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November 21, 2024 11:50 PM

Ukraine says Russia struck it with ‘new’ missile; claims it was an ICBM are disputed

Ukraine said Russia fired a new kind of missile at the city of Dnipro on Thursday, and while there was debate over what kind, it appeared to be a nuclear-capable weapon that carried multiple warheads, in a further escalation of the 33-month-old war. Kyiv said Russia used an intercontinental ballistic missile, a weapon designed for long-distance nuclear strikes and never before used in war. Three U.S. officials said it was an intermediate range ballistic missile that has a smaller range. Regard...

October 30, 2024 10:19 AM

Nine injured in Russian drone attack on Kyiv, Ukraine’s officials say

At least nine people were injured, including an 11-year-old girl, and several apartments were on fire after a Russian drone attack on Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday. Falling debris from a destroyed drone sparked a fire in a multi-storey apartment building in the Solomianskyi district in Kyiv's west, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on his Telegram messaging app. "So far, nine people have been injured," Klitschko said. "All of them were treated by medics on the spot." The military admi...

October 29, 2024 9:53 AM

No new limits on Ukraine’s use of US arms if North Korea joins Russia’s fight, Pentagon says

The U.S. will not impose new limits on Ukraine's use of American weapons if North Korea joins Russia's war, the Pentagon said on Monday, as NATO said North Korean military units had been deployed to the Kursk region in Russia. The North Korea deployment is fanning Western concerns that the 2-1/2-year conflict in Ukraine could widen, even as attention shifts to the Middle East. It could signal how Russia hopes to offset mounting battlefield losses and continue making slow, steady gains in easte...

October 25, 2024 9:13 PM

“India is on the side of peace”: MEA on Russia-Ukraine conflict, situation in West Asia

India reiterated its stance on peace during discussions on the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the crisis in West Asia, reaffirming its efforts to pursue dialogue among all parties. Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, addressing a special briefing on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's official visit to India, confirmed that these global issues were discussed in depth. Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared his insights from meetings with Russian and Ukrainian leaders, highlighting India’s diplomatic effort...

October 25, 2024 4:17 PM

Putin says it is our affair if Russia uses North Korean troops

President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that it was Russia's business whether or not it decided to use North Korean troops and said that if Ukraine wanted to join NATO then Moscow could do what it wanted to ensure its own security. The United States said on Wednesday that it had seen evidence that North Korea has sent 3,000 troops to Russia for possible deployment in Ukraine, a move that the West is casting as a significant escalation of the Ukraine war. Ukraine's military intelligence service...

October 15, 2024 12:27 PM

Russia’s attack on Ukraine’s Mykolaiv kills one, injures 16, governor says

Russia's attack on Ukraine's southern city of Mykolaiv killed one person and injured at least 16, the head of the regional military administration said on Tuesday. The attack damaged an infrastructure facility, a restaurant complex, trade pavilions, residential buildings and cars, governor Vitaliy Kim said on the Telegram messaging app. The emergency services said the attack also caused several fires, two of which had been put out. Ukrainian military said the Russian forces used seven S-300/4...

October 10, 2024 3:36 PM

Kremlin dismisses reports of North Korean soldiers fighting in Ukraine

The Kremlin on Thursday dismissed South Korean assertions that North Korea may have sent some military personnel to help Russia against Ukraine and might be weighing a bigger deployment. South Korea's Defence Minister Kim Yong-hyun this week said "there was a high possibility" North Korea could deploy troops to help Russia in the war with Ukraine. Kim also told a parliamentary hearing that news reports of North Korean military officers having been killed in a Ukrainian strike on territory cont...

September 30, 2024 12:43 PM

Russia launches waves of drone attacks on Kyiv, Ukraine’s military says

Russia launched several waves of drones targeting Kyiv early on Monday, with air defence units successfully defending the city during the attack which lasted over five hours, Ukraine's military said. Reuters' witnesses heard numerous blasts in the Ukrainian capital in what sounded like air defence systems in operation and saw objects being hit in the air. All the drones that Russia launched at Kyiv were either destroyed by defence systems or neutralised by electronic warfare, Serhiy Popko, the...

September 29, 2024 12:32 PM

Russian attacks on hospital in Ukraine’s Sumy kill 10, Kyiv says

Russia attacked a hospital in Sumy in northeastern Ukraine early on Saturday, killing 10 people and injuring at least 22 others, Ukrainian officials said. Danielle Bell, head of the U.N. Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, said "loitering munitions" - or suicide drones - hit the Saint Panteleimon Clinical Hospital in two attacks 45 minutes apart. "Most of the fatalities occurred during the second strike, which hit as first responders arrived at the site and patients attempted to evacua...

September 13, 2024 8:38 PM

Russia expels six British diplomats as East-West tensions rise over Ukraine missiles

Russia's FSB security service said on Friday it had revoked the accreditation of six British diplomats in Moscow after accusing them of spying and sabotage work, signalling the Kremlin's anger at what it sees as London's vital role in helping Ukraine. Russia announced the expulsions hours ahead of planned talks in Washington between British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and U.S. President Joe Biden on the next steps in supporting Ukraine, centring on whether to allow Western missiles to be used t...

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