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Al Arabiya
01-05-2025
- Politics
- Al Arabiya
Ukrainian drone strike on Russian-occupied town kills seven
A Ukrainian drone strike on a market in the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky in the Kherson region in southern Ukraine on Thursday killed seven people, a Moscow-installed official said. 'Ukrainian Armed Forces launched a massive strike with FPV drones against civilians.... At least seven people have been killed and more than 20 injured,' Vladimir Saldo, governor of the Russian-occupied part of Kherson region wrote on Telegram, using the Russian spelling for the town's name.
Arab News
18-04-2025
- Arab News
Australian to stand trial in Russian-occupied Ukraine on mercenary charges
MOSCOW: An Australian man will stand trial on mercenary charges in Russian-occupied Lugansk, the eastern region's Moscow-installed authorities said on Friday, the latest foreign soldier fighting for Ukraine to appear before the court. 'The Prosecutor's Office of the Lugansk People's Republic approved the indictment in the criminal case against 33-year-old citizen of the Commonwealth of Australia Oscar Charles Augustus Jenkins,' the authorities said in a statement. According to the investigators, Jenkins came to Ukraine in February 2024 from Melbourne and then fought against the Russian army between March and December 2024, for which he was paid around $7,000-9,000 a month. Russia and its eastern Ukraine proxies typically consider foreigners traveling to fight in Ukraine as 'mercenaries.' This enables them to prosecute fighters under its criminal code, rather than treating them as captured prisoners of war with protections and rights under the Geneva Convention. Most recently British man James Scott Rhys Anderson, 22, was charged with terrorism after he was caught in the Kursk region fighting on Ukraine's side.
Los Angeles Times
05-04-2025
- Politics
- Los Angeles Times
Death toll in Russian missile strike in central Ukraine reaches 18
KYIV, Ukraine — The death toll from a Russian missile strike in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih has risen to 18, including nine children, regional governor Serhii Lysak said Saturday. An additional 72 people were injured in Friday's attack, ranging from a 3-month-old baby to elderly residents. About half of those wounded remain hospitalized, with 17 in serious condition. 'There can never be forgiveness for this,' said Oleksandr Vilkul, head of the city's defense council. 'Eternal memory to the victims.' Kryvyi Rih is the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. 'The missile struck an area right next to residential buildings — hitting a playground and ordinary streets,' Zelensky wrote on Telegram. Local authorities said the strike damaged about 20 apartment buildings, more than 30 vehicles, an educational building and a restaurant. The Russian Defense Ministry said Friday that it had carried out a high-precision missile strike with a high explosive warhead on a restaurant where a meeting with unit commanders and Western instructors was taking place. The Russian military said the strike killed 85 military personnel and foreign officers and destroyed 20 vehicles. The military's claims could not be independently verified. The Ukrainian General Staff rejected the claims. A later drone strike on Kryvyi Rih killed one woman and wounded seven other people. Zelensky blamed the daily strikes on Russia's unwillingness to end the war. 'Every missile, every drone strike proves Russia wants only war,' he said, urging Ukraine's allies to increase pressure on Moscow and bolster Ukraine's air defenses. The Ukrainian president also criticized the response of the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv to the strike. Ambassador Bridget A. Brink posted on social media Friday that she was 'horrified' by the strike in Kryvyi Rih. 'More than 50 people injured and 16 killed, including 6 children. This is why the war must end,' the post said. Zelensky, who has had a strained relationship with President Trump, described the post as 'unpleasantly surprising' for not directly naming Russia as the perpetrator of the attack. 'Such a strong country, such a strong people — and such a weak reaction. They are even afraid to say the word 'Russian' when talking about the missile that killed children,' he said in the post, which praised other countries including Japan, Britain, Switzerland and Germany for their 'principled statements.' 'Yes, the war must end. But in order to end it, we must not be afraid to call a spade a spade,' he said. Russian forces launched 92 drones into Ukraine overnight, with 51 shot down by air defenses, the Ukrainian air force wrote on social media Saturday. An additional 31 decoy drones also failed to reach their targets, it said. Elsewhere, one person died Saturday in shelling in the Russian-occupied town of Horlivka in Ukraine's Donetsk region, Moscow-installed Gov. Denis Pushilin said. Security officials told Russian state news channels that they had destroyed 28 Ukrainian drones over the Donetsk region overnight, marking the first time that the occupied territory had been targeted by such long-range strikes.
Yahoo
25-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
3 Russian state media employees killed in occupied Luhansk Oblast
Three employees from Russian state-affiliated media were killed in occupied Luhansk Oblast while on assignment, several news outlets reported on March 24. The victims included Izvestia correspondent Alexander Fedorchak, as well as Zvezda TV cameraman Andrei Panov and driver Alexander Sirkeli. Izvestia announced that Fedorchak died while reporting from the front lines. The journalist often covered Kharkiv and Luhansk oblasts as well as Russia's Kursk region. "His last report was broadcast literally the day before," the newspaper said. In January, Izvestia newspaper reported that a Ukrainian "kamikaze" drone attack killed one of its freelance reporters, Alexander Martemyanov, while he was traveling on a highway in occupied eastern Ukraine. Originally a Soviet state newspaper, Izvestia is now owned by the National Media Group (NMG), a media conglomerate with significant state-controlled ownership and close ties to the Kremlin. Meanwhile, Zvezda, a channel linked to Russia's Defense Ministry, said two of its crew members were killed when their vehicle was struck. Russia's Investigative Committee launched an investigation into the incident, saying that the journalists were killed in Russian-occupied Luhansk Oblast. Leonid Pasechnik, Moscow-installed leader in Luhansk, claimed the attack occurred in the Kreminna district, also killing three civilians. The incident occurred as Ukraine and Russia held talks with the United States regarding a possible partial ceasefire. Russia has intensified its assaults on Ukraine's civilian areas over the past weeks. Read also: Russian missile strike on Sumy injures more than 90, including 23 children We've been working hard to bring you independent, locally-sourced news from Ukraine. Consider supporting the Kyiv Independent.
Yahoo
12-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Kyiv again accuses Russia of failed IAEA rotation at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
(Reuters) - Ukraine accused Russia on Wednesday of deliberately disrupting rotation of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. The ministry's spokesman Heorhii Tykhyi said in a statement that the Russian side had again used tactics it had employed before. "(Russia) gives vague signals of its supposed readiness to guarantee safe passage, but an hour before the start of the rotation it opens fire or starts hostilities in the area," Tykhyi said. See for yourself — The Yodel is the go-to source for daily news, entertainment and feel-good stories. By signing up, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy. There was no immediate comment from Russia. The Moscow-installed governor of the Zaporizhzhia region earlier accused Ukraine of attacking the city of Enerhodar near the nuclear power plant using drones. Last week Ukraine said the IAEA had to postpone the rotation due to a lack of security guarantees from Russia, an accusation rejected by Moscow. Russia captured Europe's largest nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine shortly after the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The IAEA has deployed staff to the plant since September 2022.
