number of victims are in the Kyiv, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kherson, Mykolayiv and Zhytomyr

Viktoria, 11, after heavy shelling took place near their home in the southern city of Mykolayiv, 70 miles

( Reuters)-Russia said on Monday it had launched mass strikes overnight on the Ukrainian military and associated military targets, using its air force, missile forces, artillery and air defence systems to hit hundreds of targets across its southern neighbour. The Russian defence ministry said in a statement that air-launched missiles had destroyed 16 Ukrainian military facilities overnight, including five command posts, a fuel depot and three ammunition warehouses, as well as Ukrainian armour an

Russians step up missile strikes on Kyiv as ground forces stallRussian forces have gained little ground in Ukraine over recent days, according to the Pentagon.... This is up from an estimated 900 on Monday.... Chris McGrath/ Getty Images Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at a residential apartment building after it was hit by a Russian attack in the early hours of the morning in the Sviatoshynskyi District on March 15, 2022, in Kyiv, Ukraine....

( Reuters)-Ukrainian officials reported shelling around the capital Kyiv and the northern region of Chernihiv on Wednesday, despite a promise by Moscow to scale down military operations there. Russian forces were also shelling nearly all cities along the front line separating Ukrainian government-controlled territory from areas held by Russian-backed separatists in the eastern Donetsk region, the regional governor said, and heavy fighting was reported in the southern port city of Mariupol. Oleks

Evgeniy Maloletka/ AP People receive humanitarian aid in Mariupol, Ukraine, March 8, 2022.... More than two million people have fled Ukraine since Russia launched its full-scale invasion less than two weeks ago, the United Nations said on March 8, 2022.... Thousands of troops put ashore in an amphibious landing on the second day of the invasion are approaching the city from the southwest as more troops push down from Donetsk. MORE: Ukraine pleads for Western warplanes....

Petersburg International Economic Forum( SPIEF) in Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 3, 2021.... The sources did not say where he was. Chubais was one of the principal architects of Boris Yeltsin’s economic reforms of the 1990s and was Putin’s boss in the future president’s first Kremlin job.... Several other eastern European countries have announced similar moves in recent days, although not on such a large scale....

British intelligence said Russia would continue to redeploy its troops from Belarus to the Ukrainian east and likely try to take the eastern city of Kramatorsk, the site of a deadly missile attack last week. Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj.... There were no casualties, he said, and the cause of the disruption was being investigated.... Russia’s Investigative Committee said it is looking into what caused the disruption to the railway line. Russia heavily uses the railways to reinforce an

The conflict explained Sign The Independent’s petition to help the people of Ukraine Actress Idina Menzel – who played Elsa, the character who performs the song in the film Frozen – saw the video and tweeted on Sunday night: “ We see you.... Now, as we renew our campaign and launch this petition in the wake of the unfolding Ukrainian crisis, we are calling on the government to go further and faster to ensure help is delivered.... To find out more about our Refugees Welcome campaign, click here

An unarmed," elderly" Ukrainian couple who stood up to a group of Russian soldiers on their property is gaining international praise after video of the encounter went viral."# UkrainianHeroes," the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine tweeted Friday.... In this screen grab, Russian soldiers attempt to invade an elderly Ukrainian couple's home.... 24 when they responded to a Russian naval vessel demanding their surrender with defiance....