Ukraine hits Russia with US ATACMS missiles for first time on war’s 1,000th day
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine used US ATACMS missiles to strike Russian territory on Tuesday, taking advantage of newly granted permission from the outgoing administration of President Joe Biden on the war’s 1,000th day. Russia said its forces shot down five out of six missiles, which were fired at a military facility in the Bryansk region. […]
Missile hits apartment buildings in Ukraine’s Kryvyi Rih, three dead, 38 hurt, as Ukraine knocks out Russian refinery in major attack
Reuters A Russian missile slammed into two apartment buildings in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih on Tuesday, killing three people and injuring at least 38, with rescue teams sifting through rubble in a night-time search for survivors. Ten children were among the injured. A view shows a residential building heavily damaged in a […]
Four Russian military aircraft shot down near Ukraine, Russian daily reports
Reuters Russian news outlet Kommersant said two Russian fighter jets and two military helicopters had been shot down on Saturday close to the Ukrainian border, in what would be a spectacular coup for Kyiv if confirmed. Kommersant said on its website that the Su-34 fighter-bomber, Su-35 fighter and two Mi-8 helicopters had made up a […]
Ukraine clings to Bakhmut, Blinken tells Lavrov US will back Kyiv all the way
Chasiv Yar, Ukraine Reuters Ukrainian forces held out in the eastern city of Bakhmut against Russian attackers on Thursday, while the top US diplomat told his Russian counterpart in their first face-to-face encounter since the invasion that the Kremlin must stop the war. In Moscow, President Vladimir Putin said Russia had been hit by what […]
Russian warship sinks in Black Sea after explosion, Russian defence ministry says
Kyiv/Lviv, Ukraine Reuters Russia’s lead warship in the Black Sea sank on Thursday, Russia’s defence ministry announced, after what Ukraine said was a missile strike and Russia described as an explosion of ammunition on board. The loss of the Moskva, the flagship in Russia’s Black Sea fleet, occurred as it was being towed to port […]