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Russia-Ukraine war

8 Dec
Kyiv said Friday that Russia had launched more than a dozen cruise missiles at Ukraine overnight in Moscow's latest aerial barrage in nearly two years of war.[
24 Nov
A third wave of Russian forces is attacking the eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiivka and systematically shelling the centre of the industrial hub, its Ukrainian head said Friday. The nearly-encircled town near the Russian-held regional stronghold of Donetsk has faced a fierce onslaught for more than a month. "The third wave (of assaults) began. They…
20 Nov
Russia has launched several waves of drone attacks on Kyiv for the second night in a row, the city’s military administration said. Serhiy Popko, head of the administration, said Ukraine’s air defence systems hit around 10 drones in Kyiv and its outskirts. “No critical damage or casualties have been reported,” he said. Meanwhile, Russian authorities…
12 Nov
Russia on Sunday accused Ukraine of carrying out a series of attacks in the border regions of Bryansk and Belgorod, damaging five train carriages and causing one injury.
26 Aug 2023
Russian authorities said Saturday that air defences had destroyed one drone as it approached Moscow and another close to the border with Ukraine
18 Aug 2023
Washington has told Denmark and the Netherlands that they will be permitted to hand over their F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine when the country's pilots are trained to operate them, the US State Department said Friday. Both Denmark and the Netherlands, which are leading the program to train Ukraine's pilots on the F-16, have been…
23 Jun 2023
Ukraine said Friday it had downed an entire barrage of 13 cruise missiles fired by Russian forces overnight targeting an airfield in the west of the country.
11 Jun 2023
Kyiv announced on Sunday that Ukrainian forces have retaken a village in the war-torn country's southeast, the first reported gain of the offensive.
2 Jun 2023
America's top diplomat on Friday insisted that a strong Ukraine in control of its own territory was a prerequisite for talks with Russia, warning against a "Potemkin" or fake peace through a ceasefire.
27 May 2023
Two drones damaged an administration building of an oil pipeline in Russia's western Pskov region, the regional governor said Saturday.
21 May 2023
Ukraine on Sunday denied Bakhmut had fallen to Russian troops in the longest battle of the war and said it was instead advancing around the suburbs, making it "very difficult" for Russian troops to stay in the devastated city.
19 May 2023
US President Joe Biden told G7 leaders that Washington will support providing advanced warplanes including F-16s to Ukraine and will back efforts to train Kyiv's pilots, a senior White House official said Friday.

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