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Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova claimed on July 12 that Kyiv was allegedly preparing to destroy the dams of the Kyiv hydroelectric power plant and the Kaniv reservoir. Zakharova claimed at the weekly press briefing that Kyiv is allegedly planning "another provocation against Russia" with the intention to put the blame on Moscow and request additional military assistance from the West. Ukraine's Foreign Ministry denied Zakharova's accusations later in the day, calling them "absurd." "There can be no realistic purpose or motive for Ukraine to destroy its own infrastructure ...
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Key updates on July 9: Rescue operations end at Kyiv children's hospital, at least 33 killed in capital overallUkraine struck airbase, oil depot, and energy facility in Russia overnight, source saysUkrainian partisans say they sabotaged railway in Russia's Rostov OblastNorth Korean military trainers travel to Russia weeks after signing of partnership agreementF-16s in Ukraine may 'create conditions for counterattack,' Polish general saysSearch and rescue operations at the site of a Russian missile attack on Okhmatdyt hospital in Kyiv concluded on July 9, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said. T...
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Russia unleashed one of its deadliest attacks against Kyiv on July 8, killing more than 30 civilians and injuring over 100. Residential buildings and medical facilities suffered damage, with one Russian missile hitting Ohkmatdyt, the country's largest children's medical center. Rather than evidence of some technological edge on Russia's side, experts linked the destruction wrought by the attack to Moscow's consistent probing for weaknesses in Ukrainian air defenses. Attempts like this are almost certain to repeat, meaning that the West must help Ukraine shore up air defenses and allow Kyiv to ...
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Search and rescue operations at the site of a Russian missile attack on Okhmatdyt hospital in Kyiv concluded on July 9, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said. The attack against the medical facility killed two people, including a doctor, and wounded 32 others. Eight children were hospitalized, according to Klymenko. In total, at least 31 people, including four children, were killed in Kyiv as a result of the July 8 attack, officials said the following day. Another 10 children are among the 117 injured. The Okhmatdyt hospital, Ukraine's largest children's medical center, was hit during a Russian...
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On a Monday morning, Nataliia Fedorenko and her mother felt lucky to survive their daily routine: walking their dog in a normally sleepy northwestern residential neighborhood. As they entered their five-story apartment building, they remember first hearing a whistling sound and then an explosion. Afterward, they realized that a part of a residential building across the street had collapsed. It was the aftermath of one of the most massive Russian missile strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities in recent months. "I thought my house started to collapse on me," Fedorenko told the Kyiv Independe...
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Editor's note: This is a developing story and is being updated. The Okhmatdyt hospital, Ukraine's largest children's medical center, was hit during a Russian missile attack on July 8, President Volodymyr Zelensky reported. "The hospital has been damaged by a Russian attack, people are under the rubble, the exact number of wounded and dead is currently unknown," Zelensky said. "Everyone helps to clear out the debris: doctors, regular people," he added. According to Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, patients of the children's hospital "are being evacuated to the municipal hospital of the city." "It i...
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NATO plans to establish a senior representative post in Kyiv, as well as a new command in Germany to coordinate assistance for Ukraine, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on July 1, citing U.S. and allied officials. This is part of the alliance's effort to safeguard long-term aid for Ukraine should Donald Trump return to the White House after the U.S. presidential election later this year, the outlet wrote. Ex-President Trump, the Republican Party's presumptive nominee, has repeatedly criticized NATO and assistance for Kyiv. The new measures, which are expected to be announced at an upcomi...
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The Russian military is trying a new approach to attack the capital, Kyiv, Serhii Popko, the head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, said on June 30. "The aggressor is trying new tactics – it is looking for the right time, methods, and means to hit Kyiv. Because the capital of Ukraine has always been and will be one of the highest priority targets for the invaders," Popko wrote on Telegram. Russian forces attacked Kyiv on June 30 with missiles at around 8 p.m. local time. The debris hit a 14-story residential building in the Obolon district. Read also: Debris from missile attack hits re...
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A 60-year-old woman was arrested in Kyiv on June 20 on suspicion that she had desecrated the graves of three well-known Ukrainian defenders, the Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office reported. The graves belonged to the legendary commander Dmytro "Da Vinci" Kotsiubailo, MiG-29 pilot Andrii "Juice" Pilshchykov, and activist-turned-soldier Pavlo Petrychenko. The suspect desecrated their graves at Askold's Grave in central Kyiv on the early morning of June 20, the prosecutors said. Commemorative plaques, candleholders, flags, and photos were found damaged. Later the same day, the authorities announced th...
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An unidentified person opened fire against Aidos Sadykov, a Kazakh opposition activist and journalist based in Ukraine, in Kyiv on June 18, the Ukrainian media and Sadykov's wife said. The attacker approached a car parked in the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kyiv with a couple inside, then shot the man and fled, according to Ukraine's National Police. The woman was not injured, the police said. The man was hospitalized in serious condition, the Prosecutor General's Office said. While prosecutors and police did not disclose his name, Ukrainian media outlet NV reported, citing unnamed sources, tha...
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