Advanced Russian defences in Crimea are increasingly vulnerable to Ukraine’s US and British-supplied missiles The night sky over Crimea flashed with explosions and tracer fire as the barrage of American-made missiles arrived and found their targets. In a matter of minutes, three Russian surface-to-air missile systems that were supposed to be protecting the peninsula had […]
The United States will send Ukraine another Patriot missile system, two US officials have said, answering Kyiv’s desperate calls for more air defences as it battles an intense Russian assault on the north-eastern region of Kharkiv. The officials said president Joe Biden has approved the move. It would be the second Patriot system that the […]
The United States will send Ukraine another Patriot missile system, two US officials have said, answering Kyiv’s desperate calls for more air defences as it battles an intense Russian assault on the north-eastern region of Kharkiv. The officials said President Joe Biden has approved the move. It would be the second Patriot system that the […]
Ukrainian troops used US-supplied Himars missiles to destroy an advanced air defence system inside Russia, as the Kremlin warned Washington it could suffer “fatal consequences” for backing the cross-border attacks. Several missiles are understood to have hit an air defence installation in Belgorod, Russia that was equipped with S-300/400 surface-to-air missiles. Photos of the aftermath […]
Sending air defence systems to Ukraine to help protect it from Russian cruise missiles, rockets and drones is an “absolute priority”, Germany’s foreign minister said in Kyiv on Tuesday after visiting a local power plant that was largely reduced to ruins by a recent barrage. Annalena Baerbock said that what she called a “global initiative” […]
KYIV (Reuters) – A new U.S. weapons package is going to have an impact on the battlefield in Ukraine, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday, visiting Kyiv at a time when Ukrainian forces have faced setbacks at the front after a long delay in U.S. aid. Washington finally passed a bill in late […]
Russia pounded a town in Ukraine’s north east with artillery, rockets and guided aerial bombs on Friday before attempting an infantry breach of local defences, authorities said. It is a tactical switch that Kyiv officials have been expecting for weeks as the war stretches into its third year. Intense nighttime shelling targeted Vovchansk, in the […]
Russia pounded a town in Ukraine’s north east with artillery, rockets and guided aerial bombs on Friday before attempting an infantry breach of local defences, authorities said. It is a tactical switch that Kyiv officials have been expecting for weeks as the war stretches into its third year. Intense nighttime shelling targeted Vovchansk, in the […]
Poland aims to improve its air defences until it is “as secure as Israel,” Prime Minister Donald Tusk said in Warsaw on Tuesday, following a cabinet meeting on national security. Tusk noted that Israel had intercepted almost all missiles and drones fired at it by Iran over the weekend, while Ukraine, Poland’s neighbour to the […]
Iran has launched aerial drones at Israel, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says, appearing to mark a widely anticipated reprisal attack. Israel’s Channel 12 TV says the salvo is expected to reach Israel at 02:00 on Sunday (23:00 GMT on Saturday). It said Israeli forces were on high alert and “monitoring all targets”. Iran had […]
In light of the constant barrage of Russian airstrikes hitting the north-eastern city of Kharkiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has made a plea with international allies to deliver urgently needed air defence systems. “It is quite obvious that the air defence capacities we have in Ukraine are not enough – and this is clear to […]
Russia fired salvoes of drones and missiles overnight at southern and eastern regions of Ukraine, authorities said on Thursday, injuring more than a dozen people as the Kremlin’s forces persevered with attacks designed to wear down Ukrainian defences. Air defence systems intercepted 26 out of 28 Shahed drones, Ukraine’s air force said. Russian forces also […]