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Russian forces have unleashed an overnight barrage of more than 50 cruise missiles and explosive drones at Ukraine's power grid, targeting a wide area in an attack that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described as "massive". The bombardment blasted targets in seven Ukrainian regions, including the Kyiv area and parts of the south and west, damaging homes and the country's rail network, authorities said. Officials said three people were injured, including an 8-year-old girl. National electrical grid operator Ukrenergo said facilities were hit in the Vinnytsia, Zaporizhzhia, Kirovohrad, Poltava an...
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Russian plans to hold drills simulating the use of tactical nuclear weapons, the Defense Ministry announced Monday, days after the Kremlin reacted angrily to comments by senior Western officials about the war in Ukraine. The drills are in response to “provocative statements and threats of certain Western officials regarding the Russian Federation,” the Defense Ministry said in a statement. It is the first time that Russia has publicly announced drills involving tactical nuclear weapons, though its strategic nuclear forces regularly hold exercises. Tactical nuclear weapons have a lower yield co...
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The attack on Orthodox Easter Sunday - a day celebrated as Easter in both Russia and Ukraine – also injured 24 people in Ukraine's second-largest city and surrounding areas, regional officials said. The Kharkiv and the adjacent Sumy region also saw power cuts after reports of drone attacks and explosions. The largely Russian-speaking city of Kharkiv, just 40 kilometres from the Russian border has come under increasing attacks, with rising fears that it may become the next focal point of Russia’s military campaign. The prosecutor’s office opened a criminal case over violation of laws of war. Ru...
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In Ukraine, the army has been on the backfoot over the last few months; and despite the US package of $61 billion (€56.6 billion) of military support, experts say it will be sufficient merely to hold the frontline and possibly regain some lost territory. The situation has deteriorated in large part due to a serious shortage of ammunition and weapons from Western allies; where Ukrainian forces say they have been rationing bullets. Ukraine has been forced to abandon territory westward beginning with Avdiivka in Donetsk region in February. Due to a distinct lack of military support, Russia has ga...
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Recent statements by French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron about the war in Ukraine are “dangerous” and will deepen international tension around the conflict, the Kremlin’s spokesman said on Friday. In an interview published on Thursday, Macron repeated an earlier comment that he doesn’t rule out sending troops to Ukraine. Cameron, meanwhile, said during a visit to Kyiv the same day that Ukraine will be able to use British long-range weapons to strike targets inside Russia - a possibility that some other NATO countries providing weapons have balked at. Kremlin...
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The head of Ukraine's state border guard has said at least 30 people have died attempting to flee the country via various means, as the number of Ukrainians trying to avoid conscription continues to rise. In an interview with Ukraine's national news agency, Ukrinform, Andriy Demchenko said illegal attempts to cross the border occur every day, often with the help of third parties. "Most of these attempts are outside the checkpoints on the border with Moldova and Romania," he said. "The largest number of attempts with forged documents is recorded on the border with Poland. Most of the offenders ...
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Ukrainian officials confirmed Saturday that Russian forces has gained control over a third of village of front-line village of Ocheretyne in the Donetsk region. Ocheretyne is located 15 kilometers from Avdiivka, a town captured by Russian forces in February 2024. The town has been one of the hottest sectors for Russia's offensive in Ukraine. "The part [of Ocheretyne] in which the enemy is located is under our fire control. All steps are being taken to push the enemy out of there," spokesperson for the Khortytsia group of forces, Nazar Voloshyn, said, according to local media. "Heavy battles ar...
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On the 38th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster on Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned of the risks surrounding the Zaporizhzhia nuclear facility, which has been at the centre of nuclear safety crisis since Russia's invastion of Ukraine. Even under the shadow of the Chernobyl disaster in 1986, Zelenskyy said Russian forces were not taking the safety of the plant seriously. Russian forces seized the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine in the first days of its 2022 invasion. Both sides regularly accuse each other of endangering safety at ...
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Washington will provide Ukraine additional Patriot missiles for its air defence systems as part of a massive €5.6 billion additional aid package, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin announced on Friday. The missiles will be used to replenish previously supplied Patriot air defence systems. They are part of a package that also includes more munitions for the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) and additional gear to integrate Western air defence launchers, missiles and radars into Ukraine's existing weaponry - much of which still dates back to the Soviet era. Ukrainian Presi...
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One of the soldiers, who goes by the call-sign "Butcher", says the unit is having to improvise to fill the gap left by lack of shells and artillery.
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