Russian attacks on hospital in Ukraine’s Sumy kill 10, Kyiv says
Updated: 9am, 29th September, 2024 (AEST) Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russia attacked a hospital in Sumy in north-eastern Ukraine early on Saturday, killing 10 people and injuring at least 22 others, Ukrainian officials said. Danielle Bell, head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, said “loitering munitions” – or suicide drones – hit the […]
Russia attacks Ukraine geriatric centre and power grid
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russian forces hit a geriatric centre in the Ukrainian city of Sumy and targeted its energy sector in a new wave of airstrikes on Thursday, killing at least one civilian, Ukrainian officials said. A UN monitoring body said attacks on the power grid probably violated humanitarian law while the International Energy Agency […]
Kyiv hospital took direct hit from Russian missile, UN analysis suggests
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters A UN rights mission said on Tuesday there was a “high likelihood” that Kyiv’s main children’s hospital took a direct hit from a Russian missile during a series of airstrikes on Ukrainian cities, as the Kremlin continued to deny involvement. Ukraine flew its flags at half mast in a national day of […]
Ukraine civilian death toll rises to highest in nearly a year, UN says
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters The civilian death toll in Ukraine last month rose sharply, to 174, which was the highest level in nearly a year amid an increase in missile and bomb strikes in populated areas around Kharkiv, the UN human rights office said on Friday. A man places a portrait on a grave during a […]
Ukrainian women tell of beatings and threats under Russian occupation
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Alla Antonova says she suffered beatings, had a plastic bag thrust over her head and endured many other threats from Russian soldiers in occupied Ukraine who wanted to know where her son-in-law was serving in the Ukrainian army. Her mother Natalia Kucherova, 73, was made to sit in an adjacent room of […]
Kyiv compares Russia to Islamic State after beheading video; dismisses Bakhmut claims
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine compared Russia on Wednesday to Islamic State and called on the International Criminal Court to investigate after a video emerged online showing apparent Russian soldiers filming themselves beheading a Ukrainian captive with a knife. Reuters could not immediately verify the authenticity or provenance of the video on social media, which showed […]