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Straits Times
16 hours ago
- Politics
- Straits Times
One killed, 14 injured in overnight Russian attack on Ukraine's Odesa
Paramedics assist a girl at the site of an apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russias attack on Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine in this handout picture released June 20, 2025. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Odesa region/Handout via REUTERS Residents react at the site of their apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russias attack on Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine in this handout picture released June 20, 2025. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Odesa region/Handout via REUTERS A firefighter works at the site of an apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russias attack on Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine in this handout picture released June 20, 2025. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Odesa region/Handout via REUTERS A firefighter carries a woman during an evacuation from her apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russias attack on Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine in this handout picture released June 20, 2025. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Odesa region/Handout via REUTERS A firefighter helps a woman during an evacuation from her apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russias attack on Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine in this handout picture released June 20, 2025. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Odesa region/Handout via REUTERS One killed, 14 injured in overnight Russian attack on Ukraine's Odesa KYIV - One person was killed and at least 14 were injured when Russian drones attacked the Ukrainian Black Sea city of Odesa overnight, damaging high-rise buildings and railway infrastructure, local authorities and prosecutors said on Friday. Odesa is Ukraine's largest Black Sea port, key for imports and exports, and has been under constant missile and drone attacks by Russia since the war began. "Despite the active work of air defence forces, there is damage to civilian infrastructure, including residential buildings, a higher education institution, a gas pipeline and private cars," local governor Oleh Kiper said on Telegram messenger. Kiper released photos of burning houses and charred high-rise buildings. Local emergencies service said that during the attack there were at least 10 drone strikes on residential buildings, causing massive fires. Ukraine's air force said on Friday that Russia had launched 86 drones on Ukraine overnight. The military noted its air defence units shot down 34 drones while another 36 drones were lost - in reference to the Ukrainian military using electronic warfare to redirect them - or they were drone simulators that did not carry warheads. However, the military reported that drones hit 8 locations. Ukrainian state railways Ukrzaliznytsia reported that Odesa railway station was damaged during the attack, with power wires and rails damaged. Russian drones also attacked Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine overnight, damaging several private and multi-storey houses, Kharkiv officials said. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
Egypt Independent
2 days ago
- Politics
- Egypt Independent
28 killed in deadliest Russian strikes on Kyiv in almost a year
CNN — Russia launched a barrage of hundreds of drones and missiles on Kyiv overnight, killing more than 20 people in one of its biggest attacks on the Ukrainian capital. The State Emergency Service of Ukraine said at least 28 people were killed in Kyiv, and 134 were injured. One strike hit a multi-story residential building, splitting it in two and leaving a huge gap where dozens of homes were just moments before. The Emergency Service said 23 bodies had been pulled out of the rubble as of Wednesday morning. Victoria, who lives in the building and didn't want to share her last name, said she spent part of the night sheltering in her bathroom, the safest place in the apartment, listening to Russian drones flying overhead. When she thought the attack was over, she went back to bed – only to be woken by a loud explosion. 'The windows were blown out. It was very scary. Adrenaline was pumping. Just survival instincts. I tried to get out of the apartment, but my neighbors' doors were blocking my door,' she told CNN, adding that she only realized her building had been hit when her neighbors managed to clear the door and she fled to the street. 'I thought I was ready to die and wasn't afraid of anything. But today I realized that I'm scared. For the first time, I was scared,' said Victoria, who fled her home in Luhansk in eastern Ukraine after Russia occupied it in 2014. Oleksandr Ustenko, who lives with his family on the second floor of the same building, told CNN he heard drones flying overhead throughout the night. 'Then we heard a sound of a missile. At some point, everything started shaking, the ceiling shook, and the door was blown out,' he said, adding that as they ran into the hallway, everything around them was on fire. 'We barely made it to the street. We are still here. The apartment is almost destroyed, our car is destroyed.' The Russian assault was the deadliest on the capital in almost a year, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) said on Tuesday. The ministry said rescue operations were ongoing as of Tuesday evening, as more people were believed to be in the rubble. Two other people were killed in attacks on the southern port city of Odessa. 'Last night's attack was the fourth time this month that Russian armed forces launched more than 400 munitions in a single night. By comparison, Russian armed forces launched 544 long-range munitions during the entire month in June 2024,' the HRMMU said in a statement. Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said in a Telegram post that residential buildings and other infrastructure were severely damaged. 'We hope that no dead will be found under the rubble, but we cannot rule it out,' he added. 'The death toll may increase.' Klitschko said in the message that a US citizen was killed in the Solomyanskyi district of Kyiv overnight. The mayor said the person was 62 years old and 'died in a house opposite to the one where medics were providing assistance to the victims,' without giving any more details. Later Tuesday, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce confirmed a US citizen was among those killed in Kyiv. 'We condemn those strikes and extend our deepest condolences to the victims and to the families of all those affected,' Bruce said at a State Department briefing, adding the department was 'ready to provide all possible consular assistance' to the family of the American who was killed. Despite the civilian deaths and evidence of direct strikes on residential buildings, the Russian defense ministry said on Tuesday that it targeted 'military-industrial complex facilities in the Kyiv region and Zaporizhzhia.' The Ukrainian Air Force said 440 drones and 32 missiles were launched at Ukraine overnight and added that it manage to destroy 428 of them. Russia has ramped up its airborne attacks against Ukraine in recent weeks, launching as many as 479 drones and missiles in a single night. Ukrainian officials say these assaults are not just bigger and more frequent; they are also more concentrated and executed in a way that makes them a lot more difficult to combat – as they are flown at higher altitudes, out of reach of machine guns. A Russian drone attacks a building during Russia's massive missile and drone air attack in Kyiv, Ukraine on June 17, 2025. Efrem Lukatsky/AP Some 27 locations in different districts of Kyiv came under fire in the latest attack, according to a statement from Ukraine's Minister of Internal Affairs, Ihor Klymenko. 'Rescuers, police and medics are working. They are doing everything they can to help the victims, clear the rubble and save lives,' he said. The strikes come as US President Donald Trump announced he would return to Washington a day early from the Group of 7 summit in Canada. His early departure means he will miss a key meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the event. It would have been the leaders' third meeting since Trump took office in January. Ukrainian officials had been hoping that a positive interaction with Trump could advance Kyiv's case amid Moscow's intensifying attacks. Meanwhile, Russian Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu arrived in Pyongyang on a 'special mission' from Russian leader Vladimir Putin, according to Russian state news agency TASS. Shoigu is scheduled to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Tass reported Tuesday. Pyongyang has continued support for Moscow's war on Ukraine as world leaders push for an end to the three-year conflict. North Korea has sent soldiers and millions of munitions, including missiles and rockets, to Russia over the past year, according to a May report by an international watchdog, the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team. The US has warned that Russia may be close to sharing advanced space and satellite technology with North Korea in exchange for continued support for the war in Ukraine. Under Trump, the US has been less willing to equip badly outgunned Ukraine directly, has pushed European partners to pick up more of the support and threatened to walk away altogether from peace talks. This story has been updated.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
14 killed in deadliest Russian strikes on Kyiv in almost a year
Russia launched a barrage of hundreds of drones and missiles on Kyiv overnight into Tuesday, killing more than a dozen people in one of its biggest attacks on the Ukrainian capital. The State Emergency Service of Ukraine said at least 14 people were killed in Kyiv, and more than 100 injured. One strike hit a multi-story residential building, splitting it in two and leaving a huge gap where dozens of homes were just moments before. Five lifeless bodies were pulled out of the rubble by Tuesday midday, with rescue operations continuing into the afternoon. Victoria, who lives in the building and didn't want to share her last name, said she spent part of the night sheltering in her bathroom, the safest place in the apartment, listening to Russian drones flying overhead. When she thought the attack was over, she went back to bed – only to be woken by a loud explosion. 'The windows were blown out. It was very scary. Adrenaline was pumping. Just survival instincts. I tried to get out of the apartment, but my neighbors' doors were blocking my door,' she told CNN, adding that she only realized her building had been hit when her neighbors managed to clear the door and she fled to the street. 'I thought I was ready to die and wasn't afraid of anything. But today I realized that I'm scared. For the first time, I was scared,' said Victoria, who fled her home in Luhansk in eastern Ukraine after Russia occupied it in 2014. Oleksandr Ustenko, who lives with his family on the second floor of the same building, told CNN he heard drones flying overhead throughout the night. 'Then we heard a sound of a missile. At some point, everything started shaking, the ceiling shook, and the door was blown out,' he said, adding that as they ran into the hallway, everything around them was on fire. 'We barely made it to the street. We are still here. The apartment is almost destroyed, our car is destroyed.' The Russian assault was the deadliest on the capital in almost a year, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) said on Tuesday. Ukrainian officials initially said 15 people were killed in Kyiv, later revising the number down. The Ukrainian Interior Ministry said in a statement that the higher death toll reported earlier was due to the nature of the injuries caused, with search and rescue workers recording body parts belonging to one person as separate victims. The ministry said rescue operations were ongoing as of Tuesday evening, as more people were believed to be in the rubble. Two other people were killed in attacks on the southern port city of Odessa. 'Last night's attack was the fourth time this month that Russian armed forces launched more than 400 munitions in a single night. By comparison, Russian armed forces launched 544 long-range munitions during the entire month in June 2024,' the HRMMU said in a statement. Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said in a Telegram post that residential buildings and other infrastructure were severely damaged. 'We hope that no dead will be found under the rubble, but we cannot rule it out,' he added. 'The death toll may increase.' Klitschko said in the message that a US citizen was killed in the Solomyanskyi district of Kyiv overnight. The mayor said the person was 62 years old and 'died in a house opposite to the one where medics were providing assistance to the victims,' without giving any more details. Later Tuesday, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce confirmed a US citizen was among those killed in Kyiv. 'We condemn those strikes and extend our deepest condolences to the victims and to the families of all those affected,' Bruce said at a State Department briefing, adding the department was 'ready to provide all possible consular assistance' to the family of the American who was killed. Despite the civilian deaths and evidence of direct strikes on residential buildings, the Russian defense ministry said on Tuesday that it targeted 'military-industrial complex facilities in the Kyiv region and Zaporizhzhia.' The Ukrainian Air Force said 440 drones and 32 missiles were launched at Ukraine overnight and added that it manage to destroy 428 of them. Russia has ramped up its airborne attacks against Ukraine in recent weeks, launching as many as 479 drones and missiles in a single night. Ukrainian officials say these assaults are not just bigger and more frequent; they are also more concentrated and executed in a way that makes them a lot more difficult to combat – as they are flown at higher altitudes, out of reach of machine guns. Some 27 locations in different districts of Kyiv came under fire in the latest attack, according to a statement from Ukraine's Minister of Internal Affairs, Ihor Klymenko. 'Rescuers, police and medics are working. They are doing everything they can to help the victims, clear the rubble and save lives,' he said. The strikes come as US President Donald Trump announced he would return to Washington a day early from the Group of 7 summit in Canada. His early departure means he will miss a key meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the event. It would have been the leaders' third meeting since Trump took office in January. Ukrainian officials had been hoping that a positive interaction with Trump could advance Kyiv's case amid Moscow's intensifying attacks. Meanwhile, Russian Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu arrived in Pyongyang on a 'special mission' from Russian leader Vladimir Putin, according to Russian state news agency TASS. Shoigu is scheduled to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Tass reported Tuesday. Pyongyang has continued support for Moscow's war on Ukraine as world leaders push for an end to the three-year conflict. North Korea has sent soldiers and millions of munitions, including missiles and rockets, to Russia over the past year, according to a May report by an international watchdog, the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team. The US has warned that Russia may be close to sharing advanced space and satellite technology with North Korea in exchange for continued support for the war in Ukraine. Under Trump, the US has been less willing to equip badly outgunned Ukraine directly, has pushed European partners to pick up more of the support and threatened to walk away altogether from peace talks. This story has been updated.
Toronto Sun
4 days ago
- Politics
- Toronto Sun
At least 20 wounded in Russian drone, missile attack on Ukraine's capital
Published Jun 16, 2025 • 1 minute read This handout photograph taken and released by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine on April 6, 2025, shows Ukrainian rescuers working on the top of a damaged multi-storey building following a Russian missile strike in Kyiv amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Photo by HANDOUT/State Emergency Service of Ukraine / AFP via Getty Images KYIV — A combined Russian drone and missile attack in Kyiv overnight Tuesday left at least 20 people wounded, according to Ukrainian officials. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account The attack, the latest in a spate of mass drone and missile attacks on Kyiv, occurred as world leaders convened at the Group of Seven meeting in Canada, which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to attend. The summit runs through Tuesday. Kyiv's Mayor Vitalii Klitschko said nine people were wounded in the city's Sviatoshynskyi district and 11 more in the Solomianskyi district. The mayor said six people were hospitalized. Fires broke out in two other Kyiv districts as a result of falling debris from objects shot down by Ukrainian air defences. Canada, which assumed the presidency of the G7 this year, invited Zelenskyy to the summit, where he is expected to hold one-on-one meetings with world leaders. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Read More Zelenskyy was set to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Canada on Tuesday, though the White House announced that Trump would be returning unexpectedly to Washington on Monday night instead of Tuesday night because of tensions in the Mideast. Russia has launched a record number of drones and missiles in recent weeks. Moscow escalated attacks after Ukraine's Security Service agency staged an audacious operation targeting war planes in air bases deep inside Russian territory. Little progress has emerged from direct peace talks held in Istanbul, with the exception of prisoner exchanges, expected to conclude next week, said Zelenskyy. RECOMMENDED VIDEO
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Russian drone kills woman in Donetsk Oblast
One person has been killed as a result of a Russian drone strike on the village of Raiske in Donetsk Oblast. Source: Vadym Filashkin, Head of Donetsk Oblast Military Administration; State Emergency Service of Ukraine on Telegram Quote: "A woman has been killed in a Russian UAV strike on the residential area of Raiske, the Druzhkivka hromada." [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.] Aftermath of the Russian attack Photo: State Emergency Service Details: The Russians partially destroyed a house. The strike caused a fire, which was extinguished by firefighters. Aftermath of the Russian attack Photo: State Emergency Service "During search and rescue operations, emergency workers found and recovered the body of a 69-year-old woman from under the rubble of the house," the SES reported. Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
