More than a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine, the countries are fighting for control of areas in eastern and southern Ukraine.
Ukrainian troops have liberated nearly 30,000 square miles of their territory from Russian forces since the invasion began on Feb. 24, 2022, but Putin appeared to be preparing for a long and bloody war.
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August 8, 5:45 PM EDT
Ukraine detains three Donetsk women alleged to be passing information to Russia
Ukraine’s intelligence agency said Tuesday it had detained three women it alleged are part of an “agent network” in the Donetsk region working for both the Russian Federal Security Service and the Wagner group, a private Russian military company.
The Security Service of Ukraine said on Telegram the women “collected intelligence on the number and redeployment of military equipment of the Defense Forces in the region,” according to a Google translation.
It said that included the flight directions of combat aircraft and routes of armored vehicles into front-line areas. The women allegedly took photographs and sent them to Russian sources via messaging apps.
The SSU said the group are residents of the Pokrovsk district and were recruited by Russia before its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
On Monday night, Pokrovsk was struck by two Russian missiles which Ukrainian officials said killed at least seven people.
May 1, 6:25 AM EDT
Russia missile attack on Ukraine injures 34, damages homes
Russia launched its second large salvo of missiles at Ukraine in recent days early Monday, damaging buildings and wounding at least 34 people in the eastern city of Pavlohrad but failing to hit Kyiv, officials said.
Air raid sirens began blaring across the capital at about 3:45 a.m., followed by the sounds of explosions as missiles were intercepted by Ukrainian defense systems.
Eighteen cruise missiles were fired in total from the Murmansk region and the Caspian region, and 15 of them were intercepted, said Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi.
The head of Kyiv’s city administration, Serhii Popko, said all missiles fired at the city were shot down, as well as some drones. He didn’t provide further details, but said more information would be available later.
The attack follows Friday’s launch of more than 20 cruise missiles and two explosive drones at Ukraine, which was the first to target Kyiv in nearly two months.
In that attack, Russian missiles hit an apartment building in Uman, a city about 215 kilometers (135 miles) south of Kyiv, killing 21 people including three children.
In Monday’s attack, missiles hit Pavlohrad, in the eastern Dnipropetrovsk region, wounding 34 people, including five children, according to Serhii Lysak the region’s top official.
Apr 30, 9:45 PM EDT
Kyiv region under threat of missile strikes – officials
There was a threat of missile strikes in the early hours of Monday in the Kyiv region, local authorities said, after air raid alerts were issued throughout all of Ukraine by emergency services.
“The threat of a missile strike!” Kyiv’s regional administration wrote on the Telegram messaging app. “Stay in shelters.”
Andriy Yermak, head of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s office, said on the Telegram messaging app, “Take care of your safety, do not publicise the work of air defence.”
Apr 29, 4:03 AM EDT
Reported Ukraine drone strike ignites major fuel blaze on Crimea
A massive fire was ignited in the Crimean port city of Sevastopol following a suspected drone attack on a fuel storage tank.
The blaze was assigned the highest ranking in terms of how complicated it will be to extinguish, Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Russian-installed governor, wrote on Telegram on Saturday.
The fire was still burning but it had been contained and no one was injured. The oil reservoir fire did not cause any casualties and would not hinder fuel supplies in Sevastopol, he said.
“The four fuel tanks that were hit, they are practically burnt out already,” said Razvozhayev, adding an area of 1,000 square metres (11,000 square feet) had been engulfed in flames.
“The situation is under the control of our firefighters and all operative services.”
Footage shared on social media showed flames engulfing fuel storage tanks and a thick plume of black smoke rising over the city.
A spokesperson for Ukraine’s armed forces said he did not have any information to suggest Ukraine was responsible for Saturday’s fire.
Sevastopol has come under repeated air attacks since Russia invaded Ukraine as a whole in February 2022. Kyiv has repeatedly declared its intention to retake the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia illegally annexed in 2014 to an international outcry.
After previous attacks on Crimea, Ukraine has stopped short of openly claiming responsibility but emphasised it has the right to strike any target in response to Russian aggression.
At least 2 dead, 10 injured in strike that hit Ukrainian museum
At least two people were killed and 10 injured after a Russian missile hit a Ukrainian museum Tuesday, officials said.
The local history museum is located in the city center of Kupiansk, in the Kharkiv region.
“The terrorist country is doing everything to destroy us completely. Our history, our culture, our people,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on social media while sharing a video that showed the damaged building. “Killing Ukrainians with absolutely barbaric methods.”
Apr 24, 5:48 AM EDT
Russian passports pushed on occupied Ukraine
Russian officials have warned Ukrainians in occupied Kherson that they may be “deported” if they don’t accept Russian passports, the U.K. Ministry of Defence said Monday.
“Russia is using passports as a tool in the ‘Russification’ of the occupied areas, as it did in Donetsk and Luhansk before the February 2022 invasion,” the ministry on Twitter.
Residents of Kherson have been warned of penalties for those who don’t accept Russian passports by June 1. Some may be removed from the territory or may have their property seized, according to the U.K.
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