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☆ Ukraine war live updates: Russian strikes kill three in Donetsk, officials say; Ukraine destroys Russian landing ship in Black Sea
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Jenni Reid | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Ukrainian soldiers prepare L119 artillery in the direction of Bakhmut, as Russia-Ukraine war continues in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on February 13, 2024. Russian missile strikes on a town in the eastern Ukrainian Donetsk region killed three people overnight, including one child, officials said. Donetsk Governor Vadym Filashkin said 12 people were injured and a five-story building and a hospital building were destroyed in the town of Selydove. Russia has occupied just over half of Donetsk. Separately, Ukraine's military said Wednesday it destroyed a Russian landing ship in the Black Sea, off the coast of occupied Crimea.

Persons: Vadym Filashkin Organizations: Donetsk, CNBC Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Donetsk Oblast, Russian, Ukrainian Donetsk, Selydove, Donetsk, Crimea

☆ Russia's Airstrikes Hit Hospital, Injuring Several in East Ukraine, Governor Says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Feb. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

(Reuters) - Russia launched several missile attacks on the town of Selydove in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, damaging a hospital, destroying a dozen residential flats and injuring several people, Donetsk Governor Vadym Filashkin said on Wednesday. "Reportedly, three people, including a child, are under the rubble (of the hospital)," Filashkin said on the Telegram messaging app, adding that 100 patients were evacuated to hospitals in nearby towns. The 1 a.m. Wednesday strike (2300 GMT Tuesday) damaged a wing of the hospital, Filashkin said. The Latest Photos From Ukraine View All 91 ImagesReuters was not able to independently verify the reports. Photos You Should See View All 22 ImagesBoth Russia and Ukraine deny targeting civilians in strikes on each other's territories.

Persons: Vadym Filashkin, Filashkin, Lidia Kelly, Himani Sarkar Organizations: Reuters Locations: Russia, Selydove, Ukraine's, Donetsk, Ukraine, Russian, Melbourne

☆ Ukraine troops face 'difficult defence' in east as bitter cold sets in - Zelenskiy
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A view shows a hospital heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the town of Selydove, Donetsk region, Ukraine November 21, 2023. REUTERS/Alina Smutko/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 22 (Reuters) - Ukrainian troops face "difficult" defensive operations on parts of the eastern front with bitter winter cold setting in, but forces in the south are still conducting offensive actions, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday. Russian troops launched offensives on different sections of the front line in Ukraine's east this autumn, trying to advance on the devastated town of Avdiivka and in the northeast between the towns of Lyman and Kupiansk. After one such lull the day before, the head of the "Tavria" military command said on Wednesday that Russian troops had "dramatically increased" the number of assaults and airstrikes. Ukrainian forces continued the offensive on the southeastern Melitopol front, he added.

Persons: Alina Smutko, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Kupiansk, Zelenskiy, Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, Yuliia, Tom Balmforth, Bernadette Baum Organizations: REUTERS, Lyman, Kyiv, Staff, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Selydove, Donetsk region, Ukraine's, Avdiivka, Lyman, Bakhmut, Donetsk, Russia, Kyiv, Dnipro

☆ One killed in Russian missile strike on east Ukraine town
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Max Hunder | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/5] Rescuers work at a site of an apartment building damaged at night by Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Selydove, Donetsk region, Ukraine November 15, 2023. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsSELYDOVE, Ukraine, Nov 15 (Reuters) - At least one person was killed in an overnight Russian missile strike that hit an apartment building in eastern Ukraine, authorities said on Wednesday. The attack on the town of Selydove, northwest of the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk, heavily damaged a four-storey building, Klymenko said. Russia has carried out regular missile and drone strikes on population centres behind the front line of its 21-month-old full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Reporting by Max Hunder; writing by Dan Peleschuk; editing by Christina FincherOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Ihor Klymenko, Klymenko, Max Hunder, Dan Peleschuk, Christina Fincher Organizations: Russian, Press, State Emergency Service of, REUTERS Acquire, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Selydove, Donetsk region, State Emergency Service of Ukraine, Handout, Russian, Donetsk, Russia

☆ Rescuers search for survivors after lethal Russian missile strike in east Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Max Hunder | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/9] A view shows a residential house heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the town of Selydove, Donetsk region, Ukraine November 15, 2023. Local officials in one channel on Telegram messenger said that four people were believed to be trapped under the rubble. There were no soldiers living there, only civilians," Olha, a 64-year-old woman who lives next door to the ruined building, told Reuters. Russia has carried out regular missile and drone strikes on population centres behind the front line of its 21-month-old invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine regularly reports that Russian missile and drone strikes have killed and hurt civilians and damaged civilian infrastructure during the full-scale war launched by Russia in February 2022.

Persons: Alina Smutko, Olha, Natalia, Max Hunder, Ivan Lyubysh, Tom Balmforth, Alexandra Hudson Organizations: REUTERS, Russian, Alexandra Hudson Our, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Selydove, Donetsk region, Russia, Moscow

☆ One Killed in Russian Missile Strike on East Ukraine Town
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: 1 min

KYIV (Reuters) - At least one person was killed in an overnight Russian missile strike that hit an apartment building in eastern Ukraine, authorities said on Wednesday. Five others, including a child, were rescued but at least one person is believed to be trapped under the rubble, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said on the Telegram messaging app. The attack on the town of Selydove, northwest of the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk, heavily damaged a four-storey building, Klymenko said. Russia has carried out regular missile and drone strikes on population centres behind the front line of its 21-month-old full-scale invasion of Ukraine. (Reporting by Dan Peleschuk; editing by Christina Fincher)

Persons: Ihor Klymenko, Klymenko, Dan Peleschuk, Christina Fincher Organizations: Russian Locations: Ukraine, Selydove, Russian, Donetsk, Russia

☆ How Russia’s Offensive Ran Aground
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( Josh Holder | Marco Hernandez | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +15 min

But within months of the invasion, Russia’s rapid advances ran out of steam, even as it narrowed its ambitions and focused on eastern Ukraine. No Russian gains No Russian gains No Russian gainsIn September 2022 Grid of cities taken by Russia in the Donbas in September 2022. No Russian gains No Russian gains No Russian gainsIn October 2022 Grid of cities taken by Russia in the Donbas in October 2022. Russia captured the small salt-mining town. Kurdiumivka Soledar Kurdiumivka Soledar Russia captured the small salt-mining town.

☆ Russia's war on Ukraine latest news: Russia resumes participation in grain deal
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The Russian defence ministry said it had received written guarantees from Kyiv not to use the Black Sea grain corridor for military operations against Russia. * Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said it was important to stand up to "crazy Russian aggression that destabilises international trade." * Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he and Zelenskiy discussed sending grain to African countries. * The U.N. coordinator for the grain deal said he expects loaded ships to depart Ukrainian ports on Thursday. * The British government said it had sanctioned four Russian steel and petrochemical tycoons in relation to the war in Ukraine.

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