Russian invasion of Ukraine
Ukraine studies debris from new Russian missile
Ukraine yesterday showed journalists fragments of the Russian missile used to strike the city of Dnipro last week, after Moscow said it had tested its new Oreshnik ballistic missile.
Ukraine lost over 40pc of the land it held in Kursk region: military
Ukraine has lost over 40 percent of the territory in Russia’s Kursk region that it rapidly seized in a surprise incursion in August as Russian forces have mounted waves of counter-assaults, a senior Ukrainian military source said.
Ballistic missile strike on Ukraine a warning to West
The Kremlin said yesterday that a strike on Ukraine using a newly-developed hypersonic ballistic missile was designed to warn the West that Moscow will respond to moves by the US and Britain to let Kyiv strike Russia with their missiles.
Russia fires ICBM at Ukraine for first time
Russia launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) during an attack on Ukraine yesterday, Kyiv’s air force said, in the first known use in the war of such a powerful, nuclear-capable weapon with a range of thousands of kilometres.
US ‘doing everything’ to prolong war
Russia yesterday accused the US of prolonging the “war in Ukraine” by stepping up weapons deliveries to Kyiv ahead of Donald Trump entering the White House.
Ukraine fires first long-range US missiles into Russia
Ukraine used US ATACMS missiles to strike Russian territory for the first time yesterday, Moscow said, in an attack regarded by Russia as a major escalation on the war’s 1,000th day.
Russian missiles pound Ukraine’s energy grid
Russia yesterday unleashed its largest wave of airstrikes on Ukraine in almost three months, firing 120 missiles and 90 drones in a sweeping attack that killed at least nine people and caused “severe damage” to the power system, officials said.
We must do everything to end war next year: Zelensky
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday said that Kyiv would like to end the war with Russia next year through “diplomatic means”, as both countries prepare for Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
Ukraine destroys two Russian military boats
Ukraine’s military intelligence service said yesterday its forces had used naval drones to destroy two Russian patrol boats off Moscow-annexed Crimea.
Biden missing talks would be ‘applause’ for Putin
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky said yesterday that if US President Joe Biden missed a peace summit organised by Kyiv in Switzerland next month, it would be like a standing ovation for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Russian attack on Kharkiv kills 16
A Russian strike on a crowded DIY hardware store in Kharkiv killed 16 people and wounded dozens more, Ukrainian prosecutors said yesterday morning, the death toll rising as the country’s second-largest city reeled from two attacks a day earlier.
Russia ‘bogged down’ in battle for border town: Ukraine
Russian forces have become “bogged down” trying to capture the Ukrainian border town of Vovchansk but have intensified their offensive elsewhere on the eastern front, Ukraine’s top general said yesterday.
Russian attack on Kharkiv kills seven
Russia pounded Kharkiv with missiles yesterday, killing seven people inside a printing house, and President Volodymyr Zelensky chided Ukraine’s western allies for not providing enough military support to rebuff Russian attacks.
Deputy chief of Russian military's general staff held on bribery charges
The deputy head of the Russian army's General Staff has been accused of taking bribes and arrested, investigators said on Thursday, the latest in a slew of high-profile cases of alleged corruption to shake the military's top brass
Ukraine strikes Russia, occupied east
Ukraine attacked a number of villages in Russia’s Belgorod border region and the occupied eastern city of Lysychansk yesterday, killing two people, authorities and Russian media said.
Zelensky expects Russian offensive in northeast Ukraine to intensify
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an exclusive interview with AFP on Friday he expects Russia to step up its offensive in the northeast and warned Kyiv only has a quarter of the air defences it needs to hold the front line
Russia carving out buffer zone
President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that Russian forces advancing in Ukraine’s northeast were carving out a buffer zone to protect Russia from attacks and said the West was “sick in the head” if it thought it could dictate terms to Moscow.
Putin meets Xi in Beijing seeking greater support for war effort
Russian President Vladimir Putin met Thursday with counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing as he seeks greater support from China for his war effort in Ukraine and his isolated economy