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1,940 apartment blocks still without heating - Kyiv mayor
3+ hour, 37+ min ago (371+ words) As of "this morning 1,940 apartment buildings in Ukraine's capital Kyiv were still without heating after a Russian air attack this week, Mayor Vitali "Klitschko said. Mr Klitschko added on "the Telegram messaging app that "the buildings were "being re-connected for…...
Ukraine team arrives in US for Miami talks
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (451+ words) Ukrainian negotiators arrived in the US for talks with President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff, son-in-law Jared Kushner and Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll on ending almost four years of war with Russia. The talks - expected to focus on security guarantees…...
Kyiv electricity cut by half after strikes, says mayor
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (899+ words) Ukraine's capital Kyiv "has only about half the electricity that it needs as it faces its most severe wartime energy crisis following waves of Russian attacks on its infrastructure. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the city requires 1,700 megawatts of electricity…...
Kyiv scrambles to repair ruined power grid after attack
1+ week, 5+ day ago (412+ words) Kyiv's water and heating systems are back on as engineers scrambled to stabilise a power grid brought to the brink by a campaign of Russian strikes. Heat and water infrastructure have also been heavily affected in recent weeks, an increasing…...
Fresh attacks on Ukraine ahead of Zelensky-Trump meeting
3+ week, 6+ day ago (613+ words) Russia attacked Kyiv and other regions of Ukraine with missiles and drones overnight, ahead of what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said would be a key meeting with US President Donald Trump to work out a "deal to end nearly four…...
No compromise - Russia sticks to its demands over Ukraine
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1014+ words) For the sixth time this year, US President Donald Trump sent his special envoy Steve Witkoff to Russia this week. And just like before, he received cordial smiles from his Russian hosts but no compromises on ending the war in…...
Russian drone attack under way in Ukrainian capital Kyiv
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (141+ words) Russian drones swarmed the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early this morning, striking and triggering fires in at least two residential buildings, officials said. Air defence units were in action around the capital. Mayor Vitali Klitschko, writing on the Telegram messaging app,…...
Ukraine scrambles for energy with 'zero' power generation
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (653+ words) Ukraine was scrambling to turn lights and heating back on after Russian attacks targeting energy infrastructure, with the state's power provider saying its generating capacity was reduced to "zero". Russia, which has escalated attacks on Ukraine's infrastructure in recent months,…...
Two children among six dead in Russian attacks on Ukraine
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (218+ words) Russia fired a wave of drones and missiles at Ukraine overnight, killing six people including two children, and cutting power to tens of thousands, officials said. "Russian forces attacked the Dnipropetrovsk and Odesa regions. Six people died, including two children,…...
Zelensky: Ukraine preparing to buy 25 air defence systems
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (331+ words) Ukraine is preparing a contract to buy 25 Patriot air defence systems, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, in what would be a huge boost to Kyiv's abilities to defend against Russia's aerial bombardments. He said they would be supplied every year…...