Seventeen killed in Ukraine’s Chernihiv in Russia’s deadliest air strike in weeks
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Three Russian missiles slammed into the city centre of Chernihiv in northern Ukraine on Wednesday, killing at least 17 people, wounding dozens more and damaging civilian buildings, officials said. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on Kyiv’s allies to rush in air defence support after the city, which had a pre-war population of 300,000, […]
Major Russian air strikes destroy Kyiv power plant, damage other stations
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russian missiles and drones destroyed a large electricity plant near Kyiv and hit power facilities in several regions of Ukraine on Thursday, officials said, ramping up pressure on the embattled energy system as Kyiv runs low on air defences. The major attack more than two years since Russia’s full-scale invasion completely destroyed […]
UN records sharp rise in civilian deaths, injuries in Ukraine in March
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters United Nations monitors have recorded a sharp increase in civilian casualties in Ukraine last month as Russian forces have stepped up attacks, the UN Human Rights Office said on Tuesday. The toll included at least 57 children killed or injured in March, double the number from February, it said. Emergency workers carry […]
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy warns of dwindling air defence missiles
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine could run out of air defence missiles if Russia keeps up its intense long-range bombing campaign, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned in remarks aired on Saturday. The Ukrainian leader’s starkest warning to date of the deteriorating situation faced by his country’s air defences follows weeks of Russian strikes on the energy system, […]
Russian missile attack in Ukraine’s Dnipro injures 18, governor says, as Ukraine lowers draft age to 25
Reuters A Russian missile attack on Tuesday damaged an educational facility in Ukraine’s city of Dnipro and injured 18 people, local authorities said. Emergency workers stand in a front of a building damaged during a Russian missile strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Dnipro, Ukraine, on 2nd April, 2024. PICTURE: Reuters/Mykola Synelnykov Twelve people […]
Ukraine power firm hit by Russian attacks warns repairs could take 18 months
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters The head of Ukraine’s largest private energy firm, DTEK, said on Saturday that five of its six plants had been damaged or destroyed with 80 per cent of its generating capacity lost after two weeks of Russian attacks and that repairs could take up to 18 months. Russian missile and drone attacks […]
Russians lower flags, lay flowers to honour concert hall attack victims
Moscow, Russia Reuters Russia lowered flags to half-mast on Sunday for a day of mourning and swiftly charged two suspects after gunmen killed scores of people at a concert outside Moscow in the deadliest attack inside Russia for two decades. President Vladimir Putin declared a national day of mourning after pledging to punish all those […]
Russia pounds Ukrainian power facilities, Kremlin embraces “war” rhetoric
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russia pounded Ukrainian power facilities on Friday in an attack described by Kyiv as the largest airstrike on its energy infrastructure in two years of war, and portrayed by Moscow as revenge for Ukrainian attacks during its presidential election. The missile and drone attack hit a vast dam over the Dnipro river, […]
Russia launches largest missile attack on Kyiv in weeks
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russia staged its largest missile attack in weeks on Kyiv and the surrounding region on Thursday, injuring at least 17 people and damaging schools, residential buildings and industrial facilities, officials said. The air force said its defences shot down all the inbound missiles that were fired after a 44-day pause in such […]
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy says world must make global rule of law “work again”
Seoul, South Korea Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged world leaders on Wednesday to make a rules-based international order “work again” by standing up to Russian use of force. In a video address to a global conference hosted by South Korea, Zelenskiy – whose country was invaded by Russia in 2022 – said many nations […]