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Kyiv Endures Deadly Barrage As Russia Expands Air Campaign

September 28, 2025 10:08 am

Kyiv awoke to another night of terror after Russian forces unleashed what Ukrainian officials described as a “massive attack” on the capital and multiple regions across the country. At least four people were killed and 27 wounded in the capital, while a separate strike on Zaporizhzhia injured 16, including three children.

Ukraine’s foreign minister said Moscow had launched “hundreds of drones and missiles” in the overnight bombardment, one of the heaviest in recent months. Russia has yet to comment on the strikes, though the scale suggested an effort not only to damage infrastructure but also to test Ukraine’s overstretched defenses.…

Ukrainian Journalist Released After 3 Years In Captivity

September 16, 2025 7:17 am

For three and a half years, Ukrainian journalist Dmytro Khyliuk endured beatings, hunger, and uncertainty in Russian custody — without ever being charged with a crime. Now, following a rare prisoner swap, he is free.

Khyliuk, who was seized in February 2022 during Russia’s initial assault on Kyiv, was among eight Ukrainian civilians unexpectedly included in an exchange last month that freed 146 Ukrainians in total. Most were soldiers, emaciated after years in detention, but Khyliuk’s release stood out: Russia rarely returns civilians.

“When they dragged us away, they beat us with rubber batons, shouting, ‘How many people have you …

Missile Rain: Zelenskyy Accuses Russia Terrorism

July 3, 2022 7:25 am

Missiles rained down on Ukraine early Sunday morning killing many civilians and wounding dozens in built-up areas, a development which has prompted President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to accuse Russia of state ‘terror’.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that strikes on a southern resort town had left no fewer than 21 dead and dozens wounded after missiles slammed into flats and a recreation centre in Sergiyvka, 80 kilometres (50 miles) south of Black Sea port Odessa.

Rockets hit residential properties in Solviansk in the heart of the embattled Donbas region, killing a woman in her garden and wounding her husband, a …

Ukraine Finds Dozens Of Bodies In A Grave Near Kiev

April 10, 2022 3:51 am

A grave containing dozens of Ukrainian civilians has been uncovered near Kyiv, an official said. It is also the latest mass grave to be found as Russian soldiers withdraw from the city and concentrate their attack on the east.

According to Taras Didych, head of the Dmytrivka community, which contains Buzova, the remains were discovered in a ditch near a gas station. The death toll had not been confirmed.