Wave of Russian air strikes hits western Ukraine, far from front lines
Lviv, Ukraine Reuters Russian air strikes hit two western regions of Ukraine bordering NATO member Poland and other areas on Tuesday, killing three people in a factory and wounding more than a dozen, Ukrainian officials said. Local media said the attacks were the largest air assault on the Lviv region since the Russian invasion in […]
Ukraine reports fierce fighting, “some success” in counter-offensive
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukraine on Monday reported fierce fighting along its entire front line and “some success” in pushing back Moscow’s troops in one part of the southeast where Ukrainian forces are trying to retake Russian-occupied territory. Progress has been hampered by widespread Russian-laid minefields and strong fortifications, Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said. Lyubov Tolchina, […]
Ukraine says Russian missile strikes on apartment buildings kill five in east
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Two Russian missile strikes killed five people and injured 31 when they hit residential buildings in the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region, Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said on Monday. A view shows a building destroyed during a Russian missile strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Pokrovsk, Donetsk […]
Russia bombs Ukraine ports, threatens ships, as Kyiv deploys cluster munitions
Mykolaiv/Near Kupiansk Ukraine Reuters Russia jolted world grain markets with an escalation in the Black Sea, mounting a third straight night of air strikes on Ukrainian ports and issuing a threat against Ukraine-bound vessels to which Kyiv responded in kind. At least 27 civilians were reported hurt in the air strikes on the ports, which […]
Russia delivers Black Sea shipping warning as Ukraine decries “hellish” port attacks
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Russia warned that from Thursday any ships sailing to Ukraine’s Black Sea ports would be seen as potentially carrying military cargoes, as Kyiv accused Moscow of carrying out “hellish” overnight strikes that damaged grain export infrastructure. Russia attacked the Odesa region for the second consecutive night after quitting on Monday a year-old deal […]
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 […]
Russian missiles hit restaurant in Ukraine’s Kramatorsk, four dead
Updated: 8:40am (AEST)Kramatorsk, Ukraine Reuters Two Russian missiles on Tuesday struck the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk and killed at least four people, local officials and police said, as rescue crews combed through a shattered restaurant in search of casualties. The dead included a child while 42 people were injured at the restaurant, according to […]
Ukraine reports small advances in “extremely fierce” fighting
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine reported incremental advances in its counter-offensive against Russian forces on Wednesday in what it described as “extremely fierce” fighting. In a post on the Telegram messaging app, Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said the Ukrainian actions had “partial” success. A Ukrainian self-propelled howitzer Caesar is seen, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, […]
Russian missile attack kills 11 in Ukrainian President’s hometown
Kryvyi Rih, UkraineReuters Eleven civilians were killed in a Russian missile attack that struck an apartment building and warehouses in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s hometown of Kryvyi Rih on Tuesday, local officials said. Emergency services said four were killed in the apartment block and seven at the warehouses, where officials said a private company stored […]
In first, Kyiv says it shoots down volley of Russian ‘hypersonic’ missiles
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine said on Tuesday it had shot down six Russian Kinzhal missiles in a single night, thwarting a weapon Moscow has touted as a next-generation hypersonic missile that was all but unstoppable. When asked about the Ukrainian claim, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu dismissed it, the RIA news agency reported. The number […]