Russian strikes on Ukraine’s capital killed at least four people and wounded more than a dozen others, local officials said Saturday local time, after Kyiv’s mayor warned of a ballistic missile attack. It comes after the United Nations found June was the deadliest month for civilians in Ukraine since April 2022, as Moscow ramped up…
Kyiv, Ukraine — A Russian ballistic missile and drone barrage across Ukraine overnight into Thursday killed at least eight civilians, including children, and wounded dozens of others, officials said. The blitz expanded Russia’s almost daily bombardment of Ukrainian cities as Moscow apparently looked to exploit Kyiv’s critical shortage of Western-supplied anti-ballistic missile defenses. NATO member…
CCTV footage from a coffee shop in the Ukrainian city of Sumy captured the moment people crouched on the floor as explosions were heard nearby. Surveillance cameras showed three different angles from the scene, one outside the shop and two inside. As soon as the explosions stopped people ran inside, where customers were queuing by…
At least 11 people, including a child, were injured after Russia launched an overnight missile and drone attack on Kyiv early Saturday, according to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service. Explosions and fires were reported across the capital’s Solomianskyi, Darnytskyi and Dniprovskyi districts, the emergency service said in a statement on Telegram. In Solomianskyi district, a strike…
On the city’s left bank, in Darnitskyi district in south-east Kyiv, two missiles hit a residential area directly, causing devastation. One missile left a giant crater next to a kindergarten and the buildings all around have been gutted by fire, their metal balconies twisted. The second missile landed a few steps away and hit the…
Kyiv, Ukraine — Russia launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine’s capital overnight into Thursday that killed at least 13 people and injured scores, authorities said. Loud explosions shook Kyiv for hours. The attack with ballistic and cruise missiles and drones damaged buildings and civilian infrastructure across the city. Many residents took shelter at metro stations…
BBC News understands the yacht had drifted towards the Admiral Grigorovich, a Russian frigate which has been operating in the Channel.
Russian artist and Kremlin critic Semyon Skrepetsky was shot dead Monday morning in Poland, officials said, in a killing that has shocked opposition activists and raised questions about whether his political work played a role in his death. Prosecutors identified the victim as 44-year-old Robert Kuzovkov, better known by his artistic name, Semyon Skrepetsky. He…
British forces have seized a Russian-linked oil tanker suspected of breaching sanctions while transiting the English Channel on Sunday, in what Prime Minister Keir Starmer described as a significant setback for Moscow’s efforts to fund its war in Ukraine. “This successful operation delivers yet another blow to Russia and reminds those fuelling [Russian President Vladimir]…
PORTLAND, ENGLAND – JUNE 14: Military helicopters are seen at the Smyrtos vessel outside the harbour, on June 14, 2026 in Portland, England. (Photo by Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images) Finnbarr Webster | Getty Images News | Getty Images British armed forces intercepted a Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in the early hours of Sunday, the U.K.’s…
