Trump the saviour?: Anxious Ukrainians question President’s power to end war
DAN PELESCHUK and MAX HUNDER, of Reuters, report that many Ukrainians have little faith in the incoming US President’s power to swiftly end the war…
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 […]
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 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
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
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 […]