Russia hits Odesa with ballistic missile carrying cluster warhead: five people hospitalised

Russian forces used a ballistic missile fitted with a cluster warhead to strike Odesa on the evening of 7 July, injuring people and damaging infrastructure.

By Tetyana Oliynyk

Barrage of explosions rocks Kyiv after Ukraine says drones attacked Russia ‘shadow fleet’

A series of explosions rocked Kyiv early on Wednesday as Russia keeps up its barrage of attacks on the Ukrainian capital while Nato leaders meet for a summit in Turkey. A first large blast was heard even before the city’s air alert sirens sounded, followed by four more, Agence France-Presse journalists in the city said. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said warehouses were on fire in one district because of a missile strike, and in another a “non-residential building” was ablaze. “The enemy is...

By Agencies

Attacks on Kyiv ahead of NATO summit: What is Putin's goal?

Kyiv suffered heavy Russian strikes ahead of the NATO summit in Ankara. Experts say Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to send a message.

Series of fresh Russian attacks rock Kyiv

A series of explosions have rocked Kyiv, AFP journalists heard, as Russia keeps up its barrage of attacks on the Ukrainian capital while NATO leaders meet for a summit in Turkey.

BBC identifies three men suspected of torturing Ukrainian prisoners in secret wartime jails. All three now live openly in Russia.

The BBC has published a report on three former staff members of illegal prisons in Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory, where Ukrainians have been unlawfully held and tortured since 2014. Here is what is known about each of them.

Zelensky on Crimea operation: We cut off logistics, take control of peninsula's fuel and energy infrastructure

The result of the Defense Forces' Crimea operation was the disruption of Russian logistics and the establishment of control over the fuel and energy infrastructure of the occupied peninsula.