Explosions have rung out in the city of Kyiv during a Russian air-raid, with authorities reporting that air defence systems have been activated in response. Ukraine’s Air Force later added that a large number of missiles were advancing towards Kyiv. Source: Kyiv City Military Administration (KCMA); Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko; Air Force of the Armed […]
The US military said on Sunday that it shot down two anti-ship ballistic missiles fired towards a container ship by Yemen’s Houthi rebels in the Red Sea. Hours later, four boats tried to attack the same ship, but US forces opened fire, killing several of the armed crews, the US Central Command (Centcom) said. No-one […]
A mobile fire group from the 27th Pechersk Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine shot down a Russian cruise missile using small arms during a large-scale Russian attack on Ukraine on 29 December. Source: The National Guard of Ukraine Details: After detecting a target moving towards Kyiv, the National Guard personnel opened fire from […]
(Bloomberg) — The UK said it’s shipping about 200 missiles to Ukraine to bolster the country’s air defenses in the wake of Russia’s biggest missile and drone bombardment of the 22-month war. Most Read from Bloomberg Delivery of the new package of “sophisticated air defense missiles” has already begun, the Ministry of Defence said Friday […]
A Russian missile breached Polish airspace at around 07:00 local time on Friday, 29 December, and remained there for approximately three minutes. Source: РАР, citing General Maciej Klisz, Operational Commander of the Polish Army, at a briefing Klisz said the last night “was difficult” for Ukraine and “tense for all elements of the Polish air […]
The Ukrainian government believes that the Russian military has enough missiles and drones to carry out further heavy airstrikes on Ukraine. “The Russians have been stockpiling missiles for this very purpose for many months: For strikes against residential buildings, shopping centres and hospitals,” Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov wrote on Facebook on Friday. They could […]
After a massive Russian attack on Ukraine on the night of Friday 28-29 December, Grant Shapps, Secretary of State for Defence of the United Kingdom, announced the sending of “hundreds of British made air defence missiles” to Kyiv. Source: Shapps on Twitter (X), as reported by European Pravda Details: The British Ministry of Defence chief […]
Following Russia’s massive missile attack on Ukraine, a warehouse caught fire in the Podilskyi district of Kyiv, where 10 people are trapped under the rubble, the city military administration reported on Dec. 29. Earlier reports indicated that a warehouse in the Podilskyi district caught fire spreading over an area of approximately 3,000 square meters. Read […]
Russia has launched 122 missiles and 36 drones against Ukrainian targets, killing at least 13 civilians in what military officials said was the biggest aerial barrage of the 22-month war. The Ukrainian air force intercepted 87 of the missiles and 27 of the Shahed-type drones overnight, Ukraine’s military chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi said. Air force commander […]
Russia has launched 122 missiles and 36 drones against Ukrainian targets, killing at least 13 civilians in what military officials said was the biggest aerial barrage of the 22-month war. The Ukrainian air force intercepted 87 of the missiles and 27 of the Shahed-type drones overnight, Ukraine’s military chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi said. Air force commander […]
Russia fired about 110 missiles during a morning attack on Ukraine, most of which were shot down. However, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that there were also strikes, casualties and damage caused. Source: Zelenskyy on Telegram Quote from Zelenskyy: “Today, Russia launched almost everything it has in its arsenal: Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, S-300 anti-aircraft missiles, […]
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Bassam Masoud CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) – Israeli forces attacked areas of the central and southern Gaza Strip where residents have been expecting a renewed ground offensive in areas crammed with tens of thousands of Palestinians already displaced by the Israeli-Hamas war. With nightfall on Thursday, an Israeli airstrike on a house in […]