The Russian aircraft were again “failing to liaise appropriately with local FIRs”, the ministry said. London: British Royal Air Force fighter jets were twice scrambled over the course of 24 hours to intercept Russian aircraft flying close to NATO airspace, the Ministry of Defence in London said Friday. RAF Typhoons based in Estonia and Swedish […]
Antonio Guterres said attacks against civilians and critical civilian infrastructure “must stop.” United Nations: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday that the partial destruction of the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine was “another devastating consequence” of Russia’s invasion of its neighbor. An attack on the major Russian-held dam in southern Ukraine unleashed a torrent of […]
“This was indeed a hack,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was cited as saying. Moscow: Several Russian radio stations were hacked and played a fake President Vladimir Putin speech announcing an invasion from Kyiv’s troops and emergency measures in three regions bordering Ukraine, the Kremlin said Monday. The hacking comes amid several reported incursion attempts and […]
Five children were in hospital, including three boys who were in a critical condition. Ukraine: Ukrainian rescuers outside the city of Dnipro on Sunday recovered the body of a two-year-old girl from the rubble left by a Russian strike on a residential area. On the other side of the border, Russian authorities asked villagers living […]
In May, the US had said it would allow Chinese airlines to hike passenger services. (Representational) Washington: Chinese airlines are avoiding flying over Russian airspace in newly approved flights to and from the United States, according to flight tracking website FlightAware and industry officials. Russia has barred US airlines and other foreign carriers from flying […]
Local residents react near the body of a person killed in a Russian missile strike in Kyiv. Kyiv: A nine-year-old girl, her mother and another woman were killed in a Russian missile strike on Kyiv on Thursday after the air raid shelter they rushed to failed to open, witnesses said. Police opened a criminal investigation […]
The Ukrainian Defence Ministry called it a serious war crime Kyiv: A Russian missile hit a clinic in the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Friday, killing at least two people and wounding 23 in an attack that President Volodymyr Zelenskiy described as a crime against humanity. Video footage showed a devastated building with smoke […]
Overnight shelling set fire to a house and damaged two others. (representational) Kyiv: A Russian missile on Friday struck a medical facility in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro, killing one and injuring 15, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said. “A rocket attack on a clinic in the city of Dnipro. As of now, one person […]
G7 agreed to tighten sanctions against Moscow and pare back exposure to China (File) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday that decisions taken by the Group of Seven countries at their summit in Japan were aimed at the “double containment” of Russia and China. Addressing a televised conference, Sergei Lavrov reiterated Russia’s claim […]
Air defence systems were active in the Kyiv and Chernihiv regions. Kyiv: Kyiv came under renewed Russian air attack overnight, with authorities early Saturday reporting falling debris in three districts of the Ukrainian capital and a fire on the roof of a residential building. “Fire on the roof of a nine-storey building in one of […]
