German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has condemned Russia’s latest massive missile attack on Ukraine on the morning of 2 January. Source: Baerbock on Twitter (X); European Pravda Details: “With every missile, Putin shows that he wants to destroy Ukraine,” the German Foreign Minister said. She stressed that the Patriot and IRIS-T air defence systems provided […]
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Russian missile fragments injure rescued lioness at Ukrainian animal rescue center
Fragments from a Russian missile fired at Kyiv landed a mere 300 meters from the Help Animals of Ukraine (HAU) wild animal rescue center, injuring Yuna, a lioness recently rehabilitated, the organization said on Facebook on Jan. 2. Read also: Russian occupiers pillage Askania-Nova Nature Reserve, committing ecocide The impact of the missile fragments resulted […]
1 civilian dead in Kharkiv as number of injured jumps to 41 following Russian Kinzhal missile attack
One civilian was killed and at least 41 others were injured in Kharkiv because of a massive missile attack by Russia on Ukraine, the Kharkiv City Administration reported on Telegram on Dec. 2. “The enemy struck Kharkiv with Kinzhal missiles,” Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported on Telegram. “We have preliminary information, which needs to be […]
Explosions in Kropyvnytskyi, casualties mount in Kharkiv & Kyiv after mass Russian missile attack
Explosions were heard in Kropyvnytskyi, Kirovohrad Oblast as Russia launched another mass drone and missile attack on Ukraine early on Jan. 2, Ukrainian broadcaster Suspilne reported. The Kirovohrad City Military Administration has not yet commented on the situation. Read also: Ukraine retaliates against Russian mass missile attack with mass drone attack Russia carried out another […]
Heavy Russian missile attacks hit Ukraine’s 2 largest cities
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s two largest cities came under heavy Russian missile attacks on Tuesday, killing one person and injuring dozens. Oleh Syniehubov, the governor of the Kharkiv region, said one person died and 41 were injured in Russian missile strikes that hit the center of Kharkiv city and other areas. In Kyiv, the […]
Russia launches mass missile strikes against Kyiv, Kharkiv
Editor’s note: This is a developing story. Russia launched a large-scale missile attack against Ukraine in the early hours of Jan. 2, targeting Kyiv and Kharkiv, local officials reported. At least one person was killed, and at least 60 were injured in the two cities. In Kyiv, 20 people were injured in a multi-story building […]
Ukraine downs 9 of 10 Russian drones, 1 missile on New Year’s Day
Ukraine downed nine of the 10 Shahed drones and one Kh-59 missile launched by Russia in the afternoon of Jan. 1, the Air Force reported. The attack reportedly began at around 2 p.m. local time with 10 Shahed-135/131 drones from the north. Russian forces also launched a Kh-59 guided missile which was shot down over […]
Ukraine downs Russian missile over Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Ukraine’s air defense shot down a Russian X-59 guided missile over Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, the East Air Command reported on Jan 1. Air sirens sounded as Ukraine’s military warned about the movement of a Russian missile at 4:54 p.m. local time. Journalists from the Ukrainian media Suspilne reported hearing an explosion, after which the East Air […]
Poland continues to check whether missile elements fell on its territory
Poland will search on Saturday, 30 December in the Lublin Voivodeship of Poland near the border with Ukraine for possible elements of a missile that violated Polish airspace during a Russian large-scale missile attack on Ukrainian cities on 29 December. Source: Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces, cited by European Pravda Details: Ground searches […]
Ukraine retaliates against Russian mass missile attack with mass drone attack
Ukrainian forces struck military facilities in the Russian city of Belgorod in response to Russia’s mass missile and drone attack against Ukraine on Dec. 29, Ukrainian news outlet RBC-Ukraine reported on Dec. 30, citing a source in Ukraine’s intelligence services. “These are joint measures that were the result of the barbaric shelling of Dnipro, Kharkiv, […]
Ukrainian guardsmen shoot down Russian missile with machine gun fire
The 27th Pechersk Brigade’s mobile air defense fire unit shot down an enemy cruise missile in Kyiv Oblast with nothing more than machine guns during the massive Russian attack on Ukraine on Dec. 29, the National Guard reported on Facebook on Dec. 30. The unit detected the target moving towards Kyiv and opened fire on […]
Russia refuses to give explanation over suspected missile which flew over Poland
Russia will not provide any explanations about an unidentified object that briefly entered Poland’s airspace until it receives evidence that shows the object was a Russian missile, Russia’s top diplomat in Poland said on Saturday. Poland’s defence forces said an unknown object travelled 24 miles into the country’s airspace on Friday from the direction of […]