Ukraine conflict: Scores feared dead after Russia attack on Mykolaiv

By Andrew Harding BBC News, Mykolaiv Russia-Ukraine war Scores of Ukrainian soldiers are feared to have been killed after an attack on a military barracks on Friday. About 200 soldiers were sleeping in the barracks when three Russian missiles hit the base on the northern edge of Mykolaiv, a source told the BBC. Some 57 […]

Ukraine war: ‘Tanks in streets’ as fighting hits Mariupol centre

By Hugo Bachega BBC News, Lviv, Ukraine Russia-Ukraine war   Efforts to rescue hundreds of people trapped in the basement of a bombed theatre in the besieged city of Mariupol are being hampered by intense battles in the area, the mayor says. Vadym Boychenko told the BBC teams were only able to clear the rubble […]

Ukraine conflict: Scores feared dead after Russia attack on Mykolaiv

By Andrew Harding BBC News, Mykolaiv Russia-Ukraine war Scores of Ukrainian soldiers are feared to have been killed after an attack on a military barracks on Friday. About 200 soldiers were sleeping in the barracks when three Russian missiles hit the base on the northern edge of Mykolaiv, a source told the BBC. Some 57 […]

Russia claims first use of hypersonic Kinzhal missile in Ukraine

By Paul Kirby BBC News Russia-Ukraine war   Russia’s military has fired a hypersonic ballistic missile and destroyed a big underground arms depot in western Ukraine, the defence ministry in Moscow has said. If confirmed it would be Russia’s first use in this war of the Kinzhal, or Dagger, ballistic missile launched from the air, […]

Putin hails Crimea annexation and war with lessons on heroism

Russia-Ukraine war Eight years after Russian troops seized Ukraine’s southern region of Crimea, the event is being celebrated with flag-waving crowds in Moscow’s Luzhniki stadium and special lessons in schools. President Vladimir Putin made a special appearance before the crowd. State workers said they had been told to take part. In schools, teachers held lessons […]

Ukraine war: Russia destroys aircraft repair plant near western city

Russia-Ukraine war   Russian missiles have hit an aircraft repair plant near Lviv in western Ukraine, a city that has become a safe haven for people fleeing the war. Emergency vehicles raced to the site of the strike, just 6km (four miles) from the city centre, after three loud explosions were heard early on Friday. […]

Russia’s state TV hit by stream of resignations

By Paul Kirby BBC News Russia-Ukraine war When Marina Ovsyannikova burst into Russian living rooms on Monday’s nightly news, denouncing the war in Ukraine and propaganda around it, her protest highlighted a quiet but steady stream of resignations from Russia’s tightly controlled state-run TV. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has thanked her, appealing to anyone working […]

Ukraine war: Zelensky invokes 9/11 in plea to US Congress

Russia-Ukraine war Ukraine’s president invoked the horror of the 2001 terror attacks on the US as he pleaded for more military aid in a historic address to the US Congress. Volodymyr Zelensky said via video link that Ukraine was enduring a 9/11 every day as it battled Russian forces. He again urged the US and […]

Fox News’ Pierre Zakrzewski and Oleksandra Kuvshinova killed in Kyiv

Russia-Ukraine war   Two journalists working for Fox News have been killed in Ukraine, staff at the US network say. Cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski, 55, and Oleksandra Kuvshinova, 24, were killed when their vehicle was struck by incoming fire in Horenka, on the outskirts of Kyiv. Their colleague, Benjamin Hall, 39, was wounded and remains in […]

Ukraine war: European leaders risk train ride to meet Zelensky

Russia-Ukraine war   Ukraine has praised the courage of three European leaders who made a long, hazardous journey by rail from Poland to Kyiv in a show of support as the city came under further Russian attack. The prime ministers of Poland, Slovenia and the Czech Republic met Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday evening […]