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Kyiv endures a third bombardment in 5 days as Russia steps up targeting of Ukrainian cities

Mar. 25, 2024 21:39 PM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched missiles against Kyiv for the third time in five days and also targeted other regions Monday as Moscow escalated its aerial bombardment of Ukrainian cities while the front line in the war remains largely stationary. Nine people were injured in...

How Russia's grab of Crimea 10 years ago led to war with Ukraine and rising tensions with the West

Mar. 18, 2024 14:53 PM EDT

A decade ago, President Vladimir Putin seized Crimea from Ukraine, a bold land grab that set the stage for Russia to invade its neighbor in 2022. The quick and bloodless seizure of the diamond-shaped peninsula, home to Russia's Black Sea fleet and a popular vacation site, touched off...

Death toll rises from Russian drone strike on Ukrainian port city, as China's envoy tours Moscow

Mar. 03, 2024 12:25 PM EST

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The death toll rose to 11 on Sunday from a Russian drone strike that destroyed an apartment block in Ukraine’s southern port city of Odesa the previous day when a local official reported the bodies of two more children and a young mother were pulled from the rubble. ...

Intensified Russian airstrikes are stretching Ukraine's air defense resources, officials say

Jan. 09, 2024 08:06 AM EST

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s recent escalation of missile and drone attacks is stretching Ukraine’s air defense resources, a Ukrainian air force official said Tuesday, leaving the country vulnerable in the 22-month war unless it can secure further weapons supplies. “Intense...

Ukraine unleashes more drones and missiles at Russian areas as part of its new year strategy

Jan. 05, 2024 11:48 AM EST

Russian air defenses downed dozens of Ukrainian drones in occupied Crimea and southern Russia on Friday, officials said, as Kyiv pressed its strategy of targeting the Moscow-annexed peninsula and taking the 22-month war well beyond Ukraine’s borders. Air raid sirens wailed in...