Reuters safety adviser killed, two journalists injured in Ukraine’s Kramatorsk
Reuters Ryan Evans, a member of the Reuters team covering the war in Ukraine, was killed and two Reuters journalists were injured in a strike on a hotel in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, the news agency said on Sunday. Evans, who was working as a safety adviser for the agency, was killed after […]
Ukraine military says Russian troops pushed out of part of key eastern town
Reuters Ukraine’s military said on Thursday its forces had forced Russian troops out of a district in the town of Chasiv Yar on the war’s eastern front seen as Moscow’s next target in its slow advance through the area. But a Russian report said Moscow’s forces had destroyed a communications tower near the town and […]
Russia appears to make headway in key Ukrainian town of Chasiv Yar
Reuters Russian forces appear to be making headway towards their longstanding goal of capturing the strategic Ukrainian town of Chasiv Yar, according to reports on Sunday from both sides of the more than two-year-old conflict. Chasiv Yar stands on high ground about 20 kilometres to the west of Bakhmut, a town Russian forces seized a […]
Inflection point: Ukraine struggles to hold eastern front as Russians advance on cities
DAN PELESCHUK, of Reuters, reports from Donetsk in the eastern Donbas region of Ukraine…
EU leaders back security commitments for Ukraine; man accused of treason over Kramatorsk attack
Brussels, Belgium Reuters European Union leaders declared on Thursday they would make long-term commitments to bolster Ukraine’s security as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged them to start work on a new round of sanctions against Russia. At a summit in Brussels, the leaders restated their condemnation of Russia’s war against Ukraine and said the EU and […]
Death toll rises to 10 in Russian attack on Ukraine’s Kramatorsk
Kramatorsk, Ukraine Reuters The death toll rose to 10 on Wednesday from a Russian missile strike on a crowded restaurant in Ukraine’s eastern city of Kramatorsk the previous evening, with two more bodies including a fourth child pulled out of the wreckage. Police said at least 61 people were wounded in Tuesday’s missile strike, which […]
Russian missiles hit restaurant in Ukraine’s Kramatorsk, four dead
Updated: 8:40am (AEST) Kramatorsk, Ukraine Reuters Two Russian missiles on Tuesday struck the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk and killed at least four people, local officials and police said, as rescue crews combed through a shattered restaurant in search of casualties. The dead included a child while 42 people were injured at the restaurant, according […]
Ukraine conflict: North of Bakhmut, another key battle tests Ukraine’s defences
MIKE COLLETT-WHITE, of Reuters, reports from the frontline near Kreminna…
Zelenskiy wants tougher Europe, Putin evokes victory over Nazis
Kyiv, Ukraine/Volgograd, Russia Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged European leaders visiting Kyiv on Thursday to pile more sanctions on Russia, where President Vladimir Putin evoked a famous World War II victory over the Nazis to rally his nation. The West has imposed sweeping punitive measures since Russia’s nearly year-old invasion of Ukraine that has […]
Russian missile destroys Ukrainian apartment building; three dead, say police
Reuters A Russian missile destroyed an apartment building and damaged seven more in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk on Wednesday night, killing at least three people and injuring 20, regional police said. Local authorities initially said Russia had fired a rocket but the police force later said an Iskander-K tactical missile had struck at […]