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According to the mayor of Kharkiv, Ukraine, the number of casualties from Russia’s attack with Iranian-made drones in Friday night’s bombing has risen to six killed and at least 10 wounded. Igor Terekhov, the mayor of Kharkiv, said, “Following the overnight attack on the Shuchensky district, there are six killed and 10 wounded.” According to […]
Ukrainian forces struck a factory in eastern Russia charged with producing bomber aircraft for Moscow's military, according to Kyiv officials.The Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine (HUR) told Ukrainian news outlets that its drones hit the Gorbunov Aviation Plant in Russia's Tatarstan region Wednesday morning. The plant, in the region's capital of Kazan, manufactures missile carriers and special-purpose aircraft, including Tu-22M3 and Tu-160M bombers.The facility is 435 miles east of Moscow...
Russia has struck within Ukrainian territory 30,000 times since the start of the year, according to Kyiv's Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Oleksii Serhieiev.While speaking with representatives of the Bavaria State Parliament in southeast Germany on Friday, Serhieiev said that the amount of Russian shelling on Ukrainian soil over the past three months is nearly half the attacks recorded in 2023, when Ukrainian officials estimated around 66,000 strikes had been carried out within their...
Russia is following up initial attacks with repeat strikes targeting rescuers treating the wounded.
Russia said on Monday that Ukraine had endangered European nuclear security by attacking the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station with a drone which was shot down over a reactor. Ukraine has denied it is behind a series of drone attacks on the plant over the past 48 hours, including three
Watchdog condemns ‘reckless’ attack after inspectors find damage at Russian-controlled power stationRussia and Ukraine have each accused the other of launching kamikaze drones at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in an incident condemned by the International Atomic Energy Agency for recklessly endangering safety.The nuclear watchdog said onsite inspectors had seen the damage caused by drone detonations at three locations, including “superficial scorching” at the top of the roof of reactor 6,...
The A-22, a small, Ukrainian-designed, hobbyist-grade aircraft made by the firm Aeroprakt, could prove to be a deep strike option for Kyiv.
A significant portion of missiles produced by the Russian Federation is being promptly used for strikes on Ukraine, said, citing information from the Main Intelligence Directorate, the spokesperson for Ukraine's Air Forces, Iliya Yevlash, during a televised news marathon. He stated that Russian armed forces still have a considerable number of missiles, with almost 1,000 pieces available to date. "The enemy continuously introduces new missile systems into service. For example, when they struck...
Ukraine’s army chief says situation in industrial east has ‘significantly worsened’ as Russia steps up attacks
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