WorldKyiv and Moscow continued exchanging fire on Saturday. French President Emmanuel Macron announced that Paris would send new interceptor missiles to Ukraine, whose air-defence stocks are running low after the latest deadly Russian attacks. FRANCE 24 reports from the ground in Ukraine.
WorldRussian drones reportedly struck a shopping center in Kryvyi Rih in central Ukraine, killing 16 people. Authorities said the total number killed across Ukraine on Friday, including two separate Russian attacks in the Mykolaiv and Kharkiv regions, reached 21.
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WorldRussian strikes killed at least two people in Ukraine early Saturday. Officials said a drone attack in Zaporizhzhia killed a man and wounded four others, while a warehouse burned in Kyiv. The attacks followed Friday’s bombing of a busy shopping centre in Kryvyi Rih, where at least 20 people died, including 16 in two successive strikes.
WorldRussian drones struck a shopping centre in Kryvyi Rih, central Ukraine, on Friday. Authorities said 14 people were killed and scores injured, including children, in the attack on President Volodymyr Zelensky’s hometown.
World16:51The Kremlin says no new mobilization is planned, while Ukraine says otherwise. Rumors are spreading despite the absence of an official announcement or decree, and border queues near Georgia are prompting comparisons with the chaos of 2022. Pressure on Russian men to join the military is nevertheless increasing.
WorldAt least 15 people were killed and 130 injured, including 23 children, in two Russian drone strikes on a shopping centre in Kryvyi Rih, according to local officials. Ukrainian authorities said the second drone targeted emergency workers at the scene. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the attack “absolutely cynical and despicable”.
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WorldA Russian drone strike hit a crowded shopping mall in Kryvyi Rih at 4:30 p.m., followed by another wave 30 minutes later. Rescue workers were brought in from nearby regions. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the attack on his hometown cynical and treacherous, describing it as “absolute Russian brutality” and saying Ukraine would definitely respond.
WorldA Russian daytime attack on a shopping mall in Kryvyi Rih has caused a growing number of casualties. Oleksandr Ganzha, head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration, described it as an enemy attack.
WorldUkrainian Defense Intelligence Deputy Chief Major General Vadym Skibitskiy says North Korea has been sending troops to support Moscow’s military operations since late 2024. He says Russia may seek up to 50,000 additional personnel, including drone units, when Vladimir Putin meets Kim Jong Un in September.
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WorldOfficials said Russia struck Kyiv and the surrounding region overnight with scores of missiles and drones in an aerial assault lasting several hours and killing at least 16 people. Moscow has intensified ballistic missile attacks on Kyiv in recent months, taking advantage of Ukraine’s chronic shortage of U.S.-made Patriot interceptors, the only weapon in its arsenal capable of bringing down the missiles.
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WorldTop stories include Trump announcing what he called the “most devastating economic action” and threatening severe consequences for countries whose institutions or individuals provide Iran an economic lifeline. Russian missiles and drones killed at least 16 people and wounded about 40 in and around Kyiv. The U.S. military says it has helped roughly 1,300 commercial vessels carrying more than 600 million barrels of oil pass through the Strait of Hormuz since early May. Senators from both parties urged Trump to reverse his decision to reduce the scale of U.S.-South Korean joint exercises.
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WorldAmerican actor Liev Schreiber took shelter in a Kyiv hospital on Thursday while visiting Ukraine. The UNITED24 ambassador had traveled there ahead of Ukraine’s Independence Day and toured areas damaged by a Russian overnight attack.
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PoliticsUkrainian philosopher, journalist, author and PEN Ukraine president Volodymyr Yermolenko says Ukraine may be facing an existential threat to its democracy. Suspending elections during wartime carries serious risks as power becomes more centralized around President Zelensky, but holding a vote while cities are attacked and more than a million people serve in the military is also fraught.
WorldUkraine’s dwindling air defenses and intensified Russian missile attacks are driving more Kyiv residents to spend nights in metro stations for safety. In the heavily targeted Lukianivska district, market traders keep working despite the danger, while families with damaged homes shelter underground, underscoring the war’s daily toll on civilians and children.
WorldRussian attacks on Ukraine have killed at least 17 people in Kyiv. Ballistic missiles can now reach the city in about three minutes, leaving many residents unable to reach shelters; one recent strike killed neighbours who remained in their apartments.
WorldUkraine’s drone campaign against Russia’s energy infrastructure has caused fuel shortages so severe that the Kremlin has acknowledged them. Queues are appearing in Moscow for the first time, while authorities have revived banned low-grade fuel and detained residents who complained publicly.
WorldResidential buildings in Ukraine’s Kyiv region were damaged in a Russian attack. Emergency workers are clearing rubble from a densely populated area, where multiple rockets hit and blew out windows in apartment blocks, leaving residents to deal with the aftermath.
WorldVolodymyr Zelenskyy says a “massive” Russian missile strike on Kyiv killed at least 15 people. Russian missile attacks have expanded across Ukraine in recent months, while Kyiv officials warn that Ukrainian stocks of anti-missile interceptor munitions are dangerously low.
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WorldRussian strikes on key Black Sea ports in Greater Odesa have dealt a severe blow to Ukraine’s farming sector. The ports normally handle about 90% of the country’s grain shipments, but flows have nearly stopped as the harvest enters full swing.
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WorldAuthorities say heavy Russian bombardment killed at least 13 people in Kyiv and surrounding areas. Missiles hit a children’s hospital in Solomianskyi district, along with residential neighborhoods and warehouses. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for international action, saying Russia would not seriously consider peace while Ukraine lacks adequate ballistic-missile defenses.
WorldRussian strikes on Kyiv and the surrounding region have killed 12 people and injured 33. US President Donald Trump had authorised Ukraine to obtain licences to manufacture Patriot air-defence systems, but later reversed that decision.
WorldUkrainian authorities said overnight Russian bombardments killed at least 12 people and wounded dozens in Kyiv and the surrounding region. Long-range attacks by both sides have intensified in recent months, increasing civilian deaths during the four-and-a-half-year war.
WorldUkrainian authorities say Russian ballistic missiles struck Kyiv early Thursday, killing 12 people and injuring more than 30. Buildings were damaged and power was cut in parts of the Ukrainian capital.
WorldA Russian missile barrage overnight Thursday killed at least 12 people in Kyiv, according to local authorities. Explosions echoed across the capital throughout the night.
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