Ukraine said it had downed 71 Russian attack drones overnight in what Kyiv authorities said was the biggest attack on the capital since the start of the invasion. Kyiv’s city administration said five people were injured, including an 11-year-old child. “The air force destroyed 71 Shahed 131/136 attack UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles). The vast majority…
Russia struck areas of eastern and southern Ukraine with artillery and missiles, killing at least three people and wounding four others, officials said. The strikes come as both sides prepare for a gruelling winter of fighting and as Russia tries to suppress a Ukrainian counteroffensive to regain occupied territory. Russia fired hundreds of shells into…
Several villages in Russia’s Kursk region bordering Ukraine lost power on Tuesday morning after a Ukrainian drone dropped explosives on an electricity substation, the region’s governor said. Since Russia launched hostilities against Ukraine last year, Russian regions bordering Ukraine have repeatedly accused Kyiv’s forces of attacking civilian infrastructure, including the power grid. “In the morning,…
The Russian forces have attacked Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv, with drones on Sunday morning. According to CNN, witnesses heard at least five blasts but scale of attack has not yet been ascertained Russia carried out an overnight aerial attack in the city as loud blasts were heard in the Ukraine’s capital. The attack, which happened…
The US has announced it will send controversial weapons to Ukraine as part of more than $1bn (£800m) in military and humanitarian aid. Russia condemned the move to equip US Abrams tanks with shells strong enough to pierce conventional tank armour. They are made of depleted uranium, a by-product of uranium enrichment stripped of most…
Ukraine’s Defence Minister, Oleksii Reznikov has confirmed that he is leaving his post. Mr Reznikov had led the ministry since before the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Mr Reznikov’s dismissal on Sunday, saying it was time for “new approaches” in the defence ministry. Rustem Umerov, who runs Ukraine’s…