Exploding in a giant fireball, a cruise missile struck the imposing Soviet-era structure at 8.02am yesterday – engulfing local government offices and devastating a nearby opera house, concert hall and university buildings. The horrifying attack – condemned by Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky
Gary Bonini spent 12 years in the British Army. Later this week he aims to head out to Ukraine to join their forces bravely fighting to save the nation from a devastating Russian invasion. Bonini, 30, will be accompanied by Jo Stirling,
Chortkiv should be finishing off preparations for its 500th anniversary celebrations this summer — but instead the small medieval town in western Ukraine is preparing for war. Road signs are being removed, street lights switched off, checkpoints built on entry points, battle
For the second day running, I awoke yesterday to the wailing sound of sirens warning of air attacks. I had covered up the windows of my rented apartment with blankets as protection from flying glass in case of nearby explosions. My colleague
Liza Lukyanova might seem an unlikely recruit for the army of a country that is facing a fight for survival from a military machine that has 2.9million troops and reserves. She is 43, the mother of two children, and studying to become
IAN BIRRELL: Like countless others of his fellow citizens, the 21-year-old engineering student Vadim is steeling himself for war.
When Georgia was on the verge of joining Nato in 2008, Russia’s president Vladimir Putin stirred up bitter separatist tensions, made baseless claims of genocide, and carried out military exercises nearby. His proxies fired pot-shots over the border, then evacuated civilians from
The sun was shining as families walked down the street in Kiev, passing trees festooned with paper angels and flowers dotting the ground. Children clutched red carnations and candles, placing them beside a series of stark portraits running along the wall. The
As we left the car, there was a loud thump, followed quickly by two more thuds from the edge of the small town. ‘That is shelling,’ said the Ukrainian soldier beside me, stating the obvious. We entered the kindergarten, with its brightly
The pro-Russian rebel leaders of two breakaway Ukrainian regions claimed yesterday to have started an emergency evacuation of thousands of civilians to Russia to save them from looming invasion by Ukrainian government forces. It comes amid a burgeoning disinformation campaign, fuelling fears