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Yahoo
7 days ago
- Politics
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Russians attack Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, injuring three people
Three people have been injured in Russian strikes on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on the night of 28-29 May. Source: Serhii Lysak, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram Quote: "The aggressor continued terrorising the Nikopol district. Heavy artillery and drones were used. They fired on Nikopol and the Pokrovske, Marhanets and Myrove hromadas. A 61-year-old man has been injured. Three houses and 30 solar panels have been damaged." [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.] Details: The Russians also attacked the Novopavlivka hromada in the Synelnykove district with guided bombs. Two people have been injured, one house destroyed and two more damaged due to the Russian strikes. Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
Japan Times
25-05-2025
- Politics
- Japan Times
Nine killed in Ukraine as it trades fire with Russia overnight
Russian strikes killed at least nine people in Ukraine overnight to Sunday, officials said, as Kyiv and Moscow traded fire amid an ongoing major prisoner swap. Four people were reported dead in the western Khmelnytskyi region, four in the Kyiv region — which came under attack for the second night running — and one in Mykolaiv in the south. "Last night, the Khmelnytskyi region came under hostile Russian fire, which resulted in the destruction of civilian infrastructure. ... Unfortunately, four people were killed," Sergiy Tyurin, the deputy head of the regional military administration, said in a Telegram post. Five people were also wounded in the Khmelnytskyi region, he said. Emergency services said in a Telegram post that four people were killed and 16 injured in the Kyiv region, including three children, in the "massive night attack." A man was also killed when a residential building was hit by a drone in Mykolaiv in southern Ukraine, the emergency services said. Russian authorities meanwhile reported that a dozen drones flying toward Moscow had been downed. The latest attacks come as the two sides pursue their biggest prisoner swap since Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Journalists heard explosions in the Ukrainian capital, with Tymur Tkachenko, the head of the city's military administration, warning "the night will not be easy." The capital was "under attack" but "air defenses are operating," said Mayor Vitali Klitschko. Tkachenko reported "more than a dozen enemy drones" were in airspace around the capital. "Some of the drones over Kyiv and the surrounding area have already been dealt with. But the new ones are still entering the capital," he wrote on Telegram. Debris fell on a five-story residential building, he added. Overnight attacks were also reported in the Kherson region. In Moscow, restrictions were imposed on at least four airports, including the main hub Sheremetyevo, the Russian civilian aviation authority said. Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 12 drones flying toward the Russian capital had been intercepted. The renewed attacks follow Ukraine's air force on Saturday morning saying Russia had launched 14 ballistic missiles and 250 drones overnight, which officials said left 15 wounded. The Russian military said Saturday that Ukraine had targeted it with 788 drones and missiles since Tuesday. Dozens of drones targeting Moscow have been shot down over the past week. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia's attacks indicated Moscow was "prolonging the war" and repeated his call for ramped-up sanctions. But he also said he expected officials to press on with a prisoner swap agreed to during talks last week in Istanbul. On Saturday, 307 Russian prisoners of war were exchanged for the same number of Ukrainian soldiers, according to announcements in Kyiv and Moscow. Both sides received 390 people in the first stage on Friday and are expected to exchange 1,000 each in total. Russia has signaled it will send Ukraine its terms for a peace settlement after the exchange, without saying what those terms would be. The two enemies have held regular prisoner swaps, but none has been on this scale. A reporter saw some of the formerly captive Ukrainian soldiers arrive at a hospital in the northern Chernigiv region, emaciated but smiling and waving to crowds waiting outside. "It's simply crazy. Crazy feelings," 31-year-old Konstantin Steblev, a soldier, said after he was released following three years in captivity. U.S. President Donald Trump earlier congratulated the two countries for the swap. "This could lead to something big???" he wrote on his Truth Social platform. Trump's efforts to broker a ceasefire in Europe's biggest conflict since World War II have so far been unsuccessful, despite his pledge to rapidly end the fighting. One of the soldiers formerly held captive, 58-year-old Viktor Syvak, said it was hard to express his emotional homecoming. Captured in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, he had been held for 37 months and 12 days. "It's impossible to describe. I can't put it into words. It's very joyful," he said. After more than three years of fighting, thousands of POWs are held in both countries. Russia is believed to have the larger share, with the number of Ukrainian captives estimated to be between 8,000 and 10,000. Diplomatic efforts to end the conflict have stepped up in recent weeks, but the Kremlin has shown no sign it has walked back its maximalist demands for ending the fighting. Russian President Vladimir Putin has defied European pressure for a full and unconditional truce in Ukraine, pressing on with its offensive, which has left tens of thousands dead.
Al Arabiya
25-05-2025
- Politics
- Al Arabiya
Russian fire kills four in west Ukraine: Regional official
Russian strikes killed four people overnight in Ukraine's western Khmelnytskyi region, the deputy head of the regional military administration said Sunday. 'Last night, the Khmelnytskyi region came under hostile Russian fire, which resulted in the destruction of civilian infrastructure... Unfortunately, four people were killed,' Sergiy Tyurin said in a Telegram post, adding that five people had also been wounded.
Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Kupiansk in Kharkiv Oblast 90% destroyed or damaged, situation is critical
The city of Kupiansk in Kharkiv Oblast has been 90% destroyed or damaged, while the situation in the Kupiansk hromada is critical. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.] Source: Andrii Besedin, Head of Kupiansk City Military Administration, on a national joint 24/7 newscast Quote: "90% of the city has been destroyed or damaged." Details: Besedin said that the situation in the Kupiansk hromada is "not difficult, but critical". The Russians are attacking the central parts of the settlements with guided aerial bombs, artillery, multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS) and first-person view drones. He also noted that two utility workers were killed in a Russian strike on Kupiansk with a guided aerial bomb and Uragan MLRS on 23 May (earlier reports indicated that one person had been killed and one injured – ed.). Besedin added that about 1,700 civilians remain in the hromada. He has called on people to evacuate. Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Yahoo
Russians bombard Sumy Oblast non-stop: woman killed
Russian forces have dropped guided aerial bombs on the Richky hromada in Sumy Oblast, killing a woman. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.] Source: Sumy Oblast Prosecutor's Office Quote from the prosecutor's office: "Early reports indicate that on the evening of 8 May, the enemy dropped eight guided aerial bombs on the Richky hromada in the Sumy district. Only on the morning of 9 May, the body of a 63-year-old woman with no signs of life was found on the territory of one of the households." Photo: Prosecutor's office Details: A criminal investigation has been opened into this incident. Background: On the night of 7-8 May, one person was killed and two others wounded as a result of Russian strikes with aerial bombs on Sumy Oblast. The Russians attacked peaceful settlemen ts, despite the so-called three-day truce announced by the Russian leadership. Colonel Yurii Ihnat, head of the communications department of the Ukrainian Air Force Command, told Ukrainska Pravda that Russia continues to terrorise the border areas of Sumy Oblast with guided bombs. On 8 May, the Russians dropped about 130 bombs. Over the morning of 9 May alone, they dropped 50 bombs. Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
