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Kyiv Jews return from Carpathian retreat into night of Russian strikes

After spending nine days at a respite camp in the mountains, Jewish families from the Simcha community returned to one of the heaviest drone and missile attacks that Kyiv has seen in recent months.

Jewish families at a JRNU respite camp in the mountains.
Firefighters take a break as they work at a site of a Russian missile and drone strikes, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, July 2, 2026.

Russia launches massive attack on Kyiv, killing at least 10 in retaliation for Ukrainian strikes

 A geiger counter measures a radiation level at a site of fire burning in the exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, outside the village of Rahivka.

Russian drone strikes nuclear fuel storage facility near Chernobyl, Ukraine says

A worker takes part in repair work on a damaged residential building following Russian strikes in Kyiv on May 25, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Russia urges foreign diplomats in Kyiv to leave ahead of strikes on 'decision-making centers'


UN says Russia consolidates control of occupied Ukraine with ‘climate of fear’

"Surveillance, political oppression, repression of free speech, movement restrictions created a climate of fear in which the Russian Federation could dismantle the Ukrainian systems of government"

 Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Bakytzhan Sagintayev at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia March 19, 2024.

Six killed in Ukrainian missile strike on Russia's Belgorod

"The enemy is deliberately hitting a cluster of civilians," said Roman Starovoit the governor of the neighboring Kursk region.

 Specialists remove the body of a victim outside a heavily damaged shopping centre hit by a missile strike, what local authorities called a Ukrainian military attack, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Belgorod, Russia, February 15, 2024.

Russian forces using Musk's Starlink in occupied areas, Ukraine says

The terminals were rushed in to help Ukraine after Russia's February 2022 invasion and have been vital to Kyiv's battlefield communications.

 Starlink logo is seen on a smartphone in front of displayed Ukrainian flag in this illustration taken February 27, 2022.

Ukraine downs 10 Russian hypersonic missiles, 59 cruise missiles, 3 Kalibr - army chief

A married couple were killed and 11 people were hurt in the area outside Kyiv, the regional administration said. A dozen residential buildings and at least 60 cars were also damaged.

 People inspect a car destroyed during a Russian missile and drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine December 29, 2023.

Eighteen dead in one of Russia's biggest missile strikes of war - Kyiv

Ukraine has been warning for weeks that Russia could be stockpiling missiles to launch a major air attack on the energy system, now power outages across Ukraine.

 People inspect a car destroyed during a Russian missile and drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine December 29, 2023.

Five wounded in Kyiv by largest drone attack yet on Ukraine

The attack began hitting different districts of Kyiv in the early hours of Saturday, with more waves coming as the sun came up.

 An explosion of a drone is seen in the sky over the city during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine November 25, 2023.

Russian missiles target Ukrainian energy facilities before winter - Kyiv

Russia fired 43 cruise missiles at targets overnight. Ukrainian air defenses shot down 36 of them.

 A view shows a site of an industrial area destroyed by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the village of Vyshneve in Kyiv region Ukraine September 21, 2023.

Israelis flock to Ukraine's Uman despite concerns of Russian strikes

Ahead of Rosh Hashanah Israelis take trains from Poland to reach Uman in Ukraine.

 People line up to reach Ukraine on a train, some of them Israelis and Jews from around the world seeking to get to Uman ahead of Rosh Hashanah.

Russia launches overnight drone attack on Kyiv

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that one person was injured in the historic Podil neighborhood and a fire broke out near one of the city's parks.

An explosion of a drone is seen in the city during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine September 10, 2023

Elon Musk says he refused Kyiv request for Starlink use in attack on Russia

Musk said he had no choice but to reject an emergency request from Ukraine "to activate Starlink all the way to Sevastopol."

SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk smiles at the E3 gaming convention in Los Angeles, California, US, June 13, 2019.