Ukraine War

Russia launches one of war’s largest air attacks on Kyiv– japantoday.com

Russia launches one of war’s largest air attacks on Kyiv– japantoday.com

pgnewser June 11, 2025

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Russia launched one of its largest air strikes on Kyiv in over three years of war and struck a maternity ward in the southern city of Odesa in attacks that killed at least three people, officials said on Tuesday.

The overnight strikes followed Russia’s biggest drone assault of the war on Ukraine on Monday and were part of intensified bombardments in what Moscow says is retaliation for attacks by Ukrainian forces on Russia.

The Russian attack also damaged Saint Sophia Cathedral, a UNESCO world heritage site located in the historic centre of Kyiv, Ukrainian Culture Minister Mykola Tochytskyi said.

“The enemy struck at the very heart of our identity again,” Tochytskyi wrote on Facebook about the site he called “the soul of all Ukraine”.

Loud explosions shook Kyiv and blasts and fires lit up the sky in the early hours of Tuesday morning, leaving palls of heavy smoke over the city, Reuters witnesses said. Authorities deployed two firefighting helicopters to douse flames.

One person died in the attack on Kyiv, city authorities said.

Map shows half of Ukraine could fall in Putin’s push for new regions | World | News– www.express.co.uk

Map shows half of Ukraine could fall in Putin’s push for new regions | World | News– www.express.co.uk

pgnewser June 11, 2025

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Russia claims its forces are now pushing into previously unoccupied regions of Ukraine, with Kyiv claiming the move is part of a wider plan to seize more than half the country by the end of 2026. On Monday, Russia’s Ministry of Defence said its 90th Tank Division had reached the western edge of Donetsk Oblast and begun advancing into neighbouring Dnipropetrovsk – a region not included in Moscow’s 2022 annexation claims.

If confirmed, the offensive would mark a major shift, extending Russia’s invasion into previously untouched territory. Kremlin officials said the move was part of the “new realities on the ground” – a phrase repeatedly used by former president Dmitry Medvedev to describe what Russia believes Ukraine must concede in any future peace talks. The announcement follows unverified reports that Russian troops have also entered Sumy Oblast, in Ukraine’s northeast.

Videos circulating online on Monday appeared to show Russian troops crossing into the Dnipropetrovsk region, although the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said it had not seen verifiable geolocation evidence to confirm the claims.

In a further development, Russian military bloggers reported that troops had reached the Donetsk-Dnipropetrovsk border near the village of Horikhove.

Ukraine says Russia took 20,000 children during war. Will some be returned? | Russia-Ukraine war News– www.aljazeera.com

Ukraine says Russia took 20,000 children during war. Will some be returned? | Russia-Ukraine war News– www.aljazeera.com

pgnewser June 10, 2025

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Kyiv, Ukraine – Russian President Vladimir Putin faces criminal charges for the “unlawful deportation and transfer of children”.

That is the definition of the 2023 arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court, the intergovernmental tribunal based in The Hague.

On June 2, as ceasefire talks rumbled on, Ukrainian diplomats handed their Russian counterparts a list of hundreds of children that they said were taken from Russia-occupied Ukrainian regions since 2022.

The return of these children “could become the first test of the sincerity of [Russia’s] intentions” to reach a peace settlement, Andriy Yermak, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s chief of staff, told media. “The ball is in Russia’s corner.”

But Ukraine claims the number of children taken by Russia is much higher. Kyiv has so far identified 19,546 children who it says were forcibly taken from Russia-occupied Ukrainian regions since 2022.

Ukraine Alleges Russia Has Abandoned Syria

Ukraine Alleges Russia Has Abandoned Syria

pgnewser June 6, 2025

Russia withdraws ships, weapons from Syria, Ukrainian intelligence reports – The Kyiv Independent
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Russia has begun withdrawing its naval and military assets from Syria amid the collapse of Syria President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (HUR) said in a post on Telegram on Dec. 8.

The withdrawal comes as rebels advancing from Damascus push toward Syria’s coastal provinces, including Latakia, Hama and Tartus, where Russian military bases are located, HUR wrote in its post.

HUR said the Russian army withdrew two ships, the frigate “Admiral Grygorovych” and the cargo ship “Inzhenier Trubin,” from the Tartus Naval Base, which was under Russian control as part of a security arrangement with the Assad regime.

Meanwhile, Russian military planes are transferring weapons and equipment from the Khmeimim Air Base, according to HUR.

Trump Walks Away from Potential Ukraine War Ceasefire… For Now

Trump Walks Away from Potential Ukraine War Ceasefire… For Now

pgnewser June 6, 2025

Trump says it may be better to let Ukraine and Russia ‘fight for a while’ – The Guardian
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Donald Trump has said it may be better to let Ukraine and Russia “fight for a while” rather than pursue peace immediately, as the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, urged him to increase pressure on Russia.

During the Oval Office meeting, Trump voiced doubts about the potential success of peace talks, saying “sometimes you’re better off letting them fight for a while and then pulling them apart”.

The US president said he had told Vladimir Putin that the two countries were like “two young children fighting like crazy in a park” when the two spoke by phone on Wednesday.

Russia’s ambassador to the UK ‘blames Britain’ for Ukraine’s daring drone attack & warns of ‘WWIII’ risk– www.thesun.co.uk

Russia’s ambassador to the UK ‘blames Britain’ for Ukraine’s daring drone attack & warns of ‘WWIII’ risk– www.thesun.co.uk

pgnewser June 6, 2025

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RUSSIA’S ambassador to the UK has blamed Britain for Ukraine’s “historic” drone attack – and chillingly warned of World War Three.

Moscow diplomat Andrei Kelin said that Ukrainian attacks “are bringing the conflict to a different level of escalation”.

Over the weekend, Volodymyr Zelensky hailed Ukraine’s daring drone blitz on Russian airbases as one for the “history books”.

It marked Kyiv’s longest range operation of the conflict so far with at least 40 aircraft being attacked as part of the expert operation codenamed “Spiderweb”.

In an embarrassing result for a raging Vladimir Putin 34 per cent of his cruise missile carriers at the targeted airfields were blasted, Zelensky said.

A £260million AWACS aircraft and bombers capable of dropping nuclear weapons were also struck.

Ukraine said the sneak attack was worth $7bn (£5.2bn) in damage to Russia.

Ukraine LIVE: Putin pummels Kyiv as Russia exacts brutal revenge | World | News– www.express.co.uk

Ukraine LIVE: Putin pummels Kyiv as Russia exacts brutal revenge | World | News– www.express.co.uk

pgnewser June 6, 2025

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Referring to the attacks on Kyiv, Ukraine‘s interior minister Ihor Klymenko said three emergency workers had been killed during the barrage.

Posting on X, he said: “This night, missiles and drones targeted civilian and critical infrastructure. Emergency services – the State Emergency Service and the police – responded to every call for help.

“Unfortunately, we have losses in the Ministry of Internal Affairs family again. In Kyiv, three State Emergency Service rescuers were killed while eliminating the consequences of enemy strikes. They worked under fire to help people.

“Another 9 emergency workers were injured. Some are serious, doctors are fighting for their lives. Also, 5 rescuers were injured while extinguishing a fire in the Ternopil region. All are receiving medical care. A low bow to our fallen heroes without weapons. Courageous, faithful to the Oath, dedicated to the cause of rescue. Speedy recovery to the wounded.”

Putting the death toll at one fewer than Mayor Vitali Klitschko, he added: “In total, 3 people died in Ukraine this night as a result of the Russian attack, about 40 more were inju