the Hundreds of people stormed the main airport in Russia’s Dagestan region, chanting antisemitic slogans and seeking passengers arriving on a flight from the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, Russian news agencies and social media reported. Russian news reports said the crowd, on Sunday, surrounded the airliner, which belongs to Russian carrier Red Wings. Authorities […]
Russia blasted an apartment block in Ukraine with missiles on Wednesday and swarmed cities with drone attacks overnight, in a display of force as President Vladimir Putin bid farewell to his visiting “dear friend” and the Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping. Firefighters battled a blaze in two adjacent tall residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia. Officials said the […]
The United States will, on Tuesday, announce new aid to help Ukraine restore electricity as its people faced another week of brutal cold and darkness. This is coming after Russian missile strikes on Ukraine’s power grid caused rolling blackouts. Russia had targeted Ukraine’s power plants, transmission and distribution facilities, and water pumping stations since early […]
Russian-installed officials in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region have said they were extending an evacuation zone from the Dnipro river, repeating claims rejected by Keiv that Ukraine could be preparing to attack the Kakhovka dam and flood the region.Evacuation In a post on Telegram, Vladimir Saldo, the Russian-backed head of the region, which is partially […]
Ukraine reported further Russian missile attacks on central regions of the country, on Wednesday afternoon. According to the authorities, the Vinnytsia region, in west-central Ukraine, was among those hit but explosions were also heard in Kiev. The Ukrainian armed forces reported that Russia had fired missiles and combat drones from the territory of its ally […]
By Agency Report Ukraine said Russia had destroyed almost a third of its power stations over the past week as Moscow stepped up a pre-winter campaign to strike infrastructure, a move the West says is a calculated attempt to disrupt and demoralise. Missiles struck power-generating facilities in a clutch of Ukrainian cities home to millions […]
By Agency Report Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has condemned the new Russian missile and drone attacks as terror against the civilian population. The country was attacked during the night and throughout the morning, the head of state announced on Monday. The president said an inhabited building was hit in the capital. “The enemy can attack […]
By Agency report The Russian lower house of parliament ratified the incorporation of four occupied Ukrainian regions on Monday and fast-tracked the relevant legislation as the West rallied further to Kiev’s aid. More than 400 deputies in the Russian Duma, in a move unrecognised by most of the international community, voted unanimously in favour of […]