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☆ Ukraine war live updates: Kyiv faces overnight drone attack; imprisoned activist Navalny calls war 'stupid' and 'senseless'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Natasha Turak Ruxandra Iordache | Natasha Turak | Ruxandra Iordache | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Ukraine's air defenses shot down 10 drones during an overnight attack on Kyiv from Russia, the country's military authorities said. Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said there were no casualties, while the southern Odesa region also faced a barrage of drone attacks. Ukraine's air defense forces say they took down a total of 23 drones across the Kyiv and Odesa regions. Navalny is currently serving a nine-year sentence and could face up to 20 more on charges that his supporters say are purely political. The Kremlin meanwhile may struggle to deal with more frequent attacks on its cities while continuing to refrain from fully mobilizing its population for war, the think tank Institute for the Study of War said in its daily report.

Persons: Vitaliy Klitschko, Alexei Navalny, Navalny Organizations: Kyiv Locations: Kyiv, Russia, Odesa, Russian, Ukraine

☆ Explosions, drone debris hit Kyiv, mayor, officials say
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/4] Rescuers work at a site of building damaged in the night by Russian drone strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv region, Ukraine August 2, 2023. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Handout via REUTERSAug 2 (Reuters) - Anti-aircraft units worked to shoot down drones attacking the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, early on Wednesday, with drone debris falling in three districts but causing no injuries, Mayor Vitali Klitschko and military officials said. Klitschko, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said that debris had fallen in the central Solomianskyi district and that a non-residential building had been damaged. Klitschko said that debris had also fallen in the Svyatoshyn district, further west, and that a tree had caught fire. Air raid alerts were lifted for the capital, the surrounding Kyiv region and most other parts of the country.

Persons: Vitali Klitschko, Klitschko, Serhiy Popko, Ron Popeski, Sandra Maler, Gerry Doyle Organizations: Press, State Emergency Service of, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Kyiv region, State Emergency Service of Ukraine, Handout, Kyiv, Solomianskyi, Svyatoshyn, Holosiivskyi

☆ 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

☆ Three killed in latest Russian air strikes on Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] Rescuers work at the site of an apartment building damaged during Russian missile strikes, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine June 24, 2023. REUTERS/Valentyn OgirenkoJune 24 (Reuters) - At least three people were killed in Kyiv early on Saturday after Russia unleashed its latest overnight air strikes on Ukraine, Ukrainian officials said. Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said missiles had targeted at least five regions across the country. Ukraine's military said air defences had destroyed 41 out of 51 cruise missiles, as well as two drones, launched by Russia in the assault. Moscow began stepping up regular air strikes on Ukraine in May as Kyiv's military was planning a counteroffensive, which is now ongoing, to retake Russian-occupied territory in the east and south.

Persons: Valentyn, Ihor Klymenko, Serhiy Popko, Mayor Vitalii Klitschko, Serhiy Lysak, Oleh Synehubov, Ron Popeski, Dan Peleschuk, Sandra Maler, William Mallard, Toby Chopra, Frances Kerry Organizations: Russian, REUTERS, Interior, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Kyiv, Russia, Dnipropetrovsk, Dnipro, Russian, Kharkiv, Ukraine's, Moscow

☆ Debris From Russian Missile Kills Three in Kyiv Apartment Building
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Megan Specia | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Russian forces fired more than 20 missiles at Ukraine’s capital in a predawn assault on Saturday that left at least three people dead. Moscow’s military leadership accuses Mr. Prigozhin of trying to mount a coup against Mr. Putin. Serhiy Popko, the head of the Kyiv military administration, said air defenses had shot down more than 20 missiles around the capital but that falling debris had hit a high-rise building and started a blaze that destroyed three floors. As rescuers worked at the scene, Vitali Klitschko, the mayor of Kyiv, said that there might be people under the rubble. Residents carefully stepped over the broken glass and building fragments that had scattered throughout the parking lot below.

Persons: Vladimir V, Putin, Yevgeny V, Wagner, Mr, Prigozhin, Serhiy Popko, Vitali Klitschko Organizations: Interior Ministry Locations: Kyiv, Russia

☆ Ukraine to make personnel changes over bomb shelter deaths
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

KYIV, June 23 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday there would be personnel changes following an inquest into the state of Ukraine's bomb shelters after three people were locked out on the street and killed during an air raid. The situation is especially cynical and shameful in those cities that have significant financial resources, but, unfortunately, have other priorities. Zelenskiy ordered an audit of all air raid shelters after the deaths of the three people, who rushed to a Kyiv air raid shelter that failed to open. Zelenskiy has criticised Kyiv city officials and prosecutors put the head of Kyiv's municipal department for security under house arrest following an audit of air raid shelters. After the bomb shelter incident, Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said he bore some responsibility but that others were to blame, especially appointees of the president.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Zelenskiy, Vitali Klitschko, Olena Harmash, Timothy Organizations: National Security, Defence Council, European Union, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Kyiv, Kyiv's

☆ Ukraine's Zelenskiy vows action on air raid shelters
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

June 12 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy expressed unhappiness on Monday at results of an inspection he ordered into all Ukrainian shelters after three people were killed when they were unable to access one during a Russian air strike in Kyiv. In his nightly video address, Zelenskiy said he had received summary reports on the shelters' "preparedness and unpreparedness" from Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko, Oleksandr Kamyshyn, the minister for strategic industries, and Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov. The deaths on June 1 caused a public outcry and a promise by Zelenskiy of a harsh response, which appeared aimed at Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, who has clashed with him before. Kamyshin said on June 4 that nearly half of Kyiv bomb shelters inspected during an initial audit were closed or unfit for use. Reporting by Elaine Monaghan; Editing by Stephen CoatesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Zelenskiy, Ihor Klymenko, Oleksandr Kamyshyn, Oleksandr Kubrakov, Vitali Klitschko, Klitschko, Kamyshin, Elaine Monaghan, Stephen Coates Organizations: Kyiv, Thomson Locations: Kyiv

☆ Ukraine minister in 'disbelief' at closed Kyiv bomb shelters
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

KYIV, June 4 (Reuters) - A senior Ukrainian government official expressed "disbelief" on Sunday after learning that nearly half of Kyiv bomb shelters inspected during an initial audit were closed or unfit for use. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy ordered an inspection of all Ukrainian shelters on Friday, a day after three people were killed in Kyiv when they were unable to access one during a Russian air strike. "I greeted with disbelief that fact that half were open and considered ready," he wrote on the Telegram messaging app. "Yesterday, when we selectively checked the shelters in the Obolon district with our mayor, the absolute majority of the shelters were closed." Thursday's deaths caused a public outcry and a promise of a harsh response by Zelenskiy, which appeared aimed at Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko, who has clashed with the president before.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Oleksandr Kamyshin, Kamyshin, Vitali Klitschko, Klitschko, Dan Peleschuk, Nick Macfie Organizations: Thomson Locations: Ukrainian, Kyiv, Obolon, Ukraine, Russia

☆ A woman was killed waiting outside a shuttered shelter in Kyiv during a Russian missile barrage, calling into question the poor state of Ukraine's air-raid shelters
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

An inspection has found nearly a quarter of Ukraine's air-raid shelters are locked or unusable. A Kyiv woman waiting at a locked shelter was hit by falling missile fragments, her husband said. Kyiv's mayor said there had been "more than a thousand" complaints about dilapidated air-raid shelters. Out of the "over 4,800" shelters, the Ukrainian interior ministry said it had inspected, 252 were locked and a 893 were "unfit for use." A criminal probe has also begun after a 33-year-old woman in Kyiv died while waiting outside a closed shelter during a Russian missile barrage on Thursday, according to the Kyiv regional prosecutor's office.

Persons: Kyiv's, —, Vitali Klitschko Organizations: Service, Kyiv, Kremlin Locations: Kyiv, Ukrainian, Ukraine, Russia

☆ Ukraine lifts air raid alerts, says downed more than 30 missiles and drones
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

June 2 (Reuters) - Ukrainian authorities on Friday lifted air raid alerts across most of the nation, and officials in the capital Kyiv said defences appeared to have shot down more than 30 missiles and drones fired by Russia. Moscow has launched around 20 separate missile and drone strikes against Ukrainian cities since the start of May. Kyiv military authorities, writing on Telegram, said Russia had launched drones and cruise missiles at the same time. "According to preliminary information, more than 30 air targets of various types were detected and destroyed in the airspace over and around Kyiv by air defence forces," they said in a statement. Ukraine regularly says its defences knock down the majority of Russia's missiles and drones.

Persons: Vitali Klitschko, David Ljunggren, Jacqueline Wong, Shri Navaratnam, Tom Hogue Organizations: Thomson Locations: Russia, Moscow, Kyiv, Ukraine

☆ Ukraine says it downed 36 Russian missiles and drones
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Pavel Polityuk | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

KYIV, June 2 (Reuters) - Ukrainian forces in Kyiv said on Friday they shot down 36 Russian missiles and drones in and around the capital overnight, with two people injured by falling debris before authorities lifted air raid alerts across most of the country. An Air Force statement said its air defences had shot down 15 cruise missiles and 21 drones. It said a wave of drones had been launched late on Thursday, followed by a volley of cruise missiles as people slept at around 0300 local time. "The occupiers are not stopping their attempts to terrorise the Ukrainian capital with strike drones and missiles," it said. A view shows an office building damaged during Russian missile strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine June 1, 2023.

Persons: Vitali Klitschko, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, David Ljunggren, Tom Balmforth, Jacqueline Wong, Shri Navaratnam, Tom Hogue, Philippa Fletcher Organizations: An Air Force, Russian, Press, State Emergency Service of, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Kyiv, Russian, Russia, Ukraine, State Emergency Service of Ukraine, Handout

Kyiv, Ukraine CNN —Three people, including a young girl, were killed in Kyiv on Thursday while desperately trying to take cover in a closed bomb shelter amid fresh Russian strikes, in an incident that sparked anger in the Ukrainian capital. This is the largest bomb shelter. “Closed bomb shelters during the war are not just indifference. “I gave a separate order to the heads of the capital’s districts to immediately check all bomb shelters,” he added. The governor of Russia’s Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, also denied these latest claims of a border incursion.

Persons: Ihor Klymenko, …, ”, “, Yaroslav, Kateryna Didukh, Serhii Okunev, Klymenko, Oleksii, Roman Pilipey, Vitalii Klitschko, Klitschko, Klitchko, Valentyn Ogirenko, Dmitry Peskov, Vyacheslav Gladlov, Gladkov, Peskov, –, Igor Konashenkov, Vyacheslav Gladkov, ” Gladkov, Putin Organizations: Ukraine CNN, Internal, Ukraine’s National Police, Ukraine Armed Forces, Anadolu Agency, Kyiv’s, Reuters, Grad, Russian Volunteer Corps, Putin, Russia Legion, CNN, Russian Defense Ministry, Federal Security Service, Russian MoD, Russian Federation, for Russia Legion Locations: Kyiv, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Russia, Russian, Desnianskyi, Reuters Belgorod, Russia’s Belgorod, ” Belgorod, Gladkov, Belgorod –, Ukraine’s Kharkiv, –, Belgorod, Putin Russian, Moscow, Novaya Tavolzhanka, Shebekino

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia targeted the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, yet again with a missile attack in the early hours of Thursday, killing three people, including a mother and child who were not able to get into a shelter, officials said. Ukraine’s general staff headquarters said Kyiv had been attacked by a volley of 10 Iskander ballistic missiles, all of which were shot down. “For 15 months, Russian aggression and terror have been destroying not just buildings, but fundamental human rights — the fundamental rights of our children,” he said. Officials in Kyiv said that some Children’s Day events scheduled for Thursday had been canceled. Andrew E. Kramer and Nicole Tung reported from Kyiv, Ukraine, and Victoria Kim from Seoul.

Persons: Kyiv’s, Vitali Klitschko, Ukraine’s, Klitschko, ”, Volodymyr Zelensky, Andrew E, Kramer, Nicole Tung, Victoria Kim, Marc Santora, Juston Jones Organizations: Police Locations: KYIV, Ukraine, Russia, Kyiv, Seoul, New York

☆ 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

☆ Another Early Morning Attack in Kyiv Kills Three
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Juston Jones | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Russia targeted the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, yet again in the early morning hours on Thursday, with air raid sirens warning residents to take shelter and loud booms from the air defense systems heard throughout the city. Kyiv’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said on the Telegram messaging app that according to preliminary information from emergency medical workers, three people had been killed, two of them children, and at least 14 injured, probably from debris that fell when the air defense systems shot down incoming drones. Of the injured, nine were hospitalized, the mayor added. It was yet another night when explosions in different parts of the city of 3.6 million jolted people out of bed and sent them scurrying for cover. And Thursday’s strikes seemed to suggest it would be more of the same in June.

Persons: Vitali Klitschko Locations: Russia, Kyiv, Kyiv’s

CNN —Russia is blaming Ukraine for launching a drone attack on Moscow early Tuesday which reportedly left two people injured and several buildings damaged, a rare incident in the Russian capital after months of war. At least three residential buildings in Moscow were damaged by drones on Tuesday, Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reported, citing emergency services and residents. Sobyanin added in a subsequent update that investigators had concluded work at the Moscow apartment buildings hit by drones and that evacuated residents would be able to return to their homes. Ukraine has denied direct involvement with Tuesday’s drone attack on Moscow. A view shows a damaged multi-storey apartment block following a reported drone attack in Moscow on Tuesday.

[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.

[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. One person died and four were injured when debris from a destroyed Russian projectile hit a high-rise apartment building sparking a fire, Ukrainian officials said. Russian state-owned news agency RIA cited the defence ministry as saying more than one air base had been hit. Moscow said it invaded Ukraine to "denazify" its neighbour and protect Russian speakers. Russia said on Monday the grain deal would no longer be operational unless a U.N. agreement with Moscow to overcome obstacles to Russian grain and fertiliser exports was fulfilled.

The Russian Defense Ministry said Ukraine was behind what it described as a “terrorist attack” and that all eight were intercepted. Several buildings in Moscow were damaged, and some residents were evacuated early Tuesday, the city’s mayor said. At least two of the drones crashed into residential towers, Russian state media reported, citing state emergency services. It was the 17th assault on the city this month, a spate of attacks that has taken a toll on residents. On Monday, Kyiv was targeted with 11 ballistic missiles shortly after 11 a.m.

☆ Russia Targets Kyiv With Third Wave of Strikes in 24 Hours, Killing One
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-29 | by ( Victoria Kim | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Russia unleashed another wave of attacks early Tuesday on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, killing at least one and prompting evacuations, extending a day of terror for the city’s residents that started with midday strikes. Explosions rang out in different parts of Kyiv overnight, according to local and military officials, sparking a fire in a high-rise building and killing one person. It was not immediately clear whether the damage was from the debris of intercepted attacks or from direct hits. Twenty people were evacuated from the building, where the two upper floors were engulfed in flames, and people might have been trapped in the rubble, the Kyiv city military administration said. Elsewhere in Kyiv, two homes and three cars caught fire from falling debris and four people were hospitalized with injuries, the city’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko said.

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.

[1/10] Municipal workers remove debris of a traffic light broken by a part of a missile which landed on a street during a Russian strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine May 29, 2023. A Ukrainian presidential aide said on Monday any post-war settlement should include a demilitarised zone of 100-120 km (62-75 miles) inside Russia along the border with Ukraine. After months of attacks on energy facilities, Russia is now targeting military facilities and supplies to try to disrupt Ukraine's preparations for its counterattack, Kyiv says. Moscow says Ukraine has stepped up drone and sabotage attacks against targets inside Russia as it prepares for the offensive. The governor of Russia's Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine, said several frontier settlements were shelled simultaneously by Ukrainian forces on Monday.

Summary Ukraine says Russia has stepped up air attacksOne person wounded in central district - mayorAll inbound missiles shot down - city officialsKYIV, May 29 (Reuters) - Explosions rang out across Kyiv on Monday as Russia launched its 16th air attack on the Ukrainian capital this month, hours after unleashing dozens of missiles and drones overnight. All the Russian missiles were shot down, but one person in the central Podil district was taken to hospital, authorities said. Ukraine shot down 11 cruise and ballistic missiles fired in the second of Monday's attacks on Kyiv, said Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, commander-in-chief of the armed forces. Firefighters work at a site of a private building damaged during a massive Russian air strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv region, Ukraine May 29, 2023. Russia has increased the frequency of air attacks as Ukraine prepares to launch a counteroffensive.

CNN —Russia hit Kyiv with an array of missile fire on Monday in a surprise daytime attack, hours after an overnight barrage of the Ukrainian capital and across the country. Kyiv’s armed forced said it downed 11 Iskander missiles launched by Russia in the daytime raid. Ukrainian Police officers inspect a fragment a rocket after a Russian attack in Kyiv on Monday. Evgeniy Maloletka/APThe Khmelnytskyi regional military administration said Russia had attacked a military facility in the western Ukrainian city, damaging five aircraft. The Russian Defense Ministry said later that its forces hit Ukrainian airfields, destroying all targets.

CNN —A wave of Russian drone attacks on the Ukrainian capital left one person dead and sparked fires around the city, officials in Kyiv said early Sunday. “The enemy launched another overnight attack on military facilities and critical infrastructure in the country’s central regions, specifically Kyiv Oblast. A 41-year-old man died in the city’s Solomyanskyi district following the attacks, while falling drone debris at a gas station injured a 35-year-old woman, Mayor Klitshko said. Falling drone debris also sparked fires in buildings across the capital, the mayor said on Telegram. In the Pecherskyi district, the historical center of Kyiv, falling drone debris also sparked a fire on the roof of a nine-story building, Klitschko said.

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