Lifestory: One Ukrainian war amputee’s return to civilian life
THOMAS PETER, of Reuters, reports on the recovery of Oleksandr Revtiukh who lost his left arm and most of his left leg in a mine blast…
Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia hit by Russian missiles, four dead, 20 injured
Reuters Russia fired five missiles on Ukraine’s southern city of Zaporizhzhia on Friday, killing at least four people, injuring 20 and damaging residential buildings and industrial facilities, the Regional Governor said. Two journalists covering the aftermath of the strikes were among those wounded in the city, which is near the frontline in the war with […]
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, […]
Residents of Ukraine’s Orikhiv try to survive in the ruins
Orikhiv, Ukraine Reuters In the shattered town of Orikhiv not far from the south-eastern front in Ukraine, Svitlana, a grandmother, sleeps in the brick-walled basement of her apartment block where she lives with her husband to shelter from Russian bombs. Their hometown in Zaporizhzhia region some 10 kilometres from one of the last year’s most […]
Thousands of Ukrainian children taken to Belarus – Yale research
Amsterdam, The NetherlandsReuters More than 2,400 children from Ukraine aged between six and 17 years old have been taken to 13 facilities across Belarus since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, research published by Yale University said on Thursday. Ukraine’s prosecutor general said in May that he was investigating the alleged role of […]
Ten civilians killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine, Kyiv reports progress in south
Updated: 11:30am (AEDT)Zaporizhzhia,, Ukraine Reuters Russian attacks overnight and on Wednesday killed at least 10 civilians in Ukraine, while senior Ukrainian military officials said their troops had made some headway in counter-offensive operations in the southern theatre. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in his nightly video address, said the death toll had risen to five from four […]
Danger lurks behind “every bush” for brigade in Ukrainian counter-offensive
Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine Reuters For soldiers in Ukraine’s “Spartan” brigade, danger could lurk behind every bush and in every field as they fight in Kyiv’s counter-offensive against deeply entrenched Russian forces. Progress through vast Russian minefields and heavily fortified defences has been slower than many Ukrainians had hoped since the counter-offensive began in early June. […]
Ukraine says two killed in Russian shelling of Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia regions
Kyiv, UkraineReuters An elderly woman and a police officer were killed early Saturday by Russian shelling on a settlement in Kharkiv region in eastern Ukraine and Zaporizhzhia in the south, Ukrainian officials said. “This morning, around 5:10, the enemy fired on Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi village in Kupiansk district. A residential building was damaged. A 73-year-old woman died,” […]
Ukraine announces “humanitarian corridor” for ships stuck in Black Sea ports
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukraine announced a “humanitarian corridor” in the Black Sea on Thursday to release cargo ships trapped in its ports since the outbreak of war, a new test of Russia’s de facto blockade since Moscow abandoned a deal last month to let Kyiv export grain. At least initially, the corridor would apply to vessels […]
Two dead after Russian attack on Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia – minister
Zaporizhzhia, UkraineReuters Two people were killed and seven injured in an apparent missile attack by Russia on the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Wednesday, Ukrainian officials said. A Reuters reporter at the scene saw emergency workers lifting a body, putting it on a stretcher and wrapping it into a black body bag. Rescuers work at […]