Ukraine says two killed in Russian shelling of Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia regions
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters An elderly woman and a police officer were killed early Saturday by Russian shelling on a settlement in Kharkiv region in eastern Ukraine and Zaporizhzhia in the south, Ukrainian officials said. “This morning, around 5:10, the enemy fired on Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi village in Kupiansk district. A residential building was damaged. A 73-year-old woman […]
Russian shelling kills three in Ukraine, Kyiv attacked overnight
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russian shelling killed three people in Ukraine on Thursday and four were hurt in Kyiv after the capital came under attack for the third successive night, Ukrainian officials said. An woman of 85 and a man in his forties were killed in the south of Ukraine and a 60-year-old person was killed […]
Russian shelling kills Kherson residents, Zelenskiy denounces “terrorist attacks”
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russian shelling killed three civilians in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson on Saturday, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, denouncing what he called “brutal terrorist attacks” by pro-Moscow units. Police investigators inspect a shell crater left by a Russian military strike in a supermarket car park, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kherson, […]
Russia strikes Ukrainian power grid and gains ground in the east
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russian missiles hit power facilities on Friday across Ukraine, where President Volodymyr Zelenskiy returned from a tour of Western capitals and Ukrainian officials said a long-awaited Russian offensive was underway in the east. Ukraine’s air force said 61 of 71 Russian missiles had been shot down. But Energy Minister German Galushchenko said […]
Shelling booms around Bakhmut’s streets in “Christmas ceasefire”
Bakhmut Ukraine Reuters Shellfire echoed on Saturday around the near-deserted streets of the Ukrainian town of Bakhmut, current focus of the most intense fighting in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, despite Moscow’s declaration of a ceasefire for Eastern Orthodox Christmas. Sparkling clear skies and a dusting of snow belied the devastation of a city abandoned by […]