Russian troops intensify attacks on Ukrainian forces in east, military says
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russian troops have sharply stepped up their attacks in eastern Ukraine, Kyiv’s military said on Sunday, as a NATO official predicted Moscow would increase the pace and intensity of its assaults with talks to end the war approaching. The main attacks were concentrated near the imperilled logistics hub of Pokrovsk, Kyiv said, […]
Russian drones, missiles attack Ukraine’s east, south and capital
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russian missiles damaged residential buildings in Ukraine’s eastern city of Kharkiv and Odesa in the south, and a blizzard of drones caused temporary power cuts in Mykolaiv region and targeted the capital Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said on Monday. Russia, which is making territorial gains in Ukraine’s east, is conducting nightly attacks on […]
Russian attacks kill six in southern Ukraine, two in central-east, regional governors say
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russian air attacks killed at least six people overnight, injured 21 more, including five children, and set on fire to several buildings in southern Ukraine, regional governors said on Monday. Five people were killed in the Mykolaiv region and one was killed in the Zaporizhzhia region, where a residential building was destroyed, […]
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, […]
Crisis-hit Ukrainian city prepares for life after the war
Mykolaiv, Ukraine Reuters For the mayor of the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv, wartime crises like water and power outages and a crumbling local economy are short-term obstacles to a long-term plan. Oleksandr Sienkevych believes that reforms and accountability, including overhauling how public firms are run, are critical to the Black Sea port’s future as […]
Russian missile hits playground, kills three in Ukraine’s Mykolaiv
Reuters A Russian missile hit a children’s playground in Ukraine’s southern city of Mykolaiv on Friday, killing a child and two adults, and injuring five others, officials said. “A playground near an ordinary house…Every day Russia proves with its terror that pressure on it is not enough,” President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Telegram. Local residents […]
Ukraine says Russian missile attack kills one, injures eight in Mykolaiv
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters A man was killed and at least eight people were wounded in a Russian missile attack on the Black Sea port city of Mykolaiv on Sunday, Ukrainian officials said, after an overnight strike on Odesa on the last day of Russia’s presidential election. Mykolaiv’s regional governor, Vitaliy Kim, said on Telegram that […]
Ten people die in Ukraine snowstorms; German authorities urge people to stay home
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ten people have died in snowstorms in Ukraine, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said on Tuesday, after icy winds and storms swept the country since Sunday, cutting power and blocking roads. Southern Ukraine was the worst affected, particularly the Black Sea region of Odesa. Cars and buses slid off frozen roads into fields […]
Habitat at risk as Ukrainians crowd river seeking respite from war
Tylihul Estuary, Ukraine Reuters Kite surfers bounce along the gentle waves. A speedboat pulls children on an inflatable raft. Families soak up sunshine on a narrow beach. With most of Ukraine’s Black Sea Coast either occupied by Russian troops or in their line of fire, families seeking respite from life in a war zone are […]
Russia bombs Ukraine ports, threatens ships, as Kyiv deploys cluster munitions
Mykolaiv/Near Kupiansk Ukraine Reuters Russia jolted world grain markets with an escalation in the Black Sea, mounting a third straight night of air strikes on Ukrainian ports and issuing a threat against Ukraine-bound vessels to which Kyiv responded in kind. At least 27 civilians were reported hurt in the air strikes on the ports, which […]