Ukraine faces power cuts after Russian strikes, more flee Kherson
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters More than a dozen Russian missiles pounded critical infrastructure across Ukraine on Saturday, the Ukrainian air force said, with several regions reporting strikes on energy facilities and power outages. At the same time, Russian occupation authorities in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson urged civilians to leave immediately citing what they called […]
Russia destroys power and water infrastructure across Ukraine
Mykolaiv, Ukraine/Washington DCReuters Russia has destroyed almost a third of Ukraine’s power stations in the past week, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday, as Moscow rained more missiles down on infrastructure in what Kyiv and the West call a campaign to intimidate civilians. Missiles struck power stations in the capital Kyiv where they killed three […]
Russia says it launched strikes on Ukrainian troops in several regions
Moscow, RussiaReuters Russia’s defence ministry said on Saturday that its forces had launched strikes on Ukrainian positions in several parts of Ukraine, and accused Kyiv of carrying out shelling near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Russian forces conducted their strikes in the Kherson, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv and Donetsk regions, according to the ministry, which added that […]
Zelenskiy tells Russians to run for their lives from Ukraine offensive in south
Mykolaiv/Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged Russian soldiers to flee for their lives after his forces launched an offensive to retake southern Ukraine, but Moscow said it had repulsed the attack and inflicted heavy losses on Kyiv’s troops. Ukraine said on Monday its ground forces had gone on the offensive for the first […]
Ukraine launches counter-offensive in south as Russia shells port city
Mykolaiv/Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukrainian troops bolstered by stepped-up Western military aid launched a long-awaited counter-offensive to retake territory in the south on Monday as Russian forces shelled residential areas of the Black Sea port city of Mykolaiv. Moscow acknowledged a new offensive had been launched but said it had failed and the Ukrainians had suffered […]
Underground theatre: Ukraine actors return to stage in bomb shelter
Mykolaiv, Ukraine Reuters Actors in a heavily bombarded city in southern Ukraine have returned to the stage, putting on their first performance since Russia’s invasion in an underground shelter converted into a tiny theatre. A few dozen theatre-goers descended steep concrete steps into the subterranean venue on Thursday for the opening night of a show […]
Russia hits southern Ukraine city, killing grain export tycoon, Governor says
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Heavy Russian strikes hit the southern Ukrainian port city of Mykolaiv early on Sunday, killing the owner of one of the country’s largest grain exporters, while Russia said a Ukrainian drone struck its Black Sea fleet headquarters in Sevastopol. Oleksiy Vadatursky, founder and owner of agriculture company Nibulon, and his wife were killed […]
Russia, Ukraine trade blame for dozens of deaths in Donetsk prison destruction
Odesa/Kyiv/Ukraine Reuters Dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war appeared to have been killed when a prison building was destroyed in a missile strike or explosion, with Moscow and Kyiv accusing each other of responsibility on Friday. The deaths, some of which were confirmed by Reuters journalists at the prison where the men were held in […]
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy looks to EU offer as Russia pounds cities
Kyiv/Kharkiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday hailed the European Union’s expected offer of candidate status for his battle-weary nation as Russian forces pounded Ukraine’s second-biggest city Kharkiv and the eastern Donbas region. European leaders will formally set Ukraine on the long road to EU membership at a summit in Brussels on Thursday. […]
Ukraine’s besieged farmers fear war-time harvest “hell”
Mykolaiv, Ukraine Reuters As 10-metre high mounds of sunflower meal smoulder among the blackened ruins of one of Ukraine’s top agricultural terminals, farmers in this front-line region are scrambling to survive a harvest under Russian fire. They see Russia’s shelling of the Nika-Tera port facility in the southern city of Mykolaiv on 4th June as […]