Draining of Ukraine’s Kakhovka reservoir offers a reminder of past and present wars
Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine Reuters The draining of one of Europe’s largest reservoirs as a result of the destruction of the Kakhovka dam has revealed submerged military objects that offer a reminder of wars past and present on Ukrainian soil. On a drizzly morning near the southern city of Zaporizhzhia, a team of divers and underwater demining […]
Ukrainians face homelessness, disease risk as floods crest from breached dam
Kherson, Ukraine Reuters Ukrainians abandoned inundated homes as floods crested across a swathe of the south on Wednesday after the destruction of a huge hydro-electric dam on front lines between Russian and Ukrainian forces, with their presidents trading blame for the disaster. Residents slogged through flooded streets carrying children on their shoulders, dogs in their […]
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 […]
Blasts, fresh drone attacks rock Russian-held areas far from Ukraine war front
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Russia reported fresh Ukrainian drone attacks on Friday evening, a day after explosions erupted near military bases in Russian-held areas of Ukraine and Russia itself, apparent displays of Kyiv’s growing ability to pummel Moscow’s assets far from front lines. The latest incidents followed huge blasts last week at an air base in Russian-annexed […]
“My soul hurts”: In occupied south Ukraine, some fear a return to Soviet times under Russia
TOM BALMFORTH and STEFANIIA BERN, of Reuters, report on Russia’s bid to bind Ukraine’s Kherson region to Moscow….
Ukrainian rockets hit Russian-held area as Kyiv readies southern counter-attack
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukraine said on Tuesday it had carried out a long-range rocket strike against Russian forces and military equipment in southern Ukraine, territory it says it is planning to retake in a counter-offensive using hundreds of thousands of troops. The strike hit an ammunition dump in the town of Nova Kakhovka in the Kherson […]