Tag: Shelling

Ukraine, Russia Trade Blame for Nuclear Plant Shelling

KYIV—Kyiv and Moscow traded blame on Monday for the weekend shelling of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear complex amid international alarm that their battle for control of the plant could trigger catastrophe. Calling any attack on a nuclear plant “suicidal,” U.N. chief Antonio Guterres demanded U.N. nuclear inspectors be given access to Zaporizhzhia, the largest complex of…


At Least 8 Killed in Kyiv as Shelling Destroys Shopping Mall

At least eight people were killed by Russian shelling that struck a shopping mall on the outskirts of Kyiv, local authorities said, also heavily damaging nearby residential buildings. A video released by the Russian Ministry of Defence showed a large blast outside the Retroville shopping center in the Podilskyi district on March 20. Russian Defense Ministry…


Russia Launched Nearly 1,000 Missiles Since Invasion, Fired ‘Huge Amount’ Overnight: Officials

Russian warships on Wednesday night launched missiles and artillery at the Ukrainian sea coast near Tuzla, a village to the south of Odesa, a top Ukrainian official said. “They fired a huge amount of ammunition from a great distance,” Anton Gerashchenko, a former deputy minister at the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs, confirmed in a…


Senior Ukrainian Military Officials Come Under Shelling While Touring Conflict Zone: Report

Top Ukrainian military officials came under a shelling attack while touring the line dividing government forces and separatists in eastern Ukraine, according to an Associated Press journalist who was on the tour. The shelling prompted the military officials to seek refuge in a bomb shelter before leaving the area, according to the report. The Epoch Times…


Ukraine Army Accused of Shelling Area, Wounding One

The Ukrainian military shelled the village of Alexandrovka in the rebel-controlled area of the Donetsk region on Saturday, injuring one civilian, according to officials from the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic. “Our brigade brought a peaceful civilian from the city of Donetsk with a gunshot wound of the left thigh”, trauma surgeon Yuriy Ponomarev told the…