Zelenskiy visits front line amid speculation about the fate of top general
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited Ukrainian troops on the southeastern front and handed out medals, his office said on Sunday, and his spokesperson said he came very close to exchanges of fire on the front line. Zelenskiy undertook the journey to Zaporizhzhia region amid speculation that his popular army chief could soon be […]
In first, Kyiv says it shoots down volley of Russian ‘hypersonic’ missiles
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine said on Tuesday it had shot down six Russian Kinzhal missiles in a single night, thwarting a weapon Moscow has touted as a next-generation hypersonic missile that was all but unstoppable. When asked about the Ukrainian claim, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu dismissed it, the RIA news agency reported. The number […]
Air defences shoot down 15 of 18 missiles launched at Ukraine in dead of night
Updated: 5pm (AEST) Reuters Ukrainian air defence crews destroyed 15 out of 18 missiles launched by Russian forces in the early hours of Monday morning, the military said, as Moscow intensified attacks on its neighbour in recent days. “Around 2:30 am, the Russian invaders attacked Ukraine from strategic aviation planes,” a post on the Telegram […]
Ukraine holds defence as battles rage in Donetsk region, top commander says
Lviv Ukraine Reuters Ukraine’s forces hold defence along the frontline in Donetsk, including of the besieged town of Bakhmut, with the fiercest battles raging for the cities of Vuhledar and Maryinka, Kyiv’s top military commander said on Saturday. Ukrainian servicemen fire a mortar shell towards Russian troops at the frontline position near the Vuhledar town, […]