Russia launches massive missile strike, hitting energy grid and residential areas

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature Ukraine’s largest private energy provider says that the early morning Russian air strikes on Ukraine’s power infrastructure has “seriously damaged” equipment at thermal power …

2 killed, 6 injured in Mykolaiv amid Russia’s mass missile and drone attack

Editor's note: This is a developing story and is being updated. Two people were killed and six injured, including two children, in the city of Mykolaiv amid Russia’s mass drone and missile attack, regional governor Vitalii Kim reported on Nov. 17. The …

Kyiv hit by first mass attack in 2 months as Russia launches drones, missiles at Ukraine

Editor's note: This is a developing story and is being updated. Russia launched a large-scale missile and drone attack on Ukraine overnight on Nov. 17, leaving at least two people dead and 11 injured across multiple regions. Multiple loud explosions …

Russia Cuts Off Gas Supplies to European Union Nation

Russian gas giant Gazprom has cut off gas to Austria over a contractual dispute as disagreements between the two continue to cause friction, the Associated Press reported on Saturday. Austria's multinational gas company OMV announced on Friday that …

From championing Russia to a Moscow jail: Michael Calvey recounts his surreal descent

Michael Calvey was one of the west’s biggest champions of investing in Russia — even after security services threw him in a cell in “Kremlin Central”, a VIP wing of a notorious Moscow prison. Now, the founder of private equity firm Baring Vostok is glad to …

Russia targets Ukraine’s power grid in biggest missile strike in months, officials say

Blasts rang out across Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and other cities early on Sunday, as Russia staged its biggest missile attack since August and targeted power facilities with the winter setting in, officials said. Ukrainians have been bracing for a major …

Russia's soldiers bringing wartime violence back home

“I’m a veteran of the special military operation, I’m going to kill you!” were the words Irina heard as she was attacked by a man in Artyom, in Russia’s far east. She had been returning from a night out when the man kicked her and beat her with his crutch. …

NASA on high alert as ISS starts to leak - but Russia disagrees on the source

The ISS has been leaking air for five years ( Image: Getty Images/Science Photo Library RF) NASA are concerned for the safety of space crew after air has been escaping via a leak in Russian section of the International Space Station (ISS). The leak was …

African states making Russia/China deals has “implications”

North Korea delivers 70 missile launchers, artillery systems to Russia's Kursk Oblast, FT reports

North Korea has provided Russia with 50 domestically produced self-propelled howitzers and 20 multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS), the Financial Times (FT) reported on Nov. 16, citing a Ukrainian intelligence assessment. The additional support by …