Russian drone attack injures nine in Ukraine’s Odesa, officials say
Reuters Russia launched a drone attack on Ukraine that injured nine people in the Black Sea port of Odesa, four of them children, and also targeted Kyiv, the capital, Ukraine’s military officials said early on Tuesday. The injured children, which include two infants, have been hospitalised, as well as three of the injured adults, the […]
Russian forces stage deadly attacks in southern, northern Ukraine
Reuters Russian forces launched deadly attacks on Wednesday on frequent targets in the south and north of Ukraine, in Kharkiv and Odesa regions, killing seven people and injuring many more, officials said. In Odesa district in the south, an early evening missile attack killed four people, including a 10-year-old girl, and injured 14 more, regional […]
Moldova dismisses reported drone strike in breakaway enclave as provocation
Chisinau, Moldova Reuters Officials in Moldova’s pro-Russian, separatist Transdniestria enclave said a drone launched from Ukraine’s Odesa region blew up a helicopter on military territory on Sunday, local media said, but pro-European Moldova immediately dismissed the report. The official Moldovan body that deals with Transdniestria, and a Ukrainian official, portrayed the incident at Tiraspol, the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ukrainian rescuers complete search after Odesa drone attack kills 12
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Rescue workers completed operations on Sunday after a drone strike on an apartment building in the southern city of Odesa, finding four more bodies and bringing the death toll to 12. Odesa regional governor Oleh Kiper, writing on Telegram, said rescue teams working into Sunday evening had found the bodies of an […]
Seven killed in Russian drone attack on Odesa, Ukraine says
Odesa, Ukraine Reuters A Russian drone attack that killed seven people including an infant and a two-year-old on Saturday could have been avoided if Ukraine was not facing delays to weapons supplies, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. The drone hit an apartment block in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa. A general view shows an […]
Western leaders in Kyiv, G7 pledge support for Ukraine on war anniversary
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Heads of the Group of Seven major democracies on Saturday pledged to stand by war-weary Ukraine, and Western leaders traveled to Kyiv to show solidarity on the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion, with no end in the sight to the fighting. After initial successes in pushing back the Russian army, Ukraine has […]
More than 8,000 killed during 2022 Mariupol siege – Human Rights Watch
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters At least 8,000 people were killed by fighting or war-related causes in Russia’s months-long conquest of Mariupol, one of the biggest battles of the nearly two-year war between Russia and Ukraine, according to Human Rights Watch. Mariupol became a byword for horror during a nearly three-month-long Russian siege for control of the […]
Ten people die in Ukraine snowstorms; German authorities urge people to stay home
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ten people have died in snowstorms in Ukraine, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said on Tuesday, after icy winds and storms swept the country since Sunday, cutting power and blocking roads. Southern Ukraine was the worst affected, particularly the Black Sea region of Odesa. Cars and buses slid off frozen roads into fields and […]