Russian missile attack rocks Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine
Updated: 7:25am, 3rd September (AEST) Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Loud explosions rocked Ukraine’s capital Kyiv early on Monday as Russia launched a barrage of missiles, sparking fires and damaging homes and infrastructure, officials said. Residents across the city were awoken by a quick succession of bangs and the sound of air defence missiles blasting off skyward […]
Russia strikes Ukraine’s power grid in “most massive” attack of war
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russia attacked Ukraine with more than 200 missiles and drones on Monday, killing seven people and striking energy facilities nationwide, Kyiv said, while neighbouring NATO member Poland reported a drone had probably entered its airspace. Power cuts and water supply outages were reported in many areas, including parts of Kyiv, as officials […]
Russia launches air attack on Ukraine’s Kyiv, mayor says
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russia launched an air attack on Kyiv, with air defence systems engaged in repelling the strikes, Vitali Klitschko, mayor of the Ukrainian capital said early on Sunday. “Air defence units operating, air raid alert continues,” Klitschko wrote on the Telegram messaging app. Ukrainian service personnel use a searchlight as they search for […]
Russia launches one of war’s largest drone attacks on Ukraine, Kyiv’s military says
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russia launched several waves of drones on Kyiv in what was one of the war’s largest attacks of its kind targeting Ukraine, the military administration of the city said on Wednesday, keeping the Ukrainian capital under air raid alerts nearly all night. Ukraine’s air defence systems destroyed more than 30 drones by […]
Zelenskiy calls for long-range weapons after drone attack on Kyiv
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine needs long-range weapons to protect its cities and troops on the frontline from Russian bombs and drones, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday after a massive overnight drone and missile attack. Russia launched its fifth drone attack on Kyiv in two weeks overnight, with Ukraine’s air defence systems destroying all […]
A mother shields her baby amid chaos at bombed Kyiv hospital
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Moments after a Russian missile smashed into a Kyiv hospital where her infant son was being treated, Svitlana Kravchenko rushed to cover the two-month-old with a cloth in order to protect him from the debris and dust in the air. Her voice quivering, the 33-year-old spoke as she emerged from a bomb […]
Updated: Russian missile attacks kill at least 41, hit children’s hospital, Ukraine says
Updated: 11:45am, 9th July, 2024 (AEST) Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russia blasted the main children’s hospital in Kyiv with a missile in broad daylight on Monday and rained missiles down on other cities across Ukraine, killing at least 41 civilians in the deadliest wave of air strikes for months. Parents holding babies walked in the street […]
Russia attacks Ukraine’s two largest cities, Kyiv and Kharkiv
Reuters Russian forces attacked Ukraine’s two largest cities on Sunday, with missile fragments falling on a suburban Kyiv apartment building and a guided bomb killing one person in Kharkiv. More than 28 months into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces maintain regular attacks on Ukrainian cities as well as on energy infrastructure. Local residents stand […]
Blinken, in Kyiv, vows unwavering US support as Russian attacks intensify
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters The US will stand by Ukraine until its security sovereignty is guaranteed, Secretary of State Antony Blinken pledged on Tuesday in a visit to Kyiv, at a time when Russia is mounting fresh attacks in the country’s east. The top US diplomat is the first senior US official to travel to Ukraine […]
Britain’s Cameron, in Kyiv, promises Ukraine aid for “as long as it takes”
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters British Foreign Secretary David Cameron promised £3 billion of annual military aid for Ukraine for “as long as it takes” on Thursday, adding that London had no objection to the weapons being used inside Russia. “We will give three billion pounds every year for as long as is necessary. We’ve just really […]