Nine injured as blaze erupts at oil pipeline in western Ukraine; drone attack in southern Russia leaves one hurt See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageA huge fire erupted at an oil pipeline in the western Ukrainian region of Ivano-Frankivsk on Saturday, injuring nine people, five of them critically, authorities said. The blaze near the village of Strymba caused an oil spill spanning 100 sq metres before it was extinguished. Footage shared on social media showed thick clouds of black smoke...
Russian attack hits Ukrainian infrastructure in west; Putin reaffirms referendums in illegally annexed regionsSee all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageAn infrastructure site was hit in a Russian attack early on Saturday in the western Ukrainian region of Vinnitsya, the regional governor said. Serhiy Borzov’s comments on Telegram came after reports of drones operating in the area. Ukrainian officials sometimes use the “infrastructure” term to refer to facilities involved in power generation or...
Wagner mercenaries return to Donetsk front; Russia launches 44 air strikes in one day Continue reading
Russia releases video of Black Sea fleet commander Ukraine claimed to have killed; new details revealed about Nord Stream pipeline explosionsRussia’s defence ministry released footage showing Viktor Sokolov, the commander of the Black Sea fleet, attending a defence board meeting via video call, a day after Ukraine claimed that Sokolov was killed in an attack on the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea fleet in Sevastopol.Suspilne, Ukraine’s state broadcaster, reported that Ukraine’s special forces...
Commander of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet killed, says Ukraine; Russian strikes kill six and cause ‘significant damage’ to Odesa portSee all our Ukraine coverageUkraine has claimed it killed Adm Viktor Sokolov, the commander of Russia’s Black Sea fleet, along with 33 other officers, in one of Kyiv’s boldest attacks yet on the occupied peninsula of Crimea. The Ukrainian military said Friday’s attack on the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea fleet in Sevastopol was timed to coincide with a meeting of...
Russian forces repelled near Bakhmut after counterattacks on two villages recently retaken by Ukraine; air raid alerts in all Ukrainian regions.See all our Ukraine coverageAir raid alerts were sounding in all Ukrainian regions on Sunday morning. The alerts were called at 12.30am local time on Sunday with the air force warning of incoming missile and drone strikes. Explosions were recorded in Kryvyi Rih, and Odesa.Two people were killed after Russian shelling struck the southern Ukrainian city of...
US agrees to supply Ukraine with long-range army tactical missile systems; Ukraine reports advances in Zaporizhzhia areaSee all our Ukraine coverageThe United States has decided to supply Ukraine with long-range army tactical missile systems (ATACMS), an important boost to Kyiv’s capacity to target Russian military logistics at long range distances as the country prepares for a second winter at war. President Joe Biden told the Ukrainian leader, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in a private meeting that a...
Canada pledges an extra C$650m in military aid during Zelenskiy visit; Ukrainian airstrike on Crimea hits Russia’s Black Sea navy headquarters See all our Ukraine coverageUkraine’s military said its forces had “successfully” struck the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea navy in the Crimean port of Sevastopol on Friday. Russia’s defence ministry said that one military serviceman was missing. Footage posted on social media showed clouds of white smoke billowing from the rooftop of the HQ...
Zelenskiy addresses US congress and meets with Biden; Russia launches largest missile attacks in a monthUkraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, visited the US Capitol, Pentagon and the White House. Zelenskiy’s visit to Washington was a much tougher one than the hero’s welcome he was given nine months ago, as some hardline Republicans are threatening to block US President Joe Biden’s request for a fresh $24bn aid package for Ukraine.In a closed door briefing, Zelenskiy told senators that...
Zelenskiy addresses UN security council; Poland will no longer arm Ukraine, says prime ministerUkraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, addressed the UN security council on Wednesday, saying there had been 574 days of “pain, losses and struggle” since Russia’s invasion of his country. He said peoples and governments had lost confidence in the UN’s ability and willingness to defend sovereign borders and that the UN had been “ineffective” but that it was “capable of more”.Zelenskiy called for the...
Air defence continues to be Ukraine’s ‘greatest need’ says US secretary of defence; UN chief says Russia creating ‘world of insecurity’ at general assembly Continue reading
Russia may annex more parts of Ukraine, Russia’s former leader Dmitry Medvedev said on Saturday, as Moscow celebrated the first anniversary of their annexation of four Ukrainian regions.