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☆ Russia launches overnight air attack on northern, central Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Aug 27 (Reuters) - Russia launched an overnight air attack against Ukraine on Sunday, sending missiles over other northern and central parts of the country, authorities said. "Thanks to the professional work of the air defense forces, there were no strikes on critical or residential infrastructure," he said in a statement. All of Ukraine was under air raid alerts for about three hours early on Sunday before they were cleared at around 6 a.m. (0300 GMT). Russia has carried out a campaign of regular air strikes involving missiles and drones against Ukrainian centres far from the front line as part of its 18-month-old full-scale invasion. Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Warsaw, Gleb Garanich in Kyiv; Editing by William Mallard, Christopher Cushing and Frances KerryOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Ruslan Kravchenko, Lidia Kelly, Gleb Garanich, William Mallard, Christopher Cushing, Frances Kerry Organizations: Ukraine, Thomson Locations: Russia, Kyiv, Ukraine, Warsaw

☆ Russian tanks on display in Kyiv
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

[8/14]Share this photoA man looks on as he attends an exhibition displaying destroyed Russian military vehicles located on the main street Khreshchatyk as part of the upcoming celebration of the Independence Day of Ukraine in central Kyiv, Ukraine August 21. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Persons: Gleb Garanich Organizations: Ukraine, REUTERS Locations: Kyiv, Ukraine

[1/5] People attend an exhibition displaying destroyed Russian military vehicles located on the main street Khreshchatyk as part of the upcoming celebration of the Independence Day of Ukraine in central Kyiv, Ukraine August 21. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich Acquire Licensing RightsKYIV, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Ukraine lined up the burnt-out husks of Russian tanks and fighting vehicles along the capital Kyiv's central drag on Monday as Ukrainians prepare to mark their second wartime Independence Day this week. Kyiv resident Natalia Koval, 59, expressed horror at what the battlefield trophies represented, but said she was confident Ukraine would eventually defeat Russia. Ukrainian officials say their military's advance has been hampered by Russian minefields and well-prepared defensive lines, as well as Ukraine's lack of adequate air support. Residents in central Kyiv said they liked having the wrecked Russian hardware on display and that they hoped it would raise the fighting spirit of Ukrainians.

Persons: Gleb Garanich, Natalia Koval, Mark Omelchenko, ” Mykola Kaplun, Dan Peleschuk, Ivan Lyubysh, Tom Balmforth, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: Ukraine, REUTERS, Rights, New York Times, Thomson Locations: Kyiv, Ukraine, Moscow, Russia, Vinnytsia

☆ Fact Check-Kyiv street sprinklers predate Ukraine war
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Posts online suggest the sprinkler system had been funded by U.S. funds sent to support Ukraine’s war efforts against Russia. Reuters images from 2019, taken in central Kyiv, show the same water sprinkler system (reut.rs/45xNzRm) and (reut.rs/47yQdIc). Reuters photographer Gleb Garanich confirmed the location of the images as Khreschatyk Street. Photos dating to 2019 on photo hosting website Alamy also show the water sprinkler system on Khreschatyk Street (here), (here). Water sprinklers in central Kyiv predate U.S. assistance to Ukraine during its war with Russia.

Persons: “, Mr, Biden, Gleb Garanich, Alamy, Read Organizations: U.S, Facebook, Reuters Locations: Kyiv, Ukraine, Russia, U.S

☆ Russia is manufacturing its own version of Iran's Shahed attack drones to continue air attacks on Ukraine, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Russia has built its own version of an Iranian attack drone to attack Ukraine, a report says. The single-use drones, called Geran-2, appear to be Russian-made versions of the Iranian drones, the researchers said. The Russian drones are made with fiberglass over layers of woven carbon fiber, which is different from the honeycomb type of material used in the Iranian drones, The Times noted. The two drones that Conflict Armament Research inspected also contained electronic modules called Kometa in their guidance sections — these have previously been found in Russian drones. An explosion of a drone is seen in the sky over the city during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine May 4, 2023.

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A worker turns a valve at an underground gas storage facility near Striy May 21, 2014. Stocks in the European Union and the United Kingdom had climbed to 998 terawatt-hours (TWh) by Aug. 6, according to Gas Infrastructure Europe ("Aggregated gas storage inventory", GIE, Aug. 8). But because inventories finished the winter of 2022/23 at a record high even a smaller-than-average accumulation has left them at record levels. Chartbook: Europe gas inventories and pricesFutures prices for gas delivered in the summer of 2023 have already fallen sharply to encourage more consumption by industrial users and power generators. Related columns:- High prices keep lid on Europe's industrial gas use (July 11, 2023)- Europe’s gas storage is filling too fast (July 6, 2023)- Europe’s gas prices stabilise as storage additions slow (June 8, 2023)- Europe only has space for a small gas refill in 2023 (April 14, 2023)John Kemp is a Reuters market analyst.

Persons: Gleb Garanich, Stocks, John Kemp, David Evans Organizations: REUTERS, Gleb Garanich LONDON, European Union, Gas Infrastructure, Thomson, Reuters Locations: Striy, United Kingdom, Europe, Asia, Latin America

Pressure gauges, pipes and valves are pictured at an "Dashava" underground gas storage facility near Striy, Ukraine May 28, 2015. The bloc is expected to reach a target of filling its storage facilities to 90% full by Nov. 1. "EP Commodities transports natural gas to Ukraine and uses Ukrainian gas storage facilities," Miroslav Hasko, chairman at EPH's EP Commodities, said. EU countries' gas storage facilities were 87% full on Aug. 7, according to transparency platform GIE. "We consider gas storage in Ukraine as one of the interesting business opportunities that we are currently considering," SPP told Reuters.

Persons: Gleb Garanich, Miroslav Hasko, Naftotgaz, Martin Pich, Bruegel, Jan Lopatka, Marek Strzelelcki, Pavel Polityuk, Barbara Lewis Organizations: REUTERS, European Union, Traders, Gas, Reuters, Commodities, Naftogaz, Thomson Locations: Striy, Ukraine, PRAGUE, WARSAW, Czech, Slovakia, Russia, Hungary, Poland, Kyiv

☆ Russia's planting mines everywhere, even cruelly hiding explosives in everyday items like fridges, toys, and children's books, Ukrainian military engineers say
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Russian soldiers who previously occupied Ukrainian territory left it littered with land mines. Moscow's troops hid explosives in every items like toys, fridges, and even children's books. For instance, they cruelly hide explosives in everyday household items like refrigerators, toys, and even children's books. Military sappers inspect an area for mines and non-exploded shells left after Russia's invasion in Kyiv Region, Ukraine April 21, 2022. REUTERS/Mykola TymchenkoUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned in April 2022 that Russian soldiers retreating in the north at the time had left mines everywhere, creating a "complete disaster."

Persons: it's, Mark Milley, sapper, Gleb Garanich, Oleksandr, Mykola Tymchenko, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Maksym Trykur, Trykur, That's, Europe's Organizations: Service, Joint Chiefs, Staff, Ukrainian Armed Forces, REUTERS, Ukraine's, Transport Service, State Emergency Service, Special Transport Service, Mining, Mines Locations: Ukrainian, Russia, Wall, Silicon, Ukraine, Russian, Izium, Kharkiv region, Kyiv, Kyiv Region, Udy, Kharkiv, Africa

☆ Ukrainians forced to become Russian citizens, US-backed research finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Anthony Deutsch | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Gleb GaranichAMSTERDAM, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Ukrainians living in Russian-occupied territory are being forced to assume Russian citizenship or face harsh retaliation, including possible deportation or detention, U.S.-backed research published on Wednesday said. A series of decrees signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin compel Ukrainians to get Russian passports, in violation of international humanitarian law, the report said. Ukrainians in occupied territory who do not seek Russian citizenship "are subjected to threats, intimidation, restrictions on humanitarian aid and basic necessities, and possible detention or deportation – all designed to force them to become Russian citizens," the report said. "What is concerning here is that it represents, basically, a violation of the Hague and Geneva Conventions," said Executive Director Nathaniel Raymond of the Humanitarian Research Lab at the Yale School of Public Health. The report was released as part of the Conflict Observatory program, with the support of the U.S. State Department and conducted by research partner the Yale School of Public Health's Humanitarian Research Lab.

Persons: Gleb Garanich AMSTERDAM, Vladimir Putin, Mikhail Mishustin, Nathaniel Raymond, Raymond, Putin, Anthony Deutsch, Giles Elgood, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: Moscow, REUTERS, Yale University, Russian, Hague, Yale School of Public Health, Kremlin, International Criminal Court, U.S . State Department, Yale School of Public, Research, Thomson Locations: Mayorsk, Ukraine, Moscow, Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Russia, Russian, Ukraine's Donetsk, Geneva

☆ Russia's attack on Odesa kills one, damages city's largest cathedral
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"Odesa: another night attack of the monsters," Oleh Kiper, governor of southern Ukraine's Odesa region, said on the Telegram messaging app. Odesa's military administration said that the Spaso-Preobrazhenskyi Cathedral of the Moscow-linked Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), was severely damaged. The Spaso-Preobrazhenskyi Cathedral, or the Transfiguration Cathedral, is Odesa's largest Orthodox church building. Ukraine has accused the UOC of maintaining links to the pro-invasion Russian Orthodox Church, which used to be its parent church but with which the UOC says it broke ties in May last year. Social media videos showed a distressed man walking inside the dark cathedral repeating, "The church is no longer .... Lord, have mercy."

Persons: Kiper, God, Gleb Garanich, Lidia Kelly, Paul Simao, Richard Chang Organizations: Sunday, Church, Odesa, Reuters, Russia, Onyx, Thomson Locations: Odesa, Ukraine's, Russia, Preobrazhenskyi, Moscow, Ukraine, Russian, Crimea, Ukrainian, Kyiv, Melbourne

☆ Russia strikes Ukraine's Odesa port in 'hellish' attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Nick Starkov | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/3] Children's bicycles are seen among debris in an apartment building damaged during Russian missile and drone strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Odesa, Ukraine July 19, 2023. The attack was "very powerful, truly massive," Serhiy Bratchuk, spokesperson for the Odesa military administration, said in a voice message on his Telegram channel on Wednesday. Most of Ukraine was under air raid alerts on and off starting soon after midnight on Wednesday, with Russia striking other places, including a drone attack on Kyiv. It was a much lower success rate than Ukraine usually reports for countering Russian air attacks. Telegram channels linked to Russian security services and Ukrainian media said an ammunition depot was on fire at the base after a Ukrainian overnight air attack.

Persons: Stringer, Serhiy Bratchuk, Odesa, Serhiy Popko, Sergei Aksyonov, Bratchuk, U.N, Stephane Dujarric, Russia's, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Moscow, Dmitry Peskov, Gleb Garanich, Lidia Kelly, Ron Popeski, Philippa Fletcher, Leslie Adler, Stephen Coates, Michael Perry Organizations: Russian, REUTERS, Kyiv, United Nations, Telegram, Russia's Defence Ministry, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Odesa, Crimea, Kyiv Ukrainian, Moscow, Russia, Crimean, ., Turkey, Kyiv, Kyiv's, Kirovske, Russian, Crimea's Kirovske, Africa, Asia, Ukrainian, Melbourne, Winnipeg

☆ Russia launches drones, missiles on Ukraine's south and east - Ukraine's Air Force
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Gleb Garanich | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

KYIV, July 18 (Reuters) - Russia launched overnight air attacks on Ukraine's south and east using drones and possibly ballistic missiles, Ukraine's Air Force and officials said early on Tuesday. "It's quite serious," Mayor Oleksandr Senkevich said on the Telegram messaging app of the fire, adding that more detail will come in the morning. Air raid alerts blared in many Ukrainian regions for hours, before being called off at around 04:30 a.m. local time (0130 GMT). Oleh Kiper, the head of the Odesa region's military administration, said air defence systems there were engaged in repelling several waves of Russian drone attacks. Serhiy Bratchuk, a spokesperson for Ukraine's Odesa military administration, said on the Telegram messaging app that details of the attack will come later in the morning.

Persons: Oleksandr Senkevich, blared, Oleh Kiper, Serhiy Bratchuk, Gleb Garanich, Lidia Kelly, Kim Coghill, Lincoln, Michael Perry Organizations: Ukraine's Air Force, Air Force, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Russia, Mykolaiv, Ukraine, Odesa, Donetsk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Cherkasy, Kharkiv, Kirovohrad, Crimean, Moscow, Ukrainian, Kyiv, Melbourne

☆ How the Russian officer elite has been decimated in Ukraine — here are the generals and top commanders killed in action
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-16 | by ( Alia Shoaib | Nathan Rennolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

Vitaly GerasimovMaj. Gen. Vitaly Gerasimov became the second senior Russian commander reported to be killed after Ukrainian military intelligence claimed he was shot dead in Kharkiv. Andrey KolesnikovUkraine's military said in a tweet that they killed Russian Maj. Gen. Andrey Kolesnikov. Ivan GrishinColonel Ivan Grishin, commander of Russia's 49th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade, died in Ukraine, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Vyacheslav SavinovLieutenant Colonel Vyacheslav Savinov, who headed Russian artillery intelligence, was killed in Ukraine, a Russian artillery school confirmed. A damaged Russian military vehicle is seen after Russian Forces withdrawal as Russia-Ukraine war continues in Izium, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine on September 14, 2022.

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☆ One dead in drone attacks on Kyiv: Mayor
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] A view of an explosion of a drone in the city during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 13, 2023. Mayor Vitali Klitschko, writing on Telegram, said the body of one resident was recovered when emergency services put out a fire in the capital's historic Podil district. These included gains near the shattered city of Bakhmut, captured by Russian forces in May after months of battles. Maliar said Ukrainian forces had contained attempted Russian advances on towns to the north and west. Ukraine said this week its forces had control of elevated positions allowing for direct strikes on the city of Bakhmut.

Persons: Gleb Garanich, Vitali Klitschko, Klitschko, Serhiy Popko, Popko, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Hanna Maliar, Maliar, Ron Popeski, Sandra Maler, Michael Perry Organizations: REUTERS, Russian, Pictures, NATO, Deputy, Reuters, Russian Defence Ministry, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukrainian, Podil, Bakhmut, Darnytskyi district, Shevchenkivskyi, Solomyanskyi district, Lithuania, Russia, Kherson, UKRAINE, BAKHMUT, Azov, Donetsk, Luhansk

KYIV, July 11 (Reuters) - Russia launched an overnight air strike on Kyiv in early hours on Tuesday, Ukraine's military said, just hours before the start of the NATO summit in Lithuania that is to tackle security threats from Moscow. "The enemy attacked Kyiv from the air for the second time this month, Serhiy Popko, a head of Kyiv's military administration, said in a post on the Telegram channel. According to preliminary information, Ukraine's air defence systems shot down all the Iranian-made Shahed drones Russia launched before they reached their targets, Popko said. Air raid alerts blasted over Kyiv for an hour and longer in other parts of Ukraine's east, according to Ukraine's Air Force. Reuters' witnesses in Kyiv heard blasts resembling the sound of air defence systems intercepting targets during the air raid.

Persons: Serhiy Popko, Popko, Lidia Kelly, Himani Sarkar, Simon Cameron, Moore Organizations: NATO, Telegram, Ukraine's Air Force, Reuters, Ukraine, Thomson Locations: Russia, Kyiv, Lithuania, Moscow, Ukraine's, Vilnius, Ukraine, United States, Melbourne

☆ Russia launches overnight air attack on Ukraine from east to west
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] An explosion of a drone is seen in the sky over the city during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine June 20, 2023. REUTERS/Gleb GaranichJune 20 (Reuters) - Russia launched a widespread overnight air attack on Ukraine targeting the capital and cities from east to west as most of the country spent the night with air raid sirens blasting for several hours. "Another massive air attack on the capital," Popko said. Yuriy Malashko, head of the military administration of the Zaporizhzhia region in southeast Ukraine, said on the Telegram messaging app that Russia's raid targeted telecommunication infrastructure and agriculture and farming properties. The top military command said that Russia launched seven missiles in the attack on Zaporizhzhia, according to preliminary reports.

Persons: Gleb Garanich, Serhiy Popko, Popko, Yuriy Malashko, Lidia Kelly, Kim Coghill, Michael Perry Organizations: REUTERS, General, of Ukraine's Armed Forces, NATO, Russia, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Kyiv, Russia, Lviv, Poland, Zaporizhzhia, Melbourne

☆ Russia launches air strike on Kyiv, city official says attack repelled
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Valentyn Origenko | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/4] An explosion of a missile is seen in the city during a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine June 6, 2023. REUTERS/Gleb GaranichKYIV, June 6 (Reuters) - Russia launched a new wave of overnight air strikes on Kyiv, with officials at the Ukrainian capital saying that air defence systems downed more than 20 cruise missiles on their approach. "All were shot down, there were no hits," Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv's military administration, said on the Telegram messaging app. Reuters' witnesses reported hearing several blasts that sounded like air defence systems while the city was under air raid alerts for more than four hours, starting soon after midnight on Tuesday. Falling debris hit road surfaces and damaged power lines to the trolley system in Kyiv's Desnianskyi district, the military said.

Persons: Gleb Garanich KYIV, Serhiy Popko, Lidia Kelly, Kim Coghill, Christian Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Kyiv, Russia, Kyiv's Desnianskyi, Dnipro, Melbourne

☆ Russian air strikes repelled over Kyiv, but hit regional airfield
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

KYIV, June 4 (Reuters) - Russia launched a fresh wave of air strikes against Ukraine early on Sunday, striking an airfield in a central region but failing to hit the capital Kyiv, Ukrainian authorities said. Air force spokesman Yuriy Ihnat told local television that four of six cruise missiles had been shot down by air defences but that two had struck an "operational airfield" near the central city of Kropyvnytskyi. He added that two of the five Iranian-made drones launched by Russia had struck infrastructure in the northern Sumy region. Kyiv officials said air defences had downed all projectiles that had been aimed at the capital before they reached the city. Separately, a 2-year-old girl was killed and 22 people were wounded in an earlier Russian missile strike on Sunday near the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro, the regional governor said.

Persons: Yuriy Ihnat, Serhiy Popko, Gleb Garanich, Dan Peleschuk, Lidia Kelly, Daniel Wallis, William Mallard, Nick Macfie Organizations: Ukraine, Air, Telegram, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Russia, Kyiv, Kropyvnytskyi, Sumy, Russian, Ukrainian, Dnipro, Ukraine, Melbourne

☆ Russia's air attack repelled on approach to Kyiv, Ukraine says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

KYIV, June 4 (Reuters) - Russia launched a wave of air attacks on Ukraine early on Sunday, with air defence systems repelling all missiles and drones on their approach to Kyiv, the capital's military officials said. "Air defence destroyed everything that was heading towards the city already at their distant approaches." Russia has repeatedly attacked Kyiv since May, chiefly at night, ahead of a long-expected Ukrainian counteroffensive to reclaim territory, in what Ukrainian officials say is an attempt to inflict psychological distress on civilians. Reuters witnesses reported hearing several blasts in the Kyiv region, but not in the city, from what sounded like air defence systems hitting targets. All of Ukraine was under air raid alerts for nearly three hours.

Persons: Serhiy Popko, Gleb Garanich, Lidia Kelly, Daniel Wallis, William Mallard Organizations: Reuters, Thomson Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Kyiv, Rih, Kropyvnitskyi, Sumy, Melbourne

☆ Ukraine says Russian missiles kill two children in Kyiv
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/6] A view of a residential building damaged in a Russian missile strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine June 1, 2023. REUTERS/Valentyn OgirenkoJune 1 (Reuters) - A Russian missile attack on Kyiv killed three people including two children and injured 14 on Thursday, officials in the Ukrainian capital said. Photographs posted on the city's website showed windows blown out in the clinic and in nearby apartment buildings. Air raid alerts in Kyiv and in most of eastern Ukraine were in effect for about an hour. Reporting by Gleb Garanich and Ron Popeski; Editing by William Mallard and Stephen CoatesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Valentyn, Vitali Klitschko, Klitschko, Gleb Garanich, Ron Popeski, William Mallard, Stephen Coates Organizations: REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Kyiv

☆ Ukrainian drone sparks fire at Russian refinery - governor
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

MOSCOW/KYIV, May 31 (Reuters) - A Ukrainian drone sparked a fire at an oil refinery in southern Russia and shelling hit a Russian town close to the border for the third time in a week, damaging buildings and setting vehicles ablaze, Russian officials said on Wednesday. The Afipsky refinery is not far from the Black Sea port of Novorossiisk, near another refinery that has been attacked several times this month. There was no immediate information on who launched the drone but Moscow has accused Kyiv of increased attacks inside Russia in recent weeks, while Russia has repeatedly pounded Ukrainian cities with drones and missiles. Russian drone attacks killed one person and wounded four in Kyiv on Tuesday, according to Ukrainian officials. Civilian targets in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities have since the earliest days of the war been struck repeatedly by Russian drones and missiles.

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[1/5] A view shows an apartment building damaged during a massive Russian drone strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine May 30, 2023. KYIV, May 30 (Reuters) - At least one person died and four were injured as a result of Russia's third attack on Kyiv in 24 hours, official said early on Tuesday, with Ukraine's air defence forces destroying more than 20 drones. Photos from Kyiv's officials and Reuters' witnesses showed flames bursting out from the top floors of the building and smoke rising from the roof. According to preliminary information, Tuesday's attacks were carried out only with Iranian-made Shahed drones, Kyiv's military administration said. "The enemy continues to attack the capital," Klitschko said in a post on the Telegram message.

In what was Russia's 15th air assault on the city in May and second overnight attack in a row and of similar intensity, there were no major damages or casualties in Kyiv, officials said. The attack follows the largest drone barrage launched on Kyiv the previous night, which killed one person and injured several. In Sunday's attack, 36 drones were downed over Kyiv. In its Monday attack Russia used a combination of Iranian-made Shahed drones and cruise missiles, the city's military administration said. While Ukraine almost never publicly claims responsibility for attacks inside Russia, a series of strikes inside the country have targeted military, energy and transport infrastructure, with Moscow blaming Kyiv for the attacks.

☆ Explosions rock Kyiv in Russia's night raid, air defence downs targets, mayor says
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

[1/2] Smoke rises in the sky over the city after a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine May 26, 2023. REUTERS/Gleb GaranichKYIV, May 28 (Reuters) - Explosions shook the Ukrainian capital in early hours on Sunday, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said, adding that information was being clarified and defence systems were downing air targets. "Blasts in Kyiv," Klitschko said on the Telegram messaging app. Anti-aircraft defence working in the region, there are downed targets." Reuters' witnesses reported several blasts after air alerts were issued for Kyiv and a large swath of Ukraine.

☆ Putin wants China to think he can defeat Ukraine. But his expensive military gambit is yet to yield results
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Nic Robertson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The Kremlin claimed it had hit one of the United States’ prestigious Patriot missile defense systems. The Kremlin claimed it had hit a US Patriot missile defense system. The White House rebuffed Moscow's claims that the attack hit a Patriot missile defense system. Ankara on the diplomatic fenceXi isn’t the only leader with skin in the Ukraine war that Putin appears to be trying to sway his way right now. There is no guarantee either that Xi cares about Putin’s missile salvo targeting Kyiv’s Patriot missile batteries either, but he will have been paying attention.

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