Ukraine crisis
Three civilians were killed during a Russian drone attack on the Black Sea city of Odesa in the early hours of Saturday after drone debris...
Ukraine reports ‘heavy combat’ after Putin says offensive has begun (Updated)
Moscow and Kyiv both reported heavy fighting in Ukraine on Friday, with bloggers describing the first sightings of German and U.S. armour, signalling that Ukraine’s...
NATO condemns Russia’s withdrawal from conventional armed forces treaty
NATO allies on Friday condemned Russia’s decision to withdraw from the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE). “Russia’s decision to withdraw from the...
Zelenskiy visits flood-stricken areas to assess scale of disaster
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited the flood-stricken southern region of Kherson on Thursday to assess the scale of devastation after the destruction of a huge...
About 600 sq km of Ukraine’s Kherson region under water after dam destroyed
About 600 square kilometres, or 230 square miles, of the Kherson region in southern Ukraine was under water on Thursday following the destruction of the...
Putin accuses Ukraine of destroying the Kakhovka Dam at behest of West
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday accused Ukraine of destroying the Kakhovka dam at the suggestion of the West, in what he called a “barbaric”...
Ukrainians face homelessness, disease as floodwaters crest from destroyed dam
Ukrainians abandoned inundated homes as floodwaters crested across a swathe of the south on Wednesday after the destruction of a vast hydro-electric dam on the...
State of emergency imposed in Russia-controlled parts of Kherson
A state of emergency has been imposed in Russian-controlled parts of Ukraine’s Kherson region following the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam and the flooding...
Tens of thousands at risk from flooding after Ukraine dam collapse
About 42,000 people are at risk from flooding in Russian- and Ukrainian-controlled areas along the Dnipro River after a dam collapsed, as the U.N. aid...
Russia’s Shoigu: Ukraine’s counter-offensive has been thwarted
Russia’s defence minister said on Tuesday his forces had thwarted the first three days of a Ukrainian counter-offensive in battles that had left more than...