Russian provincial capital of Belgorod on Saturday, and vowed to retaliate. The Belgorod region, which adjoins northern Ukraine, has like other Russian border zones suffered shelling and drone attacks all year […]
Russia has fired 7,400 missiles, 3,700 Shahed drones in war so far, Kyiv says
Reuters Russia has launched about 7,400 missiles and 3,700 Shahed attack drones at targets in Ukraine during its 22-month-old invasion, Kyiv said on Thursday, illustrating the vast scale of Moscow’s aerial assaults. Ukrainian air defences were able to shoot down 1,600 of the missiles and 2,900 of the drones, air force spokesperson Yuriy Ihnat said […]
Ukraine decries civilian deaths, injuries in new Russian shelling
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Fresh Russian shelling killed at least three people including an elderly man in a village garage and a woman beside a city bus stop, Ukrainian officials said, as President Volodymr Zelenskiy reported “intense battles” at dozens of frontline locations. “Russian occupiers once again shelled Kherson,” Zelenskiy said, referring to the southern, port city […]
Russian missile strikes kill two, wound 10 in east Ukraine, Kyiv says
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Two people were killed, 10 were wounded and a family of three were believed to be still trapped under rubble following overnight Russian missile attacks in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, Ukrainian officials said on Thursday. Earlier, officials had said one person was killed after six missiles struck the three settlements of Pokrovsk, Novohrodivka […]