According to news reports, Russian airstrikes targeted the capital Kyiv for the third time in four days, following on from what Russian authorities said was an assassination attempt by drone strike, on President Vladimir Putin, earlier on Wednesday. Ukrainian authorities, who deny any involvement in the drone incident in Moscow, said Thursday morning’s large-scale attack…
Photo courtesy of Foreign Media Ukrainian air defense claimed to have shot down 15 out of 18 Russian missiles fired at Ukraine. According to the Ukrainian military, air raid sirens were sounded across Ukraine for more than 3 hours in response to Russian missile attacks. According to initial reports, there was no loss of life…
Photo courtesy of Social Media Ukraine has shelled a Russian village in which two civilians were killed. According to a foreign news agency, the local governor has said that a village in the Bryansk region of Russia has been shelled by Ukraine. The governor says that 2 civilians have been killed as a result of…
5 people were killed as a result of Russian missile attacks in Ukraine. Ukrainian authorities have claimed that Russia launched missile attacks in the capital Kiev, central and southern regions, killing five people and injuring several others. Officials say that a residential building was targeted in a Russian missile attack in the central Yuman region,…
Dozens of civilians across the country were killed and injured, and homes and other vital infrastructure, destroyed. More than 20 people were killed in the small central city of Uman alone, when their apartment building collapsed after it was hit, according to international media reports. ‘Inexcusable’ attacks “It is just inexcusable that in places like…
9 people were also injured in the Russian attack on the museum; Photo: File Cafe: Ukraine has alleged that the Russian army destroyed a museum in a missile attack, killing 2 people and injuring 9. According to the international news agency, the regional governor of the city of Kopyansk in Ukraine says that more than…
If confirmed, the actions would breach the rules of war, and could amount to a war crime. In a briefing on Tuesday in Geneva, OHCHR Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani pointed to audio that emerged on Sunday on several Telegram channels, which urged combatants not to bother taking POWs, or to summarily execute those captured. Take no…
File photo After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Europe’s military spending has increased to a record. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute has stated in its research that Europe’s military spending has increased at a record pace in 2022. According to the study, Europe’s military spending has not seen such an increase since the Cold…
The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine has been going on for more than a year, in which both sides have suffered huge financial and human losses, but the war is not ending. Now Canada’s Department of National Defense has announced that it is providing a new military aid package worth 3.9 million Canadian dollars…
UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay was in Ukraine to reaffirm support to the population amid the continuing full-scale Russian invasion, which began on 24 February last year. She visited the capital, Kyiv, and the cities of Odessa and Chernihiv, during the two-day mission, which concluded on Wednesday. Pillar of peace “Since the very first days…
