Ukraine Conflict - Page 11

A missile attack in the center of a northern Ukrainian city killed seven people, including a six-year-old girl, and wounded scores of others.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is visiting Sweden, his first visit to the country since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year.

Zelensky has urged his citizens to not party it up while the country is at war after footage from nightlife in Kyiv has gone viral.

A former general in Ukraine’s intelligence agency has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for treason for passing state secrets to Russia.

Britain’s Ministry of Defence said on Sunday there is a “realistic possibility” that Russia is no longer funding the mercenary Wagner Group.

The heads of Ukraine’s regional military recruitment centres were fired for allegedly accepting bribes from men hoping to avoid battle.

Russia thwarted an attack by 20 Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow-annexed Crimea overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday.

Russia escalated its attacks in Ukraine on Saturday, as President Zelensky denounced a strike on a blood transfusion centre as a “war crime”.

Ukrainian drones hit a Russian tanker in the Black Sea near Crimea late Friday night, according to Russian officials.

President Zelensky has predicted that Vladimir Putin will die before claiming victory over Ukraine and that he could be dead within ten years.

A Ukrainian plot to target a Russian naval vessel was reportedly abandoned after Elon Musk denied Starlink satellite internet access.

Moscow will use nuclear weapons if Ukraine’s counteroffensive efforts are successful, ex-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned.

In the wake of the latest drone attacks on Moscow, Ukrainian President Zelensky said it is “absolutely fair” to attack targets within Russia.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law moving the official Christmas Day holiday to Dec. 25 to “abandon Russian heritage”.

Russian authorities say three Ukrainian drones attacked Moscow on Sunday, injuring one person and prompting a temporary airport closure.

Mercenaries belonging to the Russian-linked Wagner group in Belarus have moved close to the border with Poland, the prime minister said.

Ukraine has been using missiles made in North Korea to fire against the Russians, despite their notorious unreliability, a report claimed.

Russia has legally increased the age for military conscription to 30 years old in a bid to bolster its ranks amid the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Zelensky called for the West to provide “full protective shield” of air defence systems to stop “Russian missile terror”.

Russia struck the Ukranian Black Sea city of Odesa again on Sunday, leaving one dead, dozens injured and a historic cathedral badly damaged.

A Ukrainian drone attack on Crimea Saturday blew up an ammunition depot, while the Russians claimed Kyiv deployed cluster bombs in Beglorod.

Russia followed its withdrawal from a grain export deal by expanding its attacks to farm storage buildings in Ukraine’s Odesa region.

Ukraine said fighting had “intensified” on the eastern front as Russian President Vladimir Putin deemed Kyiv’s counteroffensive a failure.

President Vladimir Putin said Russia “reserves the right” to deploy cluster bombs if Ukraine uses the weapons supplied by President Biden.

Belarus said that instructors from Russia’s Wagner forces were training its troops, following weeks of uncertainty about the group’s future.

Ukraine should demonstrate more “gratitude” for the support it is receiving from Western powers, Britain’s defence secretary said.

Russian-installed authorities in Crimea reported shooting down a cruise missile and suspending traffic on the Kerch bridge.

The UK and Spain have called upon President Joe Biden to not send cluster bombs to Ukraine amid concerns over danger to civilian populations.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed support for Ukraine joining NATO, saying the country deserves to join the alliance.

Health experts from Sweden have warned of an “alarming antibiotic resistance” being developed in some patients in Ukraine.

Both Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of plotting an attack on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.

Satellite images analyzed by the Associated Press on Saturday showed what appeared to be a newly built military-style camp in Belarus.

Ukrainians have pushed through the defacto border established in the 2014 Russian invasion, taking back long-occupied territory, the UK says.

The decision to turn back from Moscow followed threats against the families of Wagner leaders from the Kremlin, UK security sources claimed.

Russia reportedly launched its largest series of missile strikes against Ukraine in recent months on Saturday amid the Wagner rebellion.

The exile of Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin to Belarus could be a smokescreen for a surprise attack on Ukraine, a former UK army chief warned.