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☆ Two beluga whales evacuated from Ukraine arrive in Spain
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Two beluga whales have been rescued from the besieged city of Kharkiv in Ukraine and taken to an aquarium in Valencia, Spain, in a complex operation. A multinational team involving marine mammal care experts from Oceanogràfic de Valencia, the largest oceanarium in Europe; Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta; and SeaWorld were involved in the high-risk journey. The pair of belugas – a 15-year-old male named Plombir and a 14-year-old female called Miranda – arrived in “delicate health” Tuesday evening after a “grueling journey,” according to Georgia Aquarium. “The city is facing increasing threat from artillery fire, which has intensified in recent weeks, with bombs dropping within a few hundred meters of the aquarium,” Georgia Aquarium said in a press release. The journey began Monday when the team first removed the whales from Ukraine’s NEMO Dolphinarium and drove them 12 hours from Kharkiv to Odesa.

Persons: Oceanogràfic de, Miranda –, Ukraine’s NEMO Dolphinarium, “, ”, Keith Yip Organizations: CNN, Oceanogràfic, Georgia Aquarium, SeaWorld Locations: Kharkiv, Ukraine, Valencia, Spain, Oceanogràfic de Valencia, Europe, Georgia, Atlanta, Ukraine’s, Russia, Russian, Odesa, Moldova, Moldovan, Chisinau

What Ukraine Has Lost A drone photograph shows numerous severely damaged buildings with labels highlighting residential buildings, a football field and a high school. This is the first comprehensive picture of where the Ukraine war has been fought and the totality of the destruction. More buildings have been destroyed in Ukraine than if every building in Manhattan were to be leveled four times over. In mid-May, the Russians bombed some towns in northeastern Ukraine so ferociously that one resident said they were erasing streets. “No matter how unpatriotic it may sound, there’s not much future for her in Ukraine,” Ms. Hrushkovska said.

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☆ Facing an Endless Barrage, Ukraine’s Air Defenses Are Withering
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Josh Holder | Constant Méheut | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +13 min

Facing an Endless Barrage, Ukraine’s Air Defenses Are WitheringThis is what a year of Russian missile strikes on Ukraine looks like. Ukrainian air defenses used to intercept most missiles, but in recent months, more and more have made it through. Ukraine has made increasingly desperate pleas for more air defenses from its Western allies. But it could be months before enough weapons arrive to significantly bolster Ukrainian air defenses. Ukrainian air defenses downed the first seven — but had no choice but to let the next four pass, he said.

Persons: Jan, Volodymyr Zelensky, “, ”, Tom Karako, Maj, Ilya Yevlash, Konrad Muzyka, Odesa, Yevlash, Justin Bronk, Mr, Bronk, Barber Organizations: Russian, New York Times, Ukrainian Air Force, Patriot, United, Kremlin, PBS, Missile Defense, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Ukrainian Air, Patriots, Rochan Consulting, Kyiv Kharkiv Dnipro Odesa, Kyiv Kharkiv Dnipro Odesa Kyiv, Kyiv Kharkiv Dnipro Kyiv, Royal United Services Institute Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Russia, United States, Kyiv, Ukrainian, Washington, Poland, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, Texas, London

☆ Zelensky assassination plot: Two Ukrainian security officials detained over plan to kill president
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Olga Voitovych | Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Two Ukrainian security officials have been detained for planning to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelensky, according to the country’s State Security Service (SBU). Two Ukrainian government protection unit colonels have been detained and are accused of leaking classified information to Russia, the SBU said Tuesday, after it “exposed a network of agents” belonging to Russia’s state security service (FSB). A woman from the southern Ukrainian region of Mykolaiv was arrested in August 2023 in connection to a plot to assassinate Zelensky. She was accused of gathering intelligence about Zelensky’s planned visit to Mykolaiv in order to plan a Russian airstrike to kill him. The plot was uncovered by Ukrainian authorities and the man was later detained and charged in Poland.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelensky, ”, Zelensky, SBU, Vasyl Maliuk, Kyrylo, Zelensky’s, Prosecutors, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Mitsotakis Organizations: CNN, country’s State Security Service, State, Ukrainian, Defence Intelligence Locations: Russia, “, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Mykolaiv, Russian, Polish, Republic of Poland, Jasionka, Poland, Odesa

☆ Russia Strikes Civilian Center in Odesa, Killing Five
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Constant Méheut | John Ismay | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ukrainian officials said a Russian airstrike on Monday evening killed five people and wounded about 30 others in Odesa, a southern Ukrainian city that has been a regular target of Russian missiles and drones trying to destroy its port infrastructure. Videos and photos showed lifeless and bloodied bodies of civilians lying on a seafront promenade not known to be close to any strategic site like military buildings or grain storehouses. Ukrainian authorities on Tuesday accused Russia of using cluster munitions — a controversial and widely banned weapon that can often cause indiscriminate harm to civilians — in the attack. Andriy Kostin, Ukraine’s prosecutor general, said in a statement that Russia had fired an Iskander ballistic missile with a cluster warhead. “The investigators have a reason to believe that the decision to use such a weapon was taken by the Russian military officers deliberately to kill as many Ukrainian civilians as possible,” Mr. Kostin said.

Persons: Andriy Kostin, Mr, Kostin Organizations: Russian Locations: Russian, Odesa, Ukrainian, Russia

☆ Ukraine’s ‘Harry Potter castle’ goes up in flames as Russian missile attack kills 5
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Radina Gigova | Olga Voitovych | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —At least five people were killed and more than 30 injured in a Russian missile attack on the Black Sea port city of Odesa on Monday, Ukrainian authorities say. Ukrainian authorities believe Russia used an Iskander ballistic missile and cluster munitions to carry out the attack. He added that “the investigation has grounds to believe” the Russian military used cluster munitions with the intention of inflicting large number of casualties. The use, transfer, and production of cluster munitions is prohibited by an international treaty known as the Convention on Cluster Munitions. Russia claims interceptMeanwhile, Russian officials say air defenses in Crimea succeeded in intercepting a major missile and drone attack by Ukraine.

Persons: Harry Potter, ”, Andriy Kostin, United States –, Sergey Aksyonov Organizations: CNN, Cluster Munitions, Kremlin, Army Tactical Missile Systems Locations: Russian, Odesa, Scottish, Russia, United States, Ukraine, Crimea

☆ Ukraine war live updates: Odesa reels from deadly missile attack; 98-year-old walks miles under fire to escape advancing Russians
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Russia has targeted the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv in a missile strike, local officials said Tuesday. Oleh Synehubov, the head of the Kharkiv regional state administration, said on Telegram that two people were killed and six were injured in the strike. "The occupiers hit the city of Kharkiv with two anti-aircraft guns [anti-aircraft guided missiles], the hits to the ground were recorded in the Kyiv district. In one of the residential buildings, the facade and glazing of the windows of the building were damaged," Synehubov said. It's widely believed that Russian forces are aiming to recapture the city of Kharkiv in their forthcoming summer offensive.

Persons: Oleh Synehubov, Synehubov, Ihor Terekhov, Sergei Lavrov, — Holly Ellyatt Organizations: Kharkiv, Russia's Locations: Russia, Ukrainian, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Kholodnohirsky, Moscow

☆ Ukraine war live updates: Ukraine disputes Russia's claim to have seized another village; Kyiv, Odesa targeted in drone strikes
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Kyrylo Budanov, chief of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine, speaks during the farewell ceremony for Dmytro Kotsiubailo on Independence Square on March 10, 2023, in Kyiv, Ukraine. They conduct a complex operation ... it will be a difficult period. Mid-May, early June," Budanov told the BBC in an interview conducted on April 19, a day before the U.S. House of Representatives approved a $61 billion aid package for Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov hinted last Friday that Russian forces would try to seize the city of Kharkiv in northeast Ukraine in a future significant Russian offensive operation. Russia wants to establish a demilitarized so-called "sanitary zone" in the border areas of Ukraine to protect Russia's southwestern regions from attack.

Persons: Kyrylo Budanov, Dmytro Kotsiubailo, Budanov, We've, we'll, Sergei Lavrov, Holly Ellyatt Organizations: Directorate of Intelligence, BBC, . House, CNBC, Russian, Kremlin Locations: Ukraine, Kyiv, Russia, BBC Ukrainian, Kharkiv

☆ Everything you need to know about the Russian Tu-22M3 bomber plane and how Ukraine said it shot one down in war first
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Nathan Rennolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukraine said it had shot down a Russian supersonic Tu-22M3 plane. Here's everything you need to know about the Tu-22M3 and how Ukraine says it shot it down. AdvertisementUkrainian intelligence said on Friday that it had shot down a feared Russian Tu-22M3 bomber plane for the first time as it launched a combat mission on Ukraine. AdvertisementTupolev describes the Tu-22M aircraft series as a "conventionally designed aircraft with a variable-swept low wing." A weeklong ambushImage appearing to show the Tu-22M3 aircraft after crashing.

Persons: —, Vladimir Vladimirov Kyrylo Budanov, HUR, WarTranslated, Dmitri Organizations: Service, NATO, Tupolev, Defence Intelligence, Ukraine, BBC, Main Directorate of Intelligence, British Ministry of Defence, Russian Air Force Locations: Ukraine, Russian, Soviet, BBC Ukraine, Russia

CNN —Ukraine’s parliament has scrapped plans to give soldiers who have spent prolonged periods fighting on the frontlines the chance to return home on rotation, after passing a draft law seeking to boost the number of soldiers in its military. The draft law passed Thursday with 283 votes in favor, including a raft of measures aimed at providing a desperately needed boost for Ukraine’s military. Dozens of wives and relatives of servicemen gathered outside Ukraine’s parliament Thursday to protest the passing of the draft law, demanding that demobilization deadlines be included. Libkos/Getty ImagesThe issue of mobilization has bedeviled Ukrainian lawmakers for months, as the needs of its military clash with political constraints. It is not clear when the draft law passed Thursday will receive presidential approval.

Persons: CNN —, Rustem Umerov, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Chris Cavoli, Anastasia Bulba, Vitalii, ”, “, Young, Libkos, Zaluzhnyi, Ukraine “, ” Zaluzhnyi, Volodymyr Zelensky, Zelensky Organizations: CNN, Defense, European Command Locations: Ukraine, Kharkiv, Odesa, Lviv, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Ukraine’s, Russia

☆ Ukraine war live updates: Over 200,000 left without power after latest 'massive' Russian drone and missile strike on Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Russian drone and missile strikes targeting infrastructure in several regions across Ukraine early Thursday show the need for more air defense systems, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. "Russian terrorists once again targeted critical infrastructure objects. Objects in other regions were also targeted: Kyiv, Zaporizhzhya, Odesa, and Lviv," Zelenskyy stated. "Each of our neighbors in Europe, each of our other partners sees how critical Ukraine's need for air defense is," he said, adding, "Air defense and other defense support are needed, not turning a blind eye and long discussions." Ukraine is growing frustrated at procrastination over additional military aid, with $60 billion of U.S. assistance blocked by Republican lawmakers.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Zelenskyy, Holly Ellyatt Organizations: Republican Locations: Ukraine, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhya, Lviv, Europe, Russia, Russian

☆ Zelensky says he will listen to Trump’s ideas to end war ‘with pleasure’
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Sophie Tanno | Lauren Said-Moorhouse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he would listen to former US President Donald Trump’s ideas to end the war in Ukraine with “pleasure” but trod carefully around the issue during an interview at the Delphi Economic Forum in Greece. I haven’t heard that directly from Trump,” Zelensky told CNN’s Senior Correspondent Fred Pleitgen via video link from Ukraine. Ukrainian President Zelensky is pictured speaking from Ukraine during an interview with CNN’s Fred Pleitgen, who is at the Delphi Economic Forum in Greece. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky inspects new fortifications for Ukrainian servicemen near the Russian border in the Kharkiv region on Tuesday. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout/Reuters“I’d like to underscore that no Western weapons were used to attack in such a way.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelensky, Donald Trump’s, ” Zelensky, CNN’s, Fred Pleitgen, “, Zelensky, Trump, Ukraine “, ”, The Trump, “ There’s, he’s, CNN’s Fred Pleitgen, Pleitgen, Vladimir Putin’s, Putin’s, Reuters “, Oleksandr Prokudin, Ukrenergo Organizations: CNN, Delphi, Republican, German, Wednesday, Trump, Russia, West, Presidential Press Service, Reuters, Ukraine’s Defense Forces of Locations: Ukraine, Greece, Ukrainian, Russia, Trump, Delphi, Zelensky, “, Kharkiv, Western, Russian, Odesa, Mykolayiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv

☆ A Drone Strike in Odesa Shatters a Family’s Life
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Constant Méheut | Oksana Parafeniuk | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In the photograph, Anna Haidarzhy and her 4-month-old son, Tymofii, are barely visible under the bloodstained blanket. Just two arms, one from the mother, 31, one from her son, can be seen sticking out of the blanket. “It looked like they were saying goodbye,” one of the rescuers, Serhii Mudrenko, said of the image. Throughout the search, Serhii Haidarzhy, 32, Anna’s husband and Tymofii’s father, had stayed with the rescuers as they combed the debris. “I was hoping that Anichka would survive under the rubble,” Mr. Haidarzhy said, using her nickname.

Persons: Anna Haidarzhy, Tymofii, Serhii Mudrenko, Serhii Haidarzhy, Anna’s, Tymofii’s, Lizi, Mr, Haidarzhy Locations: Ukrainian, Odesa, Ukraine

☆ Russia-Ukraine war updates: Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant struck by drones; Zelenskyy calls for more support amid Kharkiv bombardment
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Elliot Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine on June 15, 2023. The United Nations' atomic energy watchdog sounded the alarm Sunday after drones struck a nuclear reactor at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southern Ukraine. The International Atomic Energy Agency said the serious incident "endangered nuclear safety and security" as Europe's largest nuclear plant was directly targeted by military strikes for the first time since November 2022. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday called for greater international support for his country's air defense systems, as Russia continues its aerial bombardment of Kharkiv and surrounding regions. Meanwhile, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in China on Monday for talks over Ukraine and the situation in Asia-Pacific.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Sergei Lavrov Organizations: United Nations, International Atomic Energy Agency Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Russia, Kharkiv, China, Asia, Pacific, Odesa

☆ Elon Musk says Russia 'will certainly gain more land' in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-31 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk predicted Russia would gain more land in the ongoing Ukraine war. Musk's SpaceX initially sent thousands of Starlink terminals to Ukraine, but relations have since cooled. AdvertisementElon Musk weighed in on the Russia-Ukraine war on Saturday, saying that he believed Russia would "certainly gain more land than they have today." "There is no chance of Russia taking all of Ukraine, as the local resistance would be extreme in the west, but Russia will certainly gain more land than they have today," Musk wrote. Elon Musk's SpaceX sent Ukraine "thousands" of terminals for the company's Starlink satellite internet service when Russia first invaded.

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, —, Elon Musk's, Volodymyr Zelenskyy Organizations: SpaceX, Service, Elon Musk's SpaceX, Reuters, Russian Government, Democrats Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Dnipro, Russian, Crimea

☆ Zelenskyy fires more aides in a reshuffle as Russia launches drones and missiles across Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine is speaking during a joint briefing with Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis outside the Transfiguration Cathedral, which was destroyed by Russian shelling, in Odesa, Ukraine, on March 6, 2024. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed a longtime aide and several advisers on Saturday in a continuing reshuffle while Russia unleashed fresh attacks overnight. Zelenskyy dismissed top aide Serhiy Shefir from his post of first assistant, where he had served since 2019. Ukraine's air force said Saturday that Russia launched 12 Shahed drones overnight, nine of which were shot down, and fired four missiles into eastern Ukraine. Russia has escalated its attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure in recent days, causing significant damage in several regions.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Zelenskyy, Serhiy Shefir, Oleksii Danilov, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Centrenergo, Serhiy Lisak Organizations: Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis, National Security and Defense Council, Russia, Gov Locations: Ukraine, Greece, Odesa, Russia, United Kingdom, Kharkiv, Poltava, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk

☆ Russia launches barrage of 99 drones and missiles on Ukraine’s energy system, officials say
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Moscow launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure Friday, with a mass barrage of 99 drones and missiles hitting regions across the country, Ukraine's armed forces said. Ukraine's state-owned grid operator, Ukrenergo, said Friday's attack deliberately targeted thermal and hydroelectric power plants across central and western regions. Five people, including a 5-year-old girl, were wounded during the attack in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region, said local Gov. He later said that another man had been killed and one more injured in a separate drone attack Friday. Vyacheslav Gladkov later said on social media that one man had died as the result of a separate drone attack which struck an apartment block.

Persons: Ihor Klymenko, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Zelenskyy, Serhii, Vyacheslav Gladkov Organizations: Kyiv, Gov, Polish Armed Forces, NATO, Russia's Ministry of Defense, Regional Gov Locations: Kharkiv, Ukraine, Moscow, Russia, Kyiv, Russian, Belgorod, Dnister, Novodnistrovsk, Moldova, Odesa, Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, Warsaw, Braila county, Romania

CNN —Ukraine says it hit two Russian naval vessels, along with a communications center and several other facilities belonging to the Black Sea Fleet, in a huge overnight attack on the Crimean port of Sevastopol. Ukraine said the vessels hit were two amphibious landing ships, the Yamal and the Azov. More than 20 Russian naval vessels have now been disabled or destroyed, a third of the entire fleet. Though Ukraine has virtually no navy of its own, technological innovation, audacity and Russian incompetence have given it the upper hand in much of the Black Sea. In October last year, satellite imagery indicated that Russia relocated some of its naval ships away from Sevastopol after a series of Ukrainian attacks.

Persons: Mikhail Razvozhayev, Mykola Oleshchuk, Razvozhayev Organizations: CNN, Black, Telegram Locations: Ukraine, Sevastopol, Russian, Azov, Crimea, Crimea’s, Simferopol, Moscow, Russia, Ukrainian, Odesa, Bosphorus

☆ Poland activates its air force after a Russian cruise missile violated its airspace during a huge attack on Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-24 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Poland said it activated its air force after Russia violated its airspace during missile attacks on Ukraine. Russia has been intensifying aerial attacks on western Ukraine. AdvertisementPoland said it has activated its air force after Russia violated its airspace while carrying out a major missile attack on western Ukraine. AdvertisementPoland's army spokesperson, Jacek Goryszewski, said the missile traveled about 2 km, or 1.2 miles, into Polish airspace before returning to Ukraine, per Reuters. Russia has conducted a major campaign of aerial attacks on Ukraine's capital Kyiv and the western region of Lviv in recent days.

Persons: —, Jacek Goryszewski, Jacek Siewiera, Kryvyi Rih, Volodymyr Zelenskyy Organizations: Service, Polish Armed Forces Operational Command, Command, Reuters, Polish National Security Bureau, NATO, Infrastructure, Kyiv Independent Locations: Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Moscow, Oserdów, Polish, Kyiv, Lviv, Kryvyi, Western

CNN —A wave of Ukrainian drones has targeted Russia on the third and final day of voting in Russia’s presidential election. Ukraine launched a total of 36 drones overnight over Russia, aimed at various parts of the country, including the capital Moscow, Russia’s Ministry of Defense said on Sunday. In Belgorod, which borders Ukraine, a 16-year-old girl was killed due to shelling, the governor of Belgorod, Vyacheslav Gladkov, posted on Telegram. A polling station in the Russian-controlled part of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region was also attacked by two Ukrainian drones on Sunday, according to Vladimir Rogov, member of the Russian-installed Zaporizhzhia administration. Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces shot down 14 drones over the Odesa region on Sunday after they were launched by Russia overnight, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.

Persons: “, Vyacheslav Gladkov, Vladimir Rogov, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Joseph Stalin, CNN’s Christian Edwards Organizations: CNN, Russia’s Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Defense, district’s Dispatch Service, Ukrainian Air Force Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Moscow, Yaroslavl, Belgorod, Kursk, Kaluga, Rostov, Oryol, Bryansk, Krasnodar Krai, Slavyansk, Russian, Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia, Odesa, Alaska, Kaliningrad, Soviet

☆ Russia's Drone Attack on Odesa Damages Agribusinesses, Ukraine Says
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( March | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

(Reuters) - Russian air attacks damaged agricultural enterprises and destroyed several industrial buildings in the Black Sea port of Odesa overnight, Ukraine's forces said on Sunday. Russia launched 16 drones and seven missiles, Ukraine's air force posted on the Telegram messaging app. Russia's attacks come as Ukraine launched 35 drones against broad areas of Russia, including Moscow, on Sunday, the final day of Russia's presidential vote. The Latest Photos From Ukraine View All 96 ImagesThe south command of Ukraine's armed forces, whose area includes Odesa, said two agricultural enterprises were damaged in Odesa district. It was not immediately clear whether the damage was caused by falling drone debris or drones that were not downed.

Persons: Lidia Kelly, Edmund Klamann, William Mallard Organizations: Reuters, Kharkiv Locations: Black, Odesa, Russia, Donetsk, Chernikhiv, Ukraine, Moscow, Odesa district, Melbourne

☆ Russia hit a Ukrainian port city using one of its more brutal tactics, a double-tap missile strike that kills emergency workers too
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-15 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewRussia launched multiple missiles at the Ukrainian port city of Odesa on Friday, killing and wounding dozens of civilians, including emergency responders who were looking for survivors. The State Emergency Service of Ukraine said after an initial strike hit the city, its rescue workers quickly arrived at the site to search for wounded civilians, sort through the debris, and extinguish fires. In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, emergency services work at the scene of a Russian attack in Odesa, Ukraine, Friday, March 15, 2024. In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, emergency services help their comrade injured during a Russian attack in Odesa, Ukraine, Friday, March 15, 2024. Ukrainian Emergency Service via APThe attack is the latest on the strategic port city of Odesa.

Persons: —, Oleh Kiper, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Ukraine Bridget Brink Organizations: Service, Emergency Service, Business, Regional, Ukrainian Emergency Service, AP, Civilian, Southern Defense Forces, United Nations, Greek, Ukraine, NATO Locations: Russia, Ukrainian, Odesa, Ukraine, Crimean, Syria, Russian, Europe

☆ Russian Missile Strikes Kill at Least 16 in Odesa, Ukraine Says
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-15 | by ( Constant Méheut | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A Russian missile attack on Odesa killed at least 16 people and injured 55 others, Ukrainian authorities said on Friday, the latest in a series of deadly air assaults on the southern Ukrainian port city. Ukraine’s state emergency services said a first missile hit several houses late in the morning, prompting rescuers to rush to the scene. A second missile then landed on the same site, causing many fatalities, including at least one paramedic and a rescue worker. Oleh Kiper, the governor of the Odesa region, posted photos on social media showing rescue workers evacuating one of their colleagues on a stretcher and trying to put out a fire near a destroyed building. Ukrainian authorities said the attacks destroyed a three-story building, damaged 10 houses and a gas pipeline, and started a fire that spread to an area of about 1,300 square feet.

Persons: Odesa, Kiper Locations: Russian, Ukrainian, Ukraine’s, Odesa

CNN —A Russian missile strike hit civilian infrastructure in the Ukrainian city of Odesa, killing at least 14 people and injuring dozens of others, Ukrainian officials said Friday. “The Russian missile attack killed a paramedic and a rescue worker who had arrived at the scene after the first explosion to provide assistance. ET), striking a civilian building and causing a fire to break out, Ukraine’s emergency services said. As well as the 14 killed, at least 46 people were injured, including seven emergency services personnel, Kiper said. Emergency services try to extinguish a fire caused by the Russian missile strike.

Persons: “, ” Oleh Kiper, Vladimir Putin, Rescuers, Kiper, Volodymyr Zelensky, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Zelensky, Mitsotakis, ” Organizations: CNN, Emergency, Russian, Emergency Service of, Reuters, NATO Locations: Russian, Ukrainian, Odesa, Russia, Ukraine, Emergency Service of Ukraine, Kyiv

☆ Russia’s Persecution of L.G.B.T.Q. Ukrainians Should Be a Crime Against Humanity - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-15 | by ( J. Lester Feder | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

They found that he’d been gathering information about Russian military positions to share with Ukrainian forces; they also discovered he was gay. Mr. Polukhin gave a detailed account of his detention to Projector, an Odesa-based human rights organization. Mr. Polukhin lived in Kherson, a southern city of around 250,000 people that the Russians conquered with blinding speed in the war’s early days. (This is a common practice by Russian forces, nominally to search for nationalist tattoos.) “I think that all of them should be killed,” Mr. Polukhin said the man responded.

Persons: Oleksii, Polukhin, ” Mr, they’d Organizations: Ukrainian, Russia Locations: Ukraine, Kherson, Ukrainian

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