The drone attacks also targeted the western city of Lviv near the Polish border. (Representational) Kyiv, Ukraine: Ukraine said Monday it had foiled a “record” number of Russian drones on the night of New Year’s Eve after a week of escalation in the nearly two-year conflict. Kyiv also said Russian shelling killed one person on … Read more
Russian defence ministry warned the attack would “not go unpunished”. (File) Moscow: Russia said Saturday that a Ukrainian strike killed at least 14 people and injured 108 in the city of Belgorod, a day after Russian strikes killed dozens in Ukraine. Belgorod lies about 30 kilometres (19 miles) from the border with Ukraine and has … Read more
Ukraine said Russia had fired 158 missiles and drones on Ukraine. (File) Kyiv, Ukraine: Russia launched drone and missile strikes across Ukraine Friday, killing at least 18 people and wounding over a hundred in one of the most massive air attacks of the war. Schools, a maternity hospital, shopping arcades and blocks of flats were … Read more
Ukraine hopes to plug a $43 billion budget deficit next year mostly with foreign aid. (File) Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday he was confident the US would not “betray” his country by withholding crucial wartime funding as it fights off a Russian invasion. Aid for Ukraine has been held up by Republicans … Read more
Russia has vigorously denied committing atrocities or targeting civilians in Ukraine (File) The Hague: A former Russian soldier has sought asylum in the Netherlands and wants to testify at the International Criminal Court about war crimes by Russia that he witnessed while fighting in Ukraine, a Dutch legal source told Reuters on Tuesday. The man, … Read more
Sergei Mironov leads a pro-Kremlin opposition party in Russia’s parliament (File) Moscow, Russia: A leading Russian politician and supporter of President Vladimir Putin has denied a report that he adopted an infant who had been forcibly taken from an orphanage in Ukraine. Citing Russian and Ukrainian documents, the BBC reported Thursday that Russian lawmaker Sergei … Read more
A school and cultural centre had been hit by HIMARS missiles in Donetsk (File) Moscow: A Russian actress has been killed in a Ukrainian attack while performing for Russian troops in a Russian-controlled area of eastern Ukraine, according to her theatre. The Russian theatre where actress Polina Menshikh, 40, worked said she had been killed … Read more