Russia Ukraine conflict

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...

August 27, 2024 3:46 PM

PM Modi discusses Russia-Ukraine conflict with President Putin, shares insights from Ukraine visit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi engaged in a conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, during which they exchanged views on the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict and PM Modi's recent visit to Ukraine. The discussion with President Putin followed PM Modi's telephonic conversation with US President Joe Biden the day before. During his call with President Biden, the Prime Minister shared insights from his visit to Ukraine and reiterated India's unwavering stance on resolving the co...

May 13, 2024 11:52 AM

Ukrainian missile kills 15 at apartment block, Russia says

At least 15 people were killed and scores injured on Sunday when a section of a Russian apartment block collapsed after being struck by fragments of a Soviet-era missile, launched by Ukraine and shot down by Russia, Russian officials said. In one of the deadliest attacks to date on the region of Belgorod, Ukraine launched what Russian officials said was a massive missile attack, involving Tochka ballistic missiles and Adler and RM-70 Vampire (MLRS) multiple launch rocket systems. Russia's emer...