16 h. ago Zelensky blasts US official reaction to Putin strike on his home city as Russian missiles and drones kill 19 including nine children

The death toll from Friday's attack in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih included nine children.

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19 h. ago Eighteen people killed in Russian missile strike on Zelenskyy’s home city

Missile attack on Kryvyi Rih left 61 injured including three-month-old baby and elderly residentsEighteen people, including nine children, have been killed in a Russian missile strike on Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s home city, a Ukrainian official said.A further 61 people were injured in the attack on Kryvyi Rih on Friday, including a three-month-old baby and elderly residents, the regional governor, Serhii Lysak, said. Forty remain in hospital, including two children in critical condition and 17 in a serious condition. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago Putin's message to Zelensky: Missile and drone attack slaughters 19 civilians including nine children in strike on Ukrainian leader's home city

The death toll from a deadly Russian ballistic missile strike on Volodymyr Zelensky 's home city of Kryvyi Rig on Friday has risen to 19, including nine children.

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21 h. ago Death toll in Russian missile strike in central Ukraine reaches 18

The death toll from a Russian missile strike in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih has risen to 18, including nine children, regional governor Serhii Lysak said

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22 h. ago Boy, 3, who 'loved rockets' killed in Vladimir Putin's horror missile strike on Ukraine playground

Timofiy, three, was among 19 killed in a Russian missile attack on Kryvyi Rih, the home city of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky this week, which also injured another 61

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29 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Russian missile attack in Zelenskyy’s home town kills 18

Nine children among the dead in strike on Kryvyi Rih residential area as Kyiv says Moscow’s claim it targeted military gathering is false. What we know on day 1,137See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageA Russian missile strike killed at least 18 people, including nine children, in a residential area of Ukraine’s central city of Kryvyi Rih on Friday, local officials said – one of Moscow’s deadliest attacks this year in the war. The strike in President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s home town damaged residential blocks and sparked fires, the regional governor said on Telegram. More than 30 people, including a three-month-old baby, were in hospital, Serhiy Lysak said. At least 50 people were wounded, the emergency services said, adding that the figure was growing. Zelenskyy said rescue efforts were still under way and called on the west to exert greater pressure on Moscow. “All Russian promises end with missiles, drones, bombs or artillery,” he said in his nightly video address. “Diplomacy mea...

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4 d. ago Russian attacks on Ukraine halted overnight after 'p*ssed off' Trump's attack on Putin

Russia's deadly missile and 'Kamikaze' Shahed drone attacks on Ukraine's civilians have suddenly halted following US President Donald Trump's outburst over the delayed peace deal

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8 d. ago Putin’s endorsement of Trump’s Greenland takeover reflects their vision of a new world order

As the US pivots toward territorial ambitions in the western hemisphere, the Kremlin’s support signals a deeper alignment in their challenge to global normsAs JD Vance touched down in Greenland, the Trump administration received an unlikely endorsement for America’s first potential territorial expansion since 1947: Vladimir Putin.Speaking at an Arctic policy forum in the northern Russian city of Murmansk on Thursday, Putin presented a more comprehensive case than any US official yet for Donald Trump’s plan to annex Greenland, crafting a historical argument that sounded suspiciously convenient in terms of Russia’s own territorial designs on Ukraine. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago There are more child amputees in Gaza than anywhere else in the world. What can the future hold for them?

Tens of thousands of children have been wounded in Gaza. Even those evacuated for treatment face an impossible pathWhen I entered the home in north-east Philadelphia, Elias, a lively four-year-old boy, grabbed the pack of KitKats I had brought with me and began swinging it over his head. He whirled around in circles, hollering something unintelligible. In a familiar scene – I have small children of my own – his mother tried to impose order, but yielded to the greater force of a kid on sugar kept indoors by a cold snap.Elias, his five-year-old sister Taline and nine-year-old brother Khaled were in the US because Elias and Taline needed urgent medical care. They had sustained staggering injuries when an Israeli pilot or drone operator shot a missile at the house they were taking refuge in. The explosion cleaved Elias’s right leg off below the knee. Taline’s injuries were also severe; she arrived in the US with external fixators – pins and steel in her legs – as she battled infection. ...

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1 week ago Royal Navy could bring four laser 'death ray' weapons that can destroy a £1 coin from a kilometre away into service in just two years under defence spending boost

The spaced-aged 'death ray', dubbed 'DragonFire', is used to blow up missiles, jets and swarms of explosive suicide drones - with a former head of the Royal Navy hailing them 'war-winners'.

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1 week ago Putin launches massive drone strike on Ukrainian port after setting 'conditions' for Black Sea ceasefire

The assault came less than 24 hours after Russia and Ukraine settled on a U.S.-mediated partial ceasefire, agreeing separately not to attack vessels in the Black Sea

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1 week ago Ukraine war live: Zelenskyy urges allies to put ‘new pressure’ on Russia to bring an end to ‘daily reality’ of attacks

US and Ukrainian officials to meet for ceasefire discussions in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, ahead of US-Russia talks on MondayAs well as Kyiv, the overnight Russian attacks were reported to have struck the Kharkiv, Sumy, Chernihiv, Odesa and Donetsk regions.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Russian attacks across his country continue to be a “daily reality” despite the partial ceasefire agreed to last week. He referenced the overnight drone attack on Kyiv, in which at least 3 people were killed, and a Russian attack on the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia which reportedly killed a family of three late on Friday evening.These attacks are a daily reality. This week alone, over 1,580 guided aerial bombs, nearly 1,100 strike drones, and 15 missiles of various types were used against our people. All of this weaponry contains at least 102,000 foreign components. That’s why sanctions against Russian terrorists must be more effective. Every loophole that allows them to byp...

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2 w. ago Israeli strikes kill 19 Palestinians in Gaza, including senior Hamas political leader, officials say

Palestinian officials say Israeli strikes across the southern Gaza Strip have killed at least 19 people overnight into Sunday, including a senior Hamas political leader

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2 w. ago Israeli revenge strikes in Lebanon injure eight and 'kill two, including child'

The Israeli military said it struck dozens of Hezbollah sites, including a command centre, in south Lebanon on Saturday in response to cross-border rocket fire

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2 w. ago 3 people killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia despite limited truce

Ukrainian officials say Russian drones have struck the city of Zaporizhzhia, killing three people and wounding 12

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2 w. ago Russia continues strikes on Ukraine as drones hit Odesa overnight

Amid uncertainty as to when part-ceasefire will take effect, Kremlin says it will cover only ‘energy infrastructure’Waves of Russian drones pounded the Ukrainian port city of Odesa overnight, setting it ablaze in an attack that underscored Moscow’s intent to continue aerial assaults despite agreeing to a temporary pause in strikes on energy infrastructure.Videos circulating on social media showed fires erupting in several parts of Odesa. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Russian drones strike Ukrainian city of Odesa, underlining challenges for even limited truce

Russian drones have pummeled the Ukrainian Black Sea port city of Odesa, injuring three people and sparking fires

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2 w. ago Odesa 'in flames' as Russia launches kamikaze drone attack which is 'heaviest of war'

A Ukrainian presidential adminstration head claimed a Russian Shahed loitering munition slammed into the southern Ukrainian city earlier today, engulfing it in flames

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2 w. ago Zelensky claims Putin is ‘amassing troops to strike us’ following Russian leader’s phone call with Trump

Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed Vladimir Putin is “amassing troops and wants to strike us” following the Russian leader’s phone call with Donald Trump.

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2 w. ago Ukraine hits Putin's favourite nuclear base as ammunition explosion triggers giant mushroom cloud

Russian base Engels-2, a major Russian base which contains ammunitions and missiles, was attacked by Ukrainian drones and triggered a huge mushroom cloud in the sky

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