Aug 13 Russian shelling in Ukraine's Kherson region kills 7 people, including newborn baby By Susie Blann, Associated Press Seven people – including a 23-day-old baby girl – were killed in Russian shelling in Ukraine's southern Kherson region on Sunday, the country's Internal Affairs Ministry said. Continue reading
Aug 12 Russia says it shot down 20 drones over Crimea after a spate of attacks on Moscow By Susie Blann, Associated Press Drone attacks have increased in recent weeks both on Moscow and on Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014 — a move that most of the world considered illegal. Continue reading
Aug 06 Russia launches giant missile, drone attack against Ukraine following retaliation promise By Associated Press Moscow unleashed a massive missile and drone barrage on western Ukraine Sunday, following through on its promise to retaliate for a Ukrainian attack on a Russian tanker. Continue reading
Aug 05 Kremlin vows retaliation after Ukrainian drones hit Russian tanker near Crimea By Hanna Arhirova, Associated Press Moscow promised retaliation Saturday after Ukrainian drones hit a Russian tanker in the Black Sea near Crimea late Friday, the second sea attack involving drones in one day. Continue reading
Aug 04 Watch 4:41 News Wrap: Trump enters plea on additional charges in classified documents case In our news wrap Friday, former President Trump entered another not-guilty plea, this time to a revised indictment in the classified documents case, a court in Russia sentenced opposition leader Alexei Navalny to 19 more years in prison and the… Continue watching
Jul 30 Russia accuses Ukraine of more drone attacks in Moscow and border region By Associated Press The attacks, which Ukraine didn't acknowledge in keeping with its security policy, reflected a pattern of more frequent and deeper cross-border strikes the Kyiv government has launched since starting a counteroffensive against Russian forces in June. Continue reading
Jul 25 Watch 6:54 News Wrap: 2 pilots killed as tanker plane fighting Greek wildfires crashes In our news wrap Tuesday, wildfires raged on across southern Greece and the tragedy deepened when a tanker plane crashed and killed two pilots, backlash in Israel grew over the vote to weaken the country's supreme court, Russia rejected new… Continue watching
Jul 23 Russian strike on Odesa badly damages landmark cathedral of Ukrainian Orthodox Church By Hanna Arhirova, Elise Morton, Associated Press Officials said least one person was killed and 22 others wounded in the early morning attack on Sunday, which severely damaged 25 landmarks across the Ukrainian Black Sea city of Odesa, including the historic Transfiguration Cathedral. Continue reading
Jul 22 Ukraine strikes ammunition depot in Crimea as Russian attacks kill more civilians By Felipe Dana, Associated Press A Ukrainian drone hit an ammunition depot in central Crimea on Saturday, sparking an explosion, less than a week after a predawn strike on a key bridge linking the peninsula to Russia prompted Moscow to exit a landmark grain export deal and pound Ukraine's… Continue reading
Jul 20 Watch 4:34 News Wrap: Cities in southern Ukraine suffer 3rd straight night of Russian bombardment By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Thursday, cities across southern Ukraine suffered a third straight night of heavy Russian bombardment, protesters in Iraq stormed the Swedish embassy in Baghdad outraged that an Iraqi atheist in Stockholm threatened to burn a copy of… Continue watching