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Putin says Russia could hit “decision-making centres” in Kyiv with new missile

Reuters Russia may use its new Oreshnik hypersonic missile to attack “decision-making centres” in Kyiv in response to Ukraine’s firing of Western missiles at Russian territory, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. Russia has not so far struck Ukrainian government ministries, parliament or the president’s office in the course of the 33-month war. Russian President […]

Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says

Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russia fired a hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile at the city of Dnipro on Thursday in response to the US and UK allowing Kyiv to strike Russian territory with advanced Western weapons, in a further escalation of the 33-month-old war. Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a televised address, said Moscow struck a Ukrainian […]

Russia claims control of part of Chasiv Yar; five killed, 53 injured in Dnipro

Moscow, Russia Reuters Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Wednesday that its forces had taken control of a district in the key Ukrainian town of Chasiv Yar, while Ukraine said the area was engulfed by intense fighting. Chasiv Yar stands on high ground 20 kilometres to the west of Bakhmut, a town Russian forces seized a […]

Russia hits Ukraine regions, Zelenskiy says Su-25 bomber downed

Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russian attacks on Ukraine’s Kharkiv and Dnipro regions and the Black Sea port city of Odesa killed at least two civilians, set a food factory ablaze and damaged other infrastructure, homes and commercial buildings on Saturday, regional officials said. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia had used eight missiles of various kinds and […]

Ukraine downs Russian strategic bomber after airstrike kills eight, Kyiv says

Kyiv/Dnipro, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine shot down a Russian strategic bomber 300 kilometres from its border on Friday after the warplane took part in an airstrike that killed at least eight people, including two children, in the central Dnipropetrovsk region, Kyiv said. Missiles rained down on the city of Dnipro and the surrounding region in the […]

Ukraine attacked overnight by 40 Russian missiles, drones – air force

Reuters Ukraine suffered a large Russian missile attack in the early hours of Saturday, while its air defences were able to down a far lower proportion of them than usual. According to Ukraine’s air force, Russia launched 37 missiles and three drones. Eight missiles were downed, it said in a statement on social media. A […]

Ukrainians face homelessness, disease risk as floods crest from breached dam

Rescuers evacuate local residents from a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached, in Kherson, Ukraine, on 7th June, 2023.

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 […]

Twenty injured, others trapped in blast near Ukrainian city of Dnipro

Emergency workers rescue a man from debris of a residential building heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, on outskirt of the Dnipro city, Ukraine, on 3rd June, 2023

Reuters An explosion near the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Saturday hit a two-storey dwelling, injuring 20 people including five children, and rescuers pulled residents out from under the rubble, the regional Governor said. Serhiy Lysak, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said three of the children were in serious condition. A total of […]