Russian-controlled power station says drone shot down over roof over reactor number six, which is currently shut downThe head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has condemned a drone strike on one of six nuclear reactors at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine. “This cannot happen,” director general Rafael Grossi wrote on a social media post, adding, “No one can conceivably benefit or get any military or political advantage from attacks against nuclear...
Ukraine led attack on to military airfield near town of Morozovsk in Rostov region in RussiaThe Kremlin has called French President Emmanuel Macron’s assertions that Russia plans to disrupt the Olympics “absolutely unfounded.”Macron said on Thursday that he had “no doubt” that Russia would target the Paris Olympics this summer. Continue reading
This live blog is now closed, you can read more of our Ukraine war coverage hereThree people were killed in the Russian-controlled part of Ukraine’s southern Kherson region by Ukrainian shelling on Monday, the Russian-installed regional head Vladimir Saldo said on Tuesday.More details to follow as we get them. Continue reading
About 20 Russian airfield staff killed or injured, according to Ukraine – but Moscow denies it
According to reports, former US President Donald Trump has disclosed that if re-elected in November, he intends to persuade Kyiv to give up its land, which would put an end to Russia's invasion of Ukraine in just one day.The Washington Post was told that, as part of Trump's plan, Ukraine will be urged to hand over Crimea and the Donbas border region as a step towards putting an end to the conflict."President Trump is the only one talking about stopping the killing," said Trump's campaign...
This live blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereHere are some of the latest images coming through from photo agencies:We’ve got a bit more on Ukraine’s new mobilisation bill aimed at boosting troop numbers. Continue reading
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
Wilmer Puello-Mota, wanted on child sexual abuse image charges, enlists after apparently volunteering for assault on AvdiivkaA former city councillor and member of the Massachusetts national guard who is wanted in the US on child sexual abuse image charges has fled the country and joined the Russian army fighting in Ukraine.Wilmer Puello-Mota, 28, former city councillor of Holyoke, Massachusetts, went missing on 7 January, two days before he was scheduled to appear in court in Rhode Island in...
Ukraine “will lose the war” if the United States Congress does not approve military aid to help it resist Russia’s invasion, President Volodymyr Zelensky said. “It’s important to specifically address the Congress: if the Congress doesn’t help Ukraine, Ukraine will lose the war,” Zelensky said Sunday during a video meeting of the Ukrainian fund-raising group UNITED24. “If Ukraine loses this war, other countries will be attacked. This is a fact,” he said. Zelensky’s warning, among his starkest...
The Congress are expected to return from recess on 9 April where the multi-billion dollar aid package will be put to a vote.
Attacks on the closest big city to the Russian border have been intensifying in recent weeks.
Ukrainian officials claimed Friday they used a barrage of drones to destroy at least six military aircraft and badly damage eight others at an airfield in Russia’s Rostov region, while Russian defense officials claimed they intercepted 44 Ukrainian drones and that only a power substation was damaged in the attack.