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25.11.2025 - 17:14 [ Interfax.com.ua ]

Russian attack kills 6 in Kyiv – Mayor Klitschko

Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko confirmed the information about six victims in the capital.

„According to confirmed information from doctors, six people died as a result of the Russian attack on Kyiv,“ he said on Telegram.

28.09.2025 - 22:59 [ Kyiv Independent ]

‚Insidious tactics‘ — Mass Russian missile and drone strike kills at least 4, injures over 70 in Kyiv, its surrounding region, Zaporizhzhia

At least four people have been killed in Kyiv, including a 12-year-old girl. At least 14 people were also reported injured. In the surrounding Kyiv Oblast, the regional military administration reported that 28 people were wounded, including three children. Four victims, among them a child, were hospitalized, and their conditions are „moderately severe,“ according to the local authorities.

A nurse and a patient died due to the attack at the Institute of Cardiology, according to Klymenko.

The southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia was also targeted by the Sept. 28 missile attack. Zaporizhzhia Oblast Governor Ivan Fedorov reported that at least 38 people have been injured, among them three children.

03.09.2025 - 17:56 [ Guardian News / Youtube ]

Xi Jinping, Putin and Kim appear together at Beijing‘s massive military parade

Chinese president Xi Jinping watched a giant military parade with dozens of world leaders to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the second world war, where missiles, modern fighter jets and other military equipment were showcased as China seeks to wield greater influence on the global stage

01.09.2025 - 14:33 [ Times of India ]

‚Not for the ears of others‘: When Putin offered a lift to ‚dear friend‘ PM Modi; the story behind the picture

“The two leaders continued their one-to-one dialogue on the way to the hotel where they were to be joined by members of their teams. However, on reaching the hotel they did not deboard the Russian president’s limousine and continued their conversation for 50 minutes,” further reported PTI quoting Russian national radio station VestiFM.

01.09.2025 - 14:29 [ New York Times ]

Smiles and Clasped Hands as Xi, Putin and Modi Try to Signal Unity

It was a scene in eastern China almost certainly intended for an audience on the other side of the world: The leaders of China, Russia and India, the three largest powers not aligned with the West, smiling and laughing like good friends as they greeted each other at a summit on Monday.

29.08.2025 - 16:14 [ Yahoo.com ]

Damage to EU delegation building in Kiev following Russian airstrike

(August 28, 2025)

According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, at least eight people were killed in the Russian airstrikes in Kiev, and dozens were injured. The Kyiv Independent newspaper reported the death toll was at least 10.

The Russian military used not only drones but also ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and Kinzhal (Dagger) hypersonic missiles.

29.08.2025 - 16:14 [ MSN.com ]

Putin accused of ‘sabotaging peace’ after devastating airstrike on Kyiv kills 23 and hits British Council building

Russia has killed at least 23 people including four children in a massive wave of drone and missile attacks on Ukraine’s capital that has drawn international condemnation.

Sir Keir Starmer accused Vladimir Putin of “sabotaging hopes of peace” with the attacks that took place in the early hours of Thursday and saw more than 600 drones and over 30 missiles launched.

18.08.2025 - 12:43 [ Interfax.com.ua ]

Overnight Russia attacks with 4 Iskander missiles, 140 drones hitting 25 locations

The invaders attacked Ukraine last night with 4 Iskander-M ballistic missiles and 140 Shahed strike UAVs and simulator drones of various types, 88 drones were neutralized; hits of missiles and strike UAVs were recorded at 25 locations, the press service of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has reported.

13.07.2025 - 15:42 [ Interfax.com.iua ]

Russia launched 26 cruise missiles, 597 drones overnight, tougher secondary sanctions needed – Zelenskyy

(July 12, 2025)

Russia launched 26 cruise missiles and 597 drones against Ukraine overnight, most of which were destroyed, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported Saturday morning.

„Last night, Russia‘s strikes extended from the Kharkiv and Sumy regions to the Lviv region and Bukovyna. 26 cruise missiles and 597 attack drones were launched, more than half of them were „shaheds.“ More than 20 missiles and the vast majority of drones were destroyed. I thank our air defense forces for this result,“ Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram.

The president expressed condolences over the deaths in Chernivtsi: „Sadly, there were hits on civilian infrastructure, including residential buildings. As of now, 2 people have been reported killed in Chernivtsi. My condolences to their families and loved ones. Around 20 more people injured in the attack are receiving all the necessary assistance.“

24.04.2025 - 21:40 [ Interfax.com.ua ]

Death toll from Russian night strikes on Kyiv increases to 10, 90 people injured

The number of deaths from the Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv on Thursday night has reached 10 people, the State Emergency Service reported.

13.04.2025 - 13:52 [ Kyiv Independent / Youtube ]

Russian strike kills at least 31, injures over 80 in Sumy on Palm Sunday

„Enemy missiles hit an ordinary city street, ordinary life: houses, educational institutions, cars on the street… And this is on a day when people go to church: Palm Sunday,“ President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on his Telegram channel after the attack

13.04.2025 - 13:45 [ Tagesschau.de ]

Krieg gegen die Ukraine: Mehr als 20 Tote bei Angriff auf Sumy

Viele seien zudem mitten auf der Straße, in Autos und öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln sowie in Häusern verletzt worden, teilte er bei Telegram mit. Auf Bildern waren leblose Körper auf den Straßen, brennende Autos und schwere Verwüstungen zu sehen.

Nach Polizei-Angaben gab es mindestens 83 Verletzte, darunter sieben Kinder.

13.04.2025 - 13:41 [ Kyiv Independent ]

Russian strike kills at least 31, injures over 80 in Sumy on Palm Sunday

(today)

At the time of publication, 31 people were killed in the attack, including two children, and at least 84 were injured, including 10 children, Ukraine’s Emergency Services reported.

Ukraine’s Air Force warned of a ballistic missile threat in Sumy Oblast at 10:17 am. By 10:52 am, Kobzar announced that the city had been hit with “many dead” as a result of a missile strike.

05.04.2025 - 15:49 [ International Criminal Court ]

Situation in Ukraine: ICC judges issue arrest warrants against Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova

Today, 17 March 2023, Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or “the Court”) issued warrants of arrest for two individuals in the context of the situation in Ukraine: Mr Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and Ms Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova.

05.04.2025 - 15:46 [ CNN ]

Russian attack on Zelensky’s home city kills 19 people, including 9 children, one of the deadliest strikes this year

Among the 72 injured was a baby as young as three months old, with the attack also damaging dozens of apartment buildings and six education institutes along with shops and businesses, said Oleksandr Vilkul, Kryvyi Rih mayor, on Telegram on Saturday, calling it a “tragic evening and night.”

“Another bloody crime was committed by the terrorist country. Rocket and massive Shahed attacks on residential areas and playgrounds,” the mayor said.

03.09.2024 - 15:32 [ Interfax.com.ua ]

Zelenskyy: 41 dead, more than 180 wounded as Russia hits Poltava with missiles

„I have received preliminary reports on the Russian strike against Poltava. According to the information currently available, there were two ballistic missiles. A hit on the territory of an educational institution and a neighboring hospital. One of the buildings of the Institute of Communications was partially destroyed. People were trapped under the rubble. Many were saved. More than 180 people were injured. Unfortunately, many people died. As of now, 41 people are known to have been killed. My condolences to all the families and friends,“ he said in a video message.

23.10.2023 - 20:54 [ Kenneth Roth, Former long-time executive director of Human Rights Watch / Twitter ]

„The Israeli military has told Palestinians in the north of Gaza to flee south…. But the continued strikes throughout southern Gaza have underscored for Gazans that nowhere is safe.“ Four homes in Rafah were struck on Monday, reporting killing 29.

23.10.2023 - 20:38 [ Defence for Children ]

2,055 Palestinian children killed in Gaza, more than 800 missing

(today)

Ramallah, October 23, 2023—More than 2,000 Palestinian children are confirmed killed during the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip since October 7.

At least 182 Palestinian children were killed in the last 24 hours of Israeli bombardment, which many Palestinians in Gaza described as the heaviest day of bombing since Israel launched a large-scale military operation dubbed Operation Iron Swords on October 7.

02.10.2023 - 12:40 [ Politico.eu ]

Russia warns Armenia not to join International Criminal Court

(September 28, 2023)

According to Armenia’s justice minister, Grigor Minasyan, the move is necessary to hold Azerbaijan to account for alleged military aggression and war crimes amid a mass exodus of ethnic Armenians from the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Inside Azerbaijan’s internationally recognized borders, the unrecognized state’s ethnic Armenian leadership surrendered following a lightning offensive last Wednesday.

23.09.2023 - 09:14 [ Nachdenkseiten ]

Fake News von Tagesschau und Baerbock? – „Russischer Terrorangriff“ auf Marktplatz von Kostjantyniwka war laut New York Times wohl ukrainische Rakete

(19. September 2023)

Unter dem Titel „Beweise legen nahe, dass ukrainische Rakete die Markttragödie verursacht hat“ legt die NYT unter anderem dar:

„Die von der New York Times gesammelten und analysierten Beweise, darunter Raketensplitter, Satellitenbilder, Zeugenaussagen und Beiträge in den sozialen Medien, deuten jedoch stark darauf hin, dass der katastrophale Einschlag das Ergebnis einer fehlgeleiteten ukrainischen Luftabwehrrakete war, die von einem Buk-Raketensystem abgefeuert wurde.“

Weiter führt das Blatt aus:

„Die ukrainischen Behörden versuchten zunächst, Journalisten der Times den Zugang zu den Raketentrümmern und dem Einschlagsgebiet unmittelbar nach dem Einschlag zu verwehren. Doch schließlich gelang es den Reportern, an den Ort des Geschehens zu gelangen, Zeugen zu befragen und Überreste der eingesetzten Waffe zu sammeln.“

23.09.2023 - 09:06 [ New York Times ]

Evidence Suggests Ukrainian Missile Caused Market Tragedy

(Sept. 18, 2023)

But evidence collected and analyzed by The New York Times, including missile fragments, satellite imagery, witness accounts and social media posts, strongly suggests the catastrophic strike was the result of an errant Ukrainian air defense missile fired by a Buk launch system.

The attack appears to have been a tragic mishap.

06.09.2023 - 20:20 [ Interfax.com.ua ]

Death toll in Kostiantynivka rises to 17; search, rescue operation completed

The shelling of the central market in the city of Kostiantynivka (Donetsk region) by Russian occupiers on Wednesday killed 17 civilians, 32 people were injured, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said after the completion of the search and rescue operation.

19.07.2023 - 19:29 [ theGuardian.com ]

Putin will not attend Brics summit next month in ICC member nation South Africa

On Wednesday, Russia said it did not tell South Africa that arresting Putin on a warrant from the ICC would mean “war”.

South Africa is due to host a summit of Brics nations – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – next month. But the ICC has an arrest warrant out for Putin, accusing him of the war crime of deporting Ukrainian children to Russia. South Africa, as an ICC member, is obliged to arrest him should he appear in person at the summit.

17.07.2023 - 18:11 [ RT.com ]

Kiev’s gloating over Crimean Bridge deaths ‘monstrous’ – Moscow

The previous successful Ukrainian attack on the Crimean bridge happened in October 2022, when a truck carrying a disguised bomb blew up on it. The explosion killed three civilians, including the driver of the vehicle. Kiev never claimed credit for the blast, but earlier this month a Ukrainian deputy defense minister mentioned the date as Kiev’s “first strike on the Crimean bridge.”

29.04.2023 - 07:02 [ Interfax.com.ua ]

Child‘s body found under rubble of destroyed house in Uman, death toll rises to 23

(28.04.2023)

As reported, on Friday night, Russia launched a missile attack on Uman, hitting a multi-storey residential building and warehouses was recorded. Earlier it was reported about 22 killed, including three children, and 18 injured, including nine people hospitalized.

29.04.2023 - 06:53 [ Tagesschau.de ]

Raketen auf ukrainische Städte: Zahlreiche Tote nach russischer Angriffswelle

tand: 28.04.2023 19:36 Uhr

Nach den schweren Luftangriffen der russischen Armee in der vergangenen Nacht ist die Zahl der Todesopfer in der Ukraine auf mindestens 25 gestiegen. Allein 23 Menschen wurden beim Beschuss eines Wohnhauses in der Stadt Uman getötet.

21.03.2023 - 13:03 [ tass.com ]

Russia to return evacuated children to Ukraine when conditions safe, envoy assures

The issue of children `brought to Russia forcefully’ is totally“ overblown, Nebenzya said.

„We want to show it at the [UN Security Council] Arria formula meeting (scheduled for early April – TASS),“ he added.

„When conditions are safe, of course, why not,“ the Russian diplomat said.

21.03.2023 - 13:00 [ RT.com ]

Putin arrest warrant court ‚fundamentally illegitimate‘ – Bolton

“I believe and have for many years [that] the International Criminal Court is fundamentally illegitimate,” Bolton told Sky News on Monday, adding that its arrest warrant for Putin is “not something that the United States should cooperate with.”

“It’s a very dangerous institution,” he continued. “It is an exercise of governmental power in a vacuum without any constitutional framework to restrain it.”

21.03.2023 - 12:17 [ Times of India ]

Japan‘s $75 billion boost for free, open Indo-Pacific but Ukraine looms large

Significantly, Kishida had last week welcomed the arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin by the International Criminal Court, which is not recognised by India. Despite their common interests in the Indo-Pacific, India’s position on Ukraine remains markedly different from Japan and other Quad members as it refuses to categorically condemn Russia’s military actions. Diplomatic sources said Japan wants India to be more forthcoming on the Ukraine issue and that the two sides agreed to remain in touch on developments related to the conflict.

18.03.2023 - 00:42 [ Internationaler Strafgerichtshof / International Criminal Court - icc-cpi.int ]

Statement by Prosecutor Karim A. A. Khan KC on the issuance of arrest warrants against President Vladimir Putin and Ms Maria Lvova-Belova

On 22 February 2023, I submitted applications to Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court for warrants of arrest in the context of the Situation in Ukraine.

Today, the Pre-Trial Chamber has issued arrest warrants in relation to the following two individuals:

Mr Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation; and
Ms Maria Lvova-Belova, Commissioner for Children’s Rights in the Office of the President of the Russian Federation.

On the basis of evidence collected and analysed by my Office pursuant to its independent investigations, the Pre-Trial Chamber has confirmed that there are reasonable grounds to believe that President Putin and Ms Lvova-Belova bear criminal responsibility for the unlawful deportation and transfer of Ukrainian children from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation, contrary to article 8(2)(a)(vii) and article 8(2)(b)(viii) of the Rome Statute.

11.10.2022 - 06:33 [ Bloomberg Quicktake / Nitter ]

Putin threatened more strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure after Russian missiles hit cities across Ukraine EU leaders said the strikes, which Putin said were retaliation for an attack on a bridge link to Crimea, amounted to “war crimes”

11.10.2022 - 06:29 [ Reuters / Nitter ]

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT – Massive explosions shook the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv and other cities after Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine of a terrorist attack on a bridge linking Russia and Crimea

11.10.2022 - 04:51 [ Guardian News / Youtube ]

Dashcam video shows moment of missile strike in Dnipro, Ukraine

Oct 10, 2022 Dashcam footage from the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro shows the moment a Russian missile descended upon a residential area and the large explosion that followed.