Russian strikes on Ukraine kill seven; Poland scrambles fighter jets

July 30, 2026 10:00 AM

Russian strikes on Ukraine kill seven; Poland scrambles fighter jets

Russian ballistic missiles killed at least seven in Ukraine on Thursday, including one in Kyiv, in attacks extending as far as the western city of Lviv, forcing neighbouring Poland to scramble fighter jets to secure its airspace.   The attacks come as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy returns from the United States, where he said President Donald Trump agreed to give Ukraine licences for Patriot missiles.   Air raid alerts sounded across most regions of Ukraine, with a Reuters witness saying e...

Syrian and Russian jets bomb rebel-held northwest Syria

November 29, 2024 10:06 AM

Syrian and Russian jets bomb rebel-held northwest Syria

Russian and Syrian warplanes bombed rebel-held northwest Syria near the border with Turkey on Thursday to push back an insurgent offensive that captured territory for the first time in years, Syrian army and rebel sources said. Rebels led by Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham launched an incursion on Wednesday into a dozen towns and villages in the northwestern province of Aleppo, which is controlled by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces. The attack was the biggest since March...

Russian missiles kill 50 in strike on Ukrainian military institute

September 4, 2024 10:20 AM

Russian missiles kill 50 in strike on Ukrainian military institute

At least 50 people were killed and 271 wounded when Russia hit a military institute in Ukraine's central town of Poltava with two ballistic missiles on Tuesday, the war's deadliest single attack this year. Photographs posted on social media showed several bodies of young men on the ground covered in dust and debris, with the badly damaged side of a large building behind them. The Russian scum will definitely be held accountable for this strike," President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on the Tele...