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Irish Independent
4 hours ago
- Politics
- Irish Independent
Maternity ward struck by Russia in one of war's largest air attacks on Kyiv
latest | Anastasiia Malenko and Pavel Polityuk ©Reuters Russia launched one of its largest air strikes on Kyiv in over three years of war and struck a maternity ward in the southern city of Odesa in attacks that killed at least two people, officials said on Tuesday. The overnight strikes followed Russia's biggest drone assault of the war on Ukraine on Monday and were part of intensified bombardments in what Moscow says is retaliation for attacks by Ukrainian forces on Russia. Register for free to read this story Register and create a profile to get access to our free stories. You'll also unlock more free stories each week. Already registered? Log In Subscribe today for unlimited access. View subscription options
RNZ News
11 hours ago
- Politics
- RNZ News
Russia's new drone strikes hit Kyiv, maternity ward in Odesa, Ukraine says
By Pavel Polityuk , Reuters A house in a residential area is destroyed by a Russian drone attack in the Odesa region on 26 May 2025. Photo: AFP / Nina Liashonok Russia launched another large drone attack on Ukraine, striking Kyiv and damaging a maternity ward in the southern port of Odesa, regional officials have said early on Tuesday. The overnight attacks follow Russia's biggest drone strike on Ukraine on Monday - part of intensified operations that Moscow said were retaliatory measures for Kyiv's recent brazen attacks inside Russia. Medics were called to four districts of Kyiv a couple hours after midnight on Tuesday, including the historic Podil neighbourhood, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on the Telegram messaging app. The military said the strikes were still ongoing and urged people to seek bomb shelters. The full scale of the attack was not immediately clear. "Enemy drones are simultaneously attacking several districts of the city," Timur Tkachenko, head of Kyiv's military administration said on the Telegram messaging app. "There is damage to residential buildings and fires. Rescuers are working at the sites." Reuters' witnesses heard a series of loud explosions throughout the city. In the southern port of Odesa, a "massive" drone attack targeted an emergency medical building and a maternity ward, as well as residential buildings, Oleh Kiper, governor of the broader Odesa region said on Telegram. Regarding the maternity hospital there were no casualties and patients and staff were evacuated, Kiper said. He posted photos of broken windows in what looked like a medical facility and of damages to facades of several buildings. Both sides deny targeting civilians in the war that Russia launched against Ukraine more than three years ago. But thousands of civilians have been killed in the conflict, the chief majority of them Ukrainian. -Reuters
Yahoo
12 hours ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Russia's new drone strikes hit Kyiv, maternity ward in Odesa, Ukraine says
By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) -Russia launched another large drone attack on Ukraine, striking Kyiv and damaging a maternity ward in the southern port of Odesa, regional officials said early on Tuesday. The overnight attacks follow Russia's biggest drone strike on Ukraine on Monday - part of intensified operations that Moscow said were retaliatory measures for Kyiv's recent brazen attacks inside Russia. Medics were called to four districts of Kyiv a couple hours after midnight on Tuesday, including the historic Podil neighbourhood, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on the Telegram messaging app. The military said the strikes were still ongoing and urged people to seek bomb shelters. The full scale of the attack was not immediately clear. "Enemy drones are simultaneously attacking several districts of the city," Timur Tkachenko, head of Kyiv's military administration said on the Telegram messaging app. "There is damage to residential buildings and fires. Rescuers are working at the sites." Reuters' witnesses heard a series of loud explosions throughout the city. In the southern port of Odesa, a "massive" drone attack targeted an emergency medical building and a maternity ward, as well as residential buildings, Oleh Kiper, governor of the broader Odesa region said on Telegram. Regarding the maternity hospital there were no casualties and patients and staff were evacuated, Kiper said. He posted photos of broken windows in what looked like a medical facility and of damages to facades of several buildings. Both sides deny targeting civilians in the war that Russia launched against Ukraine more than three years ago. But thousands of civilians have been killed in the conflict, the chief majority of them Ukrainian.
Yahoo
03-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Exclusive-Ukraine's 2025 grain harvest may fall 10%, minister says
By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine's 2025 grain harvest may decrease by 10% to around 51 million metric tons compared to 56.7 million tons in 2024, according to the most pessimistic estimates, Ukrainian agriculture minister Vitaliy Koval said on Tuesday. Ukraine is a global producer of grains and oilseeds, but the harvest is highly dependent on favourable weather conditions during both the autumn sowing and spring months. Military risks associated with the ongoing Russian invasion are also reducing output as farmers are afraid or unable to plant and harvest crops. Significant areas have also been seized or mined. "A difficult season awaits us. An abnormally warm winter, first there was no humidity, then prolonged rains delayed the sowing campaign in some regions for two weeks. Therefore, we expect a decrease in the harvest," Koval told Reuters. "The most negative forecast is minus 10%. According to expectations the harvest of grain is minus 10%, oilseeds minus 5%. It's definitely not a failure, but God willing we will harvest everything," he said. Giving the first detailed forecast, for 2025 Koval said Ukraine could harvest around 26 million tons of corn, 4.5 million tons of barley, 1.5 million tons of minor grains, 11.5 million tons of sunflower seeds, and 11 million tons of sugar beet. He said the wheat harvest may be between 20 and 22 million tons and the final figure would depend on weather and war-related factors. Koval said the 2025 overall oilseed crop could decrease to around 20.16 million tons from 21.18 in 2024, partially due to a decrease in the rapeseed crop by 600,000 tons. Ukraine is the world's largest sunflower oil exporter. The minister declined to provide Ukraine's 2025/26 grain export forecast, based on an as yet unclear final harvest figure, but analysts say exports will total 40.9 million tons, including 15 to 15.5 million tons of wheat. Analyst ASAP Agri said last week Ukraine's wheat exports were expected to fall in the 2025/26 July-June season due to possible changes in the EU's import policy, uncertain harvest prospects and a better crop outlook in EU importing countries.
RNZ News
07-05-2025
- Politics
- RNZ News
Mother and son killed in Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv
By Gleb Garanich and Pavel Polityuk , Reuters People walk past a residential building damaged during a Russian drone attack that killed two people and wounded eight others, Ukrainian officials said, in Kyiv on 7 May, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Photo: ROMAN PILIPEY / AFP Russia launched an intense drone and missile attack on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities overnight in Europe, killing a mother and her son in the capital, amid faltering US-backed attempts to broker a pause in the fighting. Kamikaze drones continued to fly over Ukrainian territory at around 11am (8pm NZST) on Wednesday, the air force said, more than nine hours after air raid sirens first sounded over the Kyiv region. The escalation comes as Russia prepares to welcome world leaders to Moscow for the 9 May parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union and its allies in World War Two. Ukraine launched drones towards Moscow for a third day, forcing most of the Russian capital's airports to close hours before Chinese President Xi Jinping was due to arrive. The Kremlin has touted his presence, along with that of 28 other world leaders, as a sign that Russia has not been isolated since it launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February, 2022. In Kyiv, warning sirens wailed in the early hours of Wednesday amid the rumble of air defences, and at least three districts were hit by falling debris from downed drones, Ukraine's emergency service said on the Telegram messaging app. At one location, police loaded two bodies wrapped in white plastic sheets into a van. President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a post on Telegram that a mother and her son had been killed. At least seven people, including four children, were also injured in the attacks, Zelensky said, adding that Russia fired four ballistic missiles and 142 drones at Kyiv and five other regions. In Kyiv, evacuated residents, some still in their night dress, waited outside damaged apartment blocks and watched as emergency workers tried to douse the flames and stop smoke billowing from burned out apartments. "I know the people there, I have been trying to call them, they are not picking up," local resident Volodymyr Khortov, 66, said outside one of the damaged buildings. "God forbid." In Moscow, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that Russian air defence units destroyed at least 14 Ukrainian drones after 10pm on Tuesday (7am Wednesday NZST), with no damage reported. Russia's aviation watchdog Rosaviatsia said flights were halted at all four airports that serve Moscow for several hours overnight to ensure air safety for the third night in row. Russian President Vladimir Putin, who will be hosting the leaders of several nations at the parade, has called for a 8-10 May ceasefire in the war. Zelensky called the measure pointless and offered an unconditional ceasefire over at least 30 days in line with a US proposal launched in March. - Reuters
