Former Albanian MP Myslym Murrizi has strongly reacted to Prime Minister Edi Rama's statements on European integration, bringing up allegations about an Ukrainian caught in Germany who reportedly worked with Rama's brother in a call center.
Agents of the "ATESH" partisan movement conducted two simultaneous acts of sabotage on a railway section between Stary Oskol and Urazove in the Kharkiv region, disrupting Russian supply lines in the Kupiansk sector.
A Russian drone attack on a market in Nikopol, Ukraine, resulted in five fatalities and 19 injuries, including a 14-year-old girl. Ukrainian authorities have condemned the incident as another war crime.
Russia launched an extensive missile and drone attack across Ukraine, with a significant focus on the Kyiv region, resulting in at least one fatality and widespread power outages. The assault involved nearly 500 drones and missiles, prompting Poland to scramble fighter jets.
For the first time in two-and-a-half years, Russia's army recorded no territorial gains on the front line in Ukraine during March, according to an AFP analysis of data from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
Russian forces have attacked Kharkiv 11 times with strike drones since the start of the day, with one drone striking near an apartment block in the Kyivskyi district and injuring people.
EU parliamentarians are demanding the removal of a Russian employee, who previously worked as a translator for Kremlin chief Putin, from the election observer mission in Hungary, sparking controversy.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged Russia to agree to a mutual halt on strikes against energy infrastructure, citing the global energy crisis exacerbated by the Middle East conflict and signals from partner countries.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has again stated that the US is conditioning strong security guarantees for Ukraine on Kyiv ceding the entire eastern Donbas region to Russia, a demand Ukraine firmly rejects, asserting it will not give up territory.
Massive Russian drone attacks over the past 24 hours, described as the largest one-day blitz of the war, have killed at least seven people and injured 30 across Ukraine, with a rare daytime strike hitting a historic building in Lviv.
Russian forces attacked State Emergency Service rescuers in Velykyi Burluk, Kupiansk district, Kharkiv region, as they were extinguishing a fire in a non-residential building previously hit by a Russian drone.
Russian forces have attacked nine settlements in the Kharkiv region over the past 24 hours using guided aerial bombs and drones, resulting in one woman being injured.
Aggressor forces attacked Ukrainian territory with 147 long-range drones overnight, with Ukrainian forces claiming to have shot down or diverted 128 of them. Strikes continued during the day, targeting Kharkiv.
Film director Chloé Zhao has organized a virtual tea event to raise funds for Animal Rescue Kharkiv, an organization dedicated to evacuating and saving animals in the Ukrainian city.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has detained a Russian informant in the Kharkiv region who was collecting data to prepare a repeat Russian air attack on one of Ukraine’s largest thermal power plants (TPP).
The Russians struck the Kholodnohirskyi district of the city of Kharkiv on 18 March, killing a 54-year-old man and injuring two others, who sought medical treatment.
A journalist reports from Kharkiv train station about a delayed train to Kyiv due to Russian bombardment of railway infrastructure, describing the cold weather and the presence of four women with a suitcase full of mines.
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Ukraine conducted a large-scale drone attack on Moscow and its surrounding areas, with Russian air defense reportedly destroying 53 drones. Separately, an oil depot in southern Russia caught fire after a drone attack.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that Russia's spring offensive has failed, noting that Russian forces are struggling to advance with military equipment and are now resorting to small group attacks, indicating Russia has no intention of ending the war.
A 15-year-old girl was killed and her parents severely injured in a Russian attack on a village near Chernihiv, Ukraine, which also damaged two residential buildings.
Ukrainian law enforcement has identified 13 collaborators who looted and tortured civilians, holding them in metal containers without food or water, during the Russian occupation of Izium in Kharkiv Oblast.
Russian troops carried out nearly 120 strikes on 40 settlements in Ukraine's Sumy region over the past 24 hours, resulting in two deaths and one injury.
Ukrainian forces are continuing their counteroffensive on the Oleksandrivka front, having regained control over more than 400 square kilometers across Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts.
Two people were killed in a Russian drone attack on Kharkiv, with preliminary reports indicating all injured individuals are in serious condition. Authorities are providing necessary assistance to the victims.
Two people died in a Russian attack on Kharkiv, while Ukrainian drones reportedly hit Sochi in southern Russia, injuring one, and struck the KuybyshevAzot chemical plant, according to authorities and social media reports.
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Soldiers from the 425th Separate Assault Regiment “Skelia” carried out a large-scale and complex operation in Kupiansk, Kharkiv region, to destroy Russian strongholds.
The rescue operation has concluded in Kharkiv after a missile strike on an apartment building, which claimed at least ten lives, including two children.
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Police in Kyiv's Holosiivskyi district discovered an unexploded munition from a Russian drone, leading to a cordoned-off area and plans for a controlled blast, with authorities assuring no danger to residents.
On the night of March 7, Russia again attacked Ukraine's heat-generating infrastructure, targeting heating facilities in the Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Donetsk regions.
Over the past day, Russian troops attacked the regional center and 10 other settlements in the Kharkiv region, damaging railway infrastructure in two districts, an agricultural enterprise, and power grids.
Over the past two weeks, Ukrainian forces have observed a notable change in Russian battlefield behavior, specifically a significant reduction in the number of combat engagements in the areas of responsibility of the Joint Forces Grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The Russian army carried out a UAV strike on a critical infrastructure facility in the Chuhuiv community of the Kharkiv region, leaving one settlement without electricity and causing water supply…
Russian troops attacked settlements in the Kharkiv region with drones, injuring a woman and damaging an educational institution, a cemetery, and a private house.
In Kharkiv, Ukraine, the 13th Brigade of the Khartiia National Guard is leveraging social media and cultural events to attract civilian recruits, emphasizing that service extends beyond the front line.
Two Russian soldiers have been convicted in absentia for the rape of a Ukrainian woman and locking her family in a basement during the occupation of Kharkiv Oblast in April 2022.
In the village of Pidserednie, Kupiansk district, Kharkiv region, the death toll from the Russian attack has risen to two, with rescuers recovering the body of a woman from under the rubble.
RTÉ News met Margarita Belkina, a pensioner from Kharkiv, whose apartment had been damaged by an overnight Russian drone strike on the building where she lives.
A Russian FPV (First Person View) drone, controlled via an optical cable, reached the northern suburbs of Kharkiv, Ukraine, signaling an escalating threat to the city.
Consumers in seven Ukrainian oblasts, including Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, and Kharkiv, continue to experience temporary electricity outages as a result of ongoing hostilities and Russian attacks on energy infrastructure.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), in collaboration with the FBI and Polish counterintelligence, conducted a coordinated cyber operation to neutralize Russian GRU intelligence activities spying on citizens via hacked routers.
The death toll from recent Russian strikes on the Korabelny district of Kherson, Ukraine, has tragically risen to four. The attacks continue to impact civilian areas.
Trenutno smo pod ukrajinskom gasnom blokadom, ali možemo nadoknaditi gubitak sa juga, ako se ta pupčana vrpca preseče, mađarska ekonomija će stati, poručio je premijer Viktor Orban.
Russian attacks across Ukraine have killed 9 people and injured 95 over the past day. Separately, Russian drone strikes damaged residential buildings in Odesa, injuring at least 3.
A photo gallery showcases significant global events from the past week, including the Middle East crisis, a drone attack in Kharkiv, a Saharan dust storm in Crete, and the launch of Artemis II.
A Moscow court has sentenced German carnival sculptor Jacques Tilly to eight-and-a-half years in prison in absentia for creating carnival floats that depicted Russian President Vladimir Putin and Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill in sexual situations, which was deemed insulting.
Russian drones launched an overnight attack on April 2nd, targeting and damaging port infrastructure, civilian buildings, and high-rise structures in Ukraine's Odesa region, including Chornomorsk.
A Russian An-26 military transport aircraft reportedly crashed over occupied Crimea, resulting in the deaths of all 29 people on board, with Russia's defense ministry attributing the incident to a likely technical malfunction, as confirmed by Russian sources.
Mihajlo Cemeris, a Ukrainian soldier, lost both legs above the knees during combat in the Kharkiv region near Vovchansk last August, but despite his severe injuries, he expresses no regrets.
A British judge praised Barron Trump, Donald Trump's youngest son, for his 'life-saving actions' after he called emergency services when witnessing an assault on a friend, an incident for which a Russian national was later sentenced to four years in jail.
The UK government has authorized its armed forces to board Russian tankers in British waters, escalating actions against the 'shadow fleet' that helps Moscow circumvent Western oil sanctions.
Russian forces shelled a hospital in the village of Shevchenkove in Ukraine's Kupianskyi district of Kharkiv region, resulting in injuries to three people.
A Russian FPV drone attacked an emergency medical team in Hrushivka, Kupiansk district, Kharkiv Oblast, resulting in injuries to a female medic and a driver.
Russia launched 147 attack drones, including Shahed, Gerbera, and Italmas types, overnight on March 18, targeting regions such as Kharkiv, Sumy, Odesa, and Chernihiv. The attacks resulted in fires, damaged homes, a damaged locomotive, and several injuries.
Formula One has officially cancelled the Bahrain Grand Prix and Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, citing the ongoing conflict in the Middle East as the reason for the 'difficult but right' decision.
Near the village of Chervona Khvylia in the Kharkiv region, two emergency medical workers were killed as a result of enemy shelling, and another was injured.
Russian strikes on energy infrastructure have left some consumers without electricity in Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast, Kharkiv Oblast, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Zaporizhzhia, Cherkasy, and Kirovohrad oblasts.
Soldiers of the 77th Separate Airmobile Naddnipryanska Brigade of the Air Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stormed a position held by Russian invaders in Bohuslavka, Kharkiv region; four of them surrendered.
In Kharkiv, Ukraine, schools have adapted to the ongoing war by moving classes underground to protect students from missile strikes and drone attacks, ensuring education continues despite daily conflict.
Russian forces have struck 14 settlements in Kharkiv Oblast and the city of Kharkiv over the past day. Three people have been killed and 16 injured, including a child.
Russian drone attacks in Ukraine's Kharkiv region have left at least four people dead. The latest wave came just ahead of a visit to address Ukrainian lawmakers by the speaker of Germany's Bundestag. DW has more.
At least four people were killed in drone attacks today, with a Russian drone strike hitting Kharkiv and a Ukrainian attack targeting Russian territory.
Russian forces launched missile and drone attacks on the Ukrainian cities of Dnipro and Kharkiv, injuring at least 20 people. Ukrainian President Zelensky announced that the next round of negotiations has been postponed due to the ongoing situation.
Yelyzaveta Polianska, a 13-year-old young naturalist at the local zoo, was killed along with her mother and grandmother in a Russian missile strike on Kharkiv on the night of 6-7 March. The girl was passionate about nature and loved animals immensely.
Over the past day, the regional center and 19 settlements in the Kharkiv region were hit by enemy strikes; two people were killed, and seven others were injured, including a child.
Russian troops attacked two settlements in the Vovchansk community in the Kharkiv region with drones. As a result of the enemy attack, two civilian men, aged 81 and 61, were killed. Another woman and a man were injured.
Pupils at schools in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv have attended classes underground since 2024 as a security precaution against daily Russian drone and missile strikes on the city.
Rescuers recovered a man's body from under rubble in the Kupiansk district of the Kharkiv region after a Russian drone attack, with his wife also sustaining injuries.
Ich war fast 30 Jahre alt, als ich Friedas Namen fand: auf den zahlreichen Listen der Bürgerrechtler von Memorial, der Menschenrechtsorganisation, die Russland nun als «extremistisch» eingestuft hat.
Russia has summoned Japan's ambassador after Terra Drone Corporation announced a "strategic investment" in Amazing Drones, a Kharkiv-based firm that develops and manufactures interceptor drones for Ukraine.
A fuel depot in Feodosia, temporarily occupied Crimea, caught fire after shelling. Separately, Russian forces attacked a company in Kharkiv Oblast and a car park in Chernihiv Oblast, causing fires and destroying lorries.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have regained control of a small section in the Kharkiv region between the villages of Ambarne and Milove, while Russian troops continue active operations in other sectors.
Ukraine launched a drone attack on Russia's Leningrad region, with Russia claiming to have shot down 19 drones. The incident caused significant disruptions to air traffic in the St. Petersburg area, leading to the rerouting of flights.
Russian forces launched a drone attack on the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kharkiv, resulting in damage to apartment buildings. No casualties have been reported from the incident.
A Russian network known as 'The Company' reportedly attempted to spread disinformation through online media and social networks in Argentina to discredit President Javier Milei between June and October 2024.
Russian forces attacked the village of Polova in the Solonytsia hromada in Kharkiv Oblast on the afternoon of 2 April, killing a man and injuring a child and a woman.
Ukraine reported that at least 20 Russian drones struck Kharkiv over several hours, while Russia rejected an Easter ceasefire and claimed full control of the Luhansk region.
A French court has sentenced Chen Zhangjie, the Chinese captain of the Russian 'shadow fleet' tanker Boracay, to one year in prison in absentia and issued an arrest warrant for failing to comply with orders during an inspection in international waters, with the vessel suspected of transporting Russian oil in violation of Western sanctions.
A Russian oil tanker has entered Cuban waters, potentially offering a lifeline to the island, as US President Donald Trump appears to relax a de facto oil blockade and states he sees 'no problem' with Russia delivering oil to Cuba.
The Kremlin has denied reports that President Vladimir Putin pressured leading Russian businessmen to donate money to stabilize the country's finances for the Ukraine war, clarifying that while contributions are welcomed, they are voluntary. This comes after earlier reports indicated Putin was demanding funds from oligarchs for the ongoing conflict.
The Sierra Leone-flagged oil tanker Altura, carrying Russian oil and subject to sanctions, was attacked by a drone in the Black Sea near Turkey, marking one of several recent incidents involving sanctioned vessels in the region.
Ukraine has reported a major Russian attack involving over 400 drones and missiles, resulting in at least three deaths and eleven injuries in the Poltava and Kharkiv regions, as Ukrainian forces prepare for a new large-scale offensive.
Russia has reportedly used its new "Izdeliie-30" cruise missile to destroy a residential building in Kharkiv, making attacks harder to anticipate as it continues to develop more lethal weapons.
Yaroslav Chernyshev, a serviceman from Kharkiv and co-founder of the military community North Side Group, has been killed in action, having served since 2016 in the ATO zone.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has arrested an agent in the Kharkiv region, described as a 'mole' within Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces, who was allegedly spying for both Russian and Belarusian intelligence services.
A Deutsche Welle reporter observed Ukrainian soldiers near Kharkiv using drones for reconnaissance and field robots for supplies, noting that robots may soon fight battles for humans.
Ukraine's Defence Ministry reports that partners can now train AI models on real battlefield data to accelerate autonomous systems development, marking a new technological phase in the war. Commander-in-Chief Syrskyi highlighted the increasing production and use of unmanned systems as crucial for victory, with high-tech systems like reconnaissance drones and ground robots playing a key role in Ukraine's defense, as witnessed firsthand in the Kharkiv region.
Russian troops attacked a historic building in the center of Novhorod-Siverskyi in the Chernihiv region with a drone during the night, causing a fire and significant damage.
Russian forces launched a double strike on a transformer substation in the Kyiv district of Kharkiv overnight, resulting in power outages for some consumers in the city.
Russian forces attacked the Kharkiv region with drones overnight, injuring a woman, and rescuers were subsequently hit twice by repeated strikes while clearing the aftermath of the initial attack.
Amid reports of potential breakthroughs in negotiations, the Kremlin accused British specialists of involvement in missile launches against Bryansk, while Ukraine's President Zelensky proposed a trilateral meeting and reported two deaths and five injuries in a Russian raid on Kharkiv.
In Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine, 10 people were killed by a Russian missile attack. Foreign Minister Kuleba claimed, "Russia is not only terrorizing Ukraine, but also spreading terror worldwide. It is supporting Iran's killing and destruction," linking the situation to Iran and condemning Russia.
Russian attacks on energy infrastructure facilities and ongoing fighting have caused power cuts affecting consumers in parts of Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kharkiv oblasts in Ukraine on March 5.
Russian forces are increasingly using drones against civilian infrastructure, with a fiber-optic FPV drone recently recorded on Kharkiv's ring road, indicating an escalation in drone warfare tactics.
Russian occupation forces attempted to break through the state border of Ukraine near Zybynе and Kruhle in the Kharkiv region, with Ukrainian Defense Forces neutralizing 17 enemy attacks.
Ukraine expects Russia to target centralized water supply systems in Kyiv, Dnipro, Odesa, and Kharkiv, according to a member of the Ukrainian Parliament's Energy Committee.
The Russian army carried out a UAV strike on a critical infrastructure facility in the Chuhuiv community of the Kharkiv region, leaving one settlement without electricity and causing water supply problems in the administrative center.
Warmly observed documentary follows Nikita, confined with thousands of others to the Ukrainian city’s metro as war goes on above ground
While war rages on, hope continues to take root underground in Ivan Ostrochovský and Pavol Pekarčík’s moving documentary. Shot in the Kharkiv metro in Ukraine, the film follows Nikita, a spirited 12-year-old, during his daily routines in what has become a cavernous bomb shelter. Seeking refuge from the endless bombing and shelling, thousands call the metro th...
Russian forces attacked a Naftogaz gas production facility in Ukraine's Kharkiv Oblast, causing significant damage. This is part of ongoing systematic attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
Five people, including two children, were injured in a Russian attack on Ukraine's Kharkiv region on February 27, with the children suffering acute stress reactions.
Ukrainian forces are preemptively stopping attempts by small infantry groups of Russian invaders to advance toward the villages of Bohuslavka and Nova Kruhliakivka in the Kharkiv region.
Russia has reportedly used an FPV drone controlled by an optical cable for the first time in an attack on Kharkiv, introducing a new, jam-resistant threat that compels Ukraine to develop new defenses.