Russian strike kills 51 in Ukrainian city
- 04-Sep-2024
At least 51 people were killed and hundreds wounded Tuesday in a Russian missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Poltava, authorities said, in one of the single deadliest bombardments of the two-and-a-half-year war. US President Joe Biden condemned the “deplorable attack”, which Kyiv said hit a military training facility and a nearby hospital, though […]
Ukraine F-16 crashes, pilot dies repelling Russian strike
- 30-Aug-2024
KYIV: One of Ukraine’s F-16 fighter jets crashed while repelling a major Russian attack on Monday, Kyiv’s military said, the first such loss reported since the long-awaited arrival of the U.S.-made planes this month. The jet came down and its pilot died while it was approaching a Russian target, the Ukrainian General Staff said on […]
2 journalists injured, 1 missing in Russian strike on Ukraine hotel
- 25-Aug-2024
KYIV: A nighttime Russian strike on a hotel in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk wounded two journalists, while a third was missing in the rubble, authorities said Sunday. Vadym Filashkin, head of the Donetsk regional government, said the journalists were British, US and Ukrainian nationals and that a search operation was underway for the […]
Russian strike on Ukraine mail depot kills six
- 23-Oct-2023
Russian missile strikes killed at least six postal workers and wounded 17 others when they hit a mail depot in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region, officials said. The strike in the northeastern Kharkiv region on Saturday came as Kyiv declared its positions in the embattled city of Avdiivka were “protected” despite Russian attacks, while Moscow said […]
Eight dead in Russian strike on eastern Ukraine restaurant
- 28-Jun-2023
The death toll from a Russian missile strike that hit a restaurant in Ukraine’s eastern city of Kramatorsk has risen to eight, with three children among the dead, authorities said Wednesday. “As of 07:00 (0400 GMT) on June 28, the bodies of eight dead people (including three children, two of them born in 2008 and […]
3 killed, 10 wounded in Russian strike on Ukraine’s Kharkiv: mayor
- 18-Aug-2022
KYIV: A Russian strike killed at least three people and wounded 10 others in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Wednesday, the city’s mayor said. The attack started a fire in a block of flats in the northeastern city, Igor Terekhov said on the Telegram app. Kharkiv was besieged in the first days of the […]
Ukraine works to resume grain exports despite Russian strike on Odesa
- 24-Jul-2022
KYIV: Ukraine pressed ahead on Sunday with efforts to restart grain exports from Black Sea ports after a missile attack on Odesa raised doubts whether Russia would honour a deal aimed at easing global food shortages caused by the war. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy denounced Saturday’s strikes as “barbarism” that showed Moscow could not be trusted […]
Russian strike kills eight in Lysychansk: governor
- 28-Jun-2022
KYIV: A Russian strike killed at least eight civilians in the eastern Ukrainian city of Lysychansk Monday as they were out collecting water, said the governor of Lugansk region, Sergiy Gaiday. It follows deadly strikes earlier Monday on a shopping centre in the central city of Kremenchuk, and in the eastern city of Kharkiv, as […]
Several hurt in Russian strike on Ukraine culture centre
- 21-May-2022
KYIV: At least eight people, including a child, were wounded when a powerful Russian missile strike gutted a newly repaired cultural centre in eastern Ukraine, the authorities said on Friday. President Volodymyr Zelensky said on social media that Russia had targeted “the newly renovated House of Culture”, in the town of Lozova, in the eastern […]