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☆ Toughened by war's scars, Kyiv presses on while Russia attacks
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-20 | by ( Dan Peleschuk | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/2] People walk down a street near anti-tank constructions as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in central Kyiv, Ukraine February 8, 2023. To avoid the lesson being disrupted by yet another Russian attack, she had quickly moved her class underground when the air-raid sirens sounded. "We teach math, biology, chemistry - everything according to the usual schedule," Olena, who declined to give her last name, told Reuters. Nearly a year after it began, Russia's invasion has upended life but also rallied a nation. Russia denies targeting civilians, and says its attacks are designed to weaken Ukraine's military.

☆ Missile hits dwelling in Ukraine's Kharkiv: 1 dead, 3 injured
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/3] Ukrainian firefighters work at a site of an apartment building severely damaged by a Russian missile, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine January 29, 2023. REUTERS/Vitalii HnidyiJan 29 (Reuters) - A missile hit an apartment building on Sunday in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, killing one person, injuring at least three and causing widespread damage, regional governor Oleh Synehubov said. A Reuters picture from the scene showed fire engulfing part of a residential building in the country's second most-populous city. Synehubov said the strike took place in the city's central Kyiv district. Anatoly Torianyk, deputy head of Kharkiv rescue services, said the building was made of wood.

☆ Ukraine honours interior minister, other senior officials, killed in helicopter crash
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/7] Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and first lady Olena Zelenska offer their condolences as they attend a memorial ceremony for Ukrainian Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyi, his deputy and officials who died in the helicopter crash near Kyiv, in Kyiv, Ukraine, January 21, 2023. REUTERS/Nacho DoceKYIV, Jan 21 (Reuters) - A tearful Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attended a memorial service on Saturday to commemorate seven senior Interior Ministry officials killed in a helicopter crash this week, a fresh blow to a nation already grieving its many war dead. Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyi, his deputy and five other high-ranking ministry officials were killed when their French-made Super Puma helicopter plummeted amid fog into a nursery on the eastern outskirts of Kyiv on Wednesday. Another seven people were killed, including one child, in the crash. Zelenskiy and his wife, Olena Zelenska, paid their respects to the victims' relatives inside the hulking Ukrainian House cultural centre in central Kyiv.

☆ UK indicates it will send battle tanks to Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-14 | by ( Michael Holden | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERSLONDON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Rishi Sunak indicated on Saturday that Britain would send Ukraine some of its main battle tanks along with additional artillery support, drawing swift reproach from the Russian Embassy in London. Media reports have suggested Britain was in discussions with Ukraine to deliver the Challengers to help the country fight Moscow's forces. According to Sky News, about a dozen tanks would be supplied, the first time such Western weaponry had been pledged. BATTLE TANKThe Challenger 2 is a battle tank designed to attack other tanks, and has been in service with the British Army since 1994. "The prime minister and President Zelenskiy welcomed other international commitments in this vein, including Poland's offer to provide a company of Leopard tanks," Sunak's spokesperson said.

☆ Massive Russian missile barrage pummels cities across Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

After earlier attacks, the Ukrainian military reported shooting down incoming Russian missiles and explosive drones, but some still reached their targets, damaging power and water supplies and increasing the suffering of the population amid freezing temperatures. Ukrainian authorities in several regions said some incoming Russian missiles were intercepted. Efrem Lukatsky / APFragments from downed Russian missiles damaged two private buildings in the Darnytskyi district of Kyiv, the city administration said. Earlier this month, the United States agreed to give a Patriot missile battery to Ukraine to boost the country’s defense. Russian officials have said that any peace plan can only proceed from Kyiv’s recognition of Russia’s sovereignty over the regions it illegally annexed from Ukraine in September.

☆ Restaurants in Ukraine have created 'blackout menus' to cook by candlelight during power outages. They say they're 'not scared of the dark'.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-27 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

In the dark, Ukrainian restaurants serve customers by candlelight with special 'blackout menus'. Kyiv-based restaurant manager Dmytro Tkachenko told Insider: "We can adapt to anything." He's visited several restaurants during blackouts, and told Insider that the atmosphere is "completely unique." A post shared by Under Wonder (@underwonder.kyiv)Manager Dmytro Tkachenko told Insider it has designed a reduced — but still "exquisite" — array of dishes that can be prepared without electricity. He told Insider: "What you see develop in Ukraine under these harsh circumstances will be the new normal everywhere."

☆ Ukraine remembers Stalin-era famine as Russia war rages
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy sings the national anthem during his visit in Kherson, Ukraine November 14, 2022. "Once they wanted to destroy us with hunger, now – with darkness and cold," President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram. Russia has targeted critical infrastructure across Ukraine in recent weeks through waves of air strikes that have sparked widespread power outages and killed civilians. "On the 90th anniversary of the 1932-1933 Holodomor in Ukraine, Russia's genocidal war of aggression pursues the same goal as during the 1932-1933 genocide: the elimination of the Ukrainian nation and its statehood," it said. Pope Francis this week compared Russia's war in Ukraine to what he called the "terrible genocide" of the Stalin-era and said Ukrainians were now suffering from the "martyrdom of aggression."

☆ Kyiv Power Cuts Bring Cold Food, Scheduled Vacuuming, Struggling Businesses
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Ian Lovett | Nikita Nikolaienko | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

KYIV, Ukraine—With the electricity out, the Frankly coffee shop in central Kyiv had to cook syrnyky—Ukrainian cheese pancakes—on a small propane camping stove. Baristas made drip coffee and tea using a large vat of hot water, boiled before the power cut. Sales were down 86% from a week earlier, when the lights were still on. The owners were asking a relative to buy a generator in Poland, as affordable models are sold out in Ukraine. They are designing a cold-food menu and lighting the cafe with candles.

"I think the best answer (can be seen) in Israel ... developing their national industry for their armed forces. But they also signal how the Russian invasion has galvanised Ukraine into radically hardening its security posture. "We have an idea to also have Ukrainian 155mm systems," Reznikov said, referring to a standard calibre of NATO artillery. Many of the largest producers then lost their biggest customers, Russian defence firms, after relations between Kyiv and Moscow became openly hostile after Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014. In his interview, Reznikov said the takeover of stakes in key strategic companies was part of Kyiv's broader defence push.

☆ Ukraine Scrambles to Restore Electricity After Russian Missile Barrage
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Isabel Coles | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A street in central Kyiv was left mostly in darkness Saturday night as Ukraine’s power grid struggled following Russian attacks. KYIV, Ukraine—Ukraine was working to restore electricity across the country Sunday following a Russian attack on critical infrastructure, as Moscow’s grip on the southern Kherson region weakened. Almost 1.5 million Ukrainians were left without power after Russia unleashed a volley of cruise missiles on Saturday—the latest salvo in a campaign to deprive the country of heat and light as winter sets in.

☆ Ukraine Works to Restore Electricity After Russian Missile Barrage
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Isabel Coles | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Kyiv Hit by Drone Attacks as Russia Targets Infrastructure
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Matthew Luxmoore | Isabel Coles | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

KYIV, Ukraine—Russia launched a fresh wave of Iranian-made drones to attack central Kyiv in the early hours of Monday, Ukrainian officials said, as Moscow presses a campaign targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure before the onset of winter. Rescue workers pulled 18 people from the rubble of a residential building that was damaged by a strike in the central Shevchenkivskyi district, said Kyiv’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko.

☆ Explosions hit central Kyiv amid kamikaze drone strikes; heavy fighting rages in two hot spots in eastern Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Residential buildings in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv have been damaged after drone attacks on a central district, according to the city's Mayor Vitali Klitschko and a senior government official. "As a result of the drone attack, a fire broke out in a non-residential building in the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kyiv. Several residential buildings were damaged," Klitschko said on Telegram. Russia has stepped up its use of attacks carried out by explosive-carrying drones in recent weeks, with various targets hit in Ukraine, particularly energy infrastructure. Heavy fighting is taking place in the eastern region of Donbas in Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday, with Ukraine's military stating that Russian forces were on the offensive around Bakhmut.

☆ Fact Check-Video does not show missile hitting Ukraine President Zelenskiy’s office
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A tweet dated Oct. 10 (here) that had 6,500 likes at the time of writing, shared the video with the claim: “ZELENSKY'S OFFICE WAS DESTROYED BY A MISSILE STRIKE: UKRAINIAN MEDIA”. Reuters found no evidence that the presidential office building in Kyiv was struck by a missile on this day. Kyiv City Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko released a statement on messaging app Telegram (here) listing the affected areas in Kyiv, which did not include the presidential office building. The area where the smoke is seen billowing from is likely close to Saksahanskoho St, behind a residential building (bit.ly/3SQOyWE), about two kilometers from the presidential office building on Bankova Street (bit.ly/3SQVdQT) (goo.gl/maps/ihUygBudbTguqi4z5). The video shows a missile strike in central Kyiv.

☆ Putin's missile barrage on Ukraine showed weakness instead of strength, former speechwriter says. 'There's nothing else the army can do.'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Putin's former speechwriter said Putin was trying to was trying to project strength. His assessment was that Putin's attacks were an attempt to demonstrate power to his internal critics, but ultimately backfired. A man runs after missiles hit central Kyiv, Ukraine on October 10, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb GaranichCars burn after Russian military strike, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in central Kyiv, Ukraine October 10, 2022. Russia's attacks on Monday did not appear hit any military targets.

☆ People in Kyiv describe how, in a barrage of missiles, Russia shattered the hope of life returning to normal
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Kyiv went months without missile strikes, and people rebuilt a little despite war with Russia. She said life in Kyiv was closer to normal. She said people in Kyiv got "normal life" for a few months, which ended with the shock of Monday's attack. Trying to live regular livesTereshchenko said moving to Kyiv meant se could "try to pretend I have a normal life," despite the reminders of war and worry for her family in Kharkiv. Liubov TsybulskaShe said people in Kyiv had become "much more resilient" than when the war started, and life had changed.

Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy spoke to U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday and wrote on Telegram afterwards that air defence was the "number 1 priority in our defence cooperation." REUTERS/Gleb Garanich Read MoreThe Kremlin's air strikes come three days after a blast damaged the bridge it built after seizing Crimea in 2014. Ukraine, which views the bridge as a military target sustaining Russia's war effort, celebrated the blast without claiming responsibility. On Saturday, Russia's Defence Ministry named General Sergei Surovikin, who won acclaim in Syria, as commander of Russian forces in Ukraine. A Russian air campaign in Syria helped the government crush its enemies.

☆ Multiple missile strikes in central Kyiv and other cities; Putin claims responsibility, vows 'harsh response' to 'terrorist acts'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Natasha Turak | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Multiple missiles hit the center of Ukraine's capital Kyiv Monday, with reports of at least 10 dead and 60 injured, according to the city's emergency services. Several other cities in the country's south and west were also hit by Russian missile strikes. It comes just two days after a blast destroyed part of Russia's Kerch Bridge, the only bridge linking Russia to the Crimean peninsula, which Moscow annexed in 2014. Putin is set to convene a meeting of his national security council and has called the Kerch Bridge explosion a "terrorist attack" carried out by Ukraine. Kyiv has not claimed responsibility for the blast, though several Ukrainian ministries mocked Russia over the event.

☆ Russia says its missiles hit Ukrainian military targets, but videos of a burning crater in a Kyiv park paint a very different picture
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russian forces launched a deadly barrage of missiles and suicide drones into Ukraine on Monday. After the attack, Putin claimed his troops targeted Ukrainian military and energy facilities. Photos and videos of a burning crater in a park — next to a playground — paint a different image. They once again demonstrate the utter brutality of Mr. Putin's illegal war on the Ukrainian people," President Joe Biden said in a statement. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia had two targets in mind when it launched the attacks — the eastern European country's energy facilities and civilians.

"This is terrorism and I do not understand why a terrorist country is not recognized as such," the 52-year-old history teacher said of the Russian missile strikes that slammed into the Ukrainian capital during Monday's morning rush hour. Russia charged Ukraine with responsibility, while a Ukrainian presidential aide blamed the incident on infighting between Russian security bodies. Two missiles landed in quick succession on the edges of Shevchenko Park in central Kyiv, one striking a busy intersection next to a major university. People began trickling back into Shevchenko Park around lunchtime, curiously examining the huge crater. Denys Mykhailovskyi, 38, was studiously clearing glass from the floor of his basement bar, near the Shevchenko Park playground where a missile landed.

The barrage of dozens of cruise missiles fired from air, land and sea was the biggest wave of air strikes to hit locations away from the front line, at least since the initial volleys on the war's first day, Feb. 24. The Russian leader said he had ordered "massive" long range strikes and he threatened more strikes in future if Ukraine hits Russian territory. Ukraine, which views the bridge as a military target sustaining Russia's war effort, celebrated the blast without officially claiming responsibility. 1/23 A smoke rises over the city after Russian missile strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Lviv, Ukraine October 10, 2022. The European Union condemned Monday's "barbaric and cowardly attacks" on Ukraine, among a chorus of denunciations from Western countries.

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