Ukraine seeking solutions for damaged Chornobyl confinement vessel, minister says
Chonorbyl, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine is seeking solutions to repair the damage caused by a Russian drone attack to the confinement vessel at the stricken Chornobyl nuclear power plant, a government minister said on Saturday. Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Svitlana Hrynchuk was speaking outside the decommissioned station during the inauguration of a 0.8-megawatt […]
Russia captures two villages in Ukraine as Moscow’s forces advance on two cities
Moscow, Russia Reuters Russian forces captured two villages in Ukraine, one in Kharkiv region in the north-east and one in eastern Donetsk region, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Sunday. Donetsk region is where Moscow is concentrating most of its efforts to seize two cities. Russian forces, making steady progress across Donetsk region, are moving […]
Russian attack on Ukraine’s Kupiansk steps up pressure on north-east front
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters A small Russian assault group briefly broke through to the outskirts of Ukraine’s north-eastern city of Kupiansk for the first time since Moscow’s forces fled in September, 2022, officials said, in a sign of mounting pressure on the outpost. Moscow’s forces, including soldiers disguised as Ukrainian troops, attacked in four waves on […]
Governor orders evacuation of Ukraine’s Kupiansk city
Reuters Ukrainian authorities ordered the evacuation of a key city and three other localities in north-eastern Kharkiv region on Tuesday as Russian forces press closer and officials face difficulties in providing services through the winter. The order applied to Kupiansk, a rail hub lying astride the Oskil River, as well as the town of Borova, […]
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 […]
Russian forces apply pressure on Ukraine’s Avdiivka, Kupiansk
Reuters Russian forces on Monday pressed their attacks on two frontline areas of eastern Ukraine, seeking to sever the sole supply route into the devastated city of Avdiivka and advance on the key town of Kupiansk farther north. The General Staff of Ukraine’s armed forces said its troops had repelled about 10 Russian attacks on […]
Ukraine retakes village but warns of trouble in north-east – Kyiv
Kyiv/Kupiansk, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine announced the recapture of the village of Urozhaine from Russian troops in the south-east on Wednesday, but warned the situation on the north-eastern front was deteriorating amid Russian counter-attacks. Urozhaine, on the edge of Donetsk region, is the first village Kyiv says it has retaken since 27th July, a sign of […]
Zelenskiy says Russian bomb hits blood transfusion centre
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said a Russian guided aerial bomb hit a blood transfusion centre in the town of Kupiansk in eastern Kharkiv region late on Saturday. “There are dead and wounded,” he said on his Telegram channel. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. Kupiansk is a railway hub fewer than […]
Ukraine reports fierce fighting in north-east
Reuters A senior Ukrainian official reported heavy fighting in the north-east of the country on Sunday, with Kyiv’s forces holding their lines and making gains in some areas. Russia’s military said it had halted Ukrainian forces in the north-east. The military also said it brought down down three Ukrainian drones which had tried to strike […]
Russia strikes Ukraine grain ports after pulling out of export deal
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russia struck Ukrainian ports on Tuesday, a day after pulling out of a UN-backed deal to let Kyiv export grain, and Moscow claimed gains on the ground in an area where Ukrainian officials said Russian forces were going back on the offensive. Russia said it hit fuel storage in Odesa and a […]