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Russian overnight strikes completely destroyed Trypilska thermal power plant outside Kyiv, as part of a major attack across five regions in Ukraine.
Up to 200,000 people have been left without power, Ukrainian officials said, after more than 40 Russian missile strikes and an equal number of drone attacks hit the regions of Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Lviv, and Kyiv.
The strikes also attacked two underground storage facilities where Ukraine stores natural gas, including some owned by foreign companies, energy company Naftogaz said.
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky said: “Some missiles and ‘Shahed’ drones were successfully shot down. Unfortunately, only a part of them. Russian terrorists have once again targeted critical infrastructure.”
He added: “We need air defence systems and other defence assistance, not just turning a blind eye and having lengthy discussions.”
It comes as a Russian strike on a grocery store and a pharmacy in the north-eastern Kharkiv region killed three people, including a 14-year-old girl, on Wednesday.
In Ukraine’s southern Odesa region, Russian missiles killed four people, including a girl aged 10, and injured seven more, officials said.
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- Major missile attack by Putin’s forces completely destroys power plant outside Kyiv
- Russian missile strike targets cities across Ukraine
- Up to 200,000 left without power, Kyiv says
- Zelensky visits trenches in Kharkiv
- Ukraine struck Russian aviation factory in Voronezh region, Ukrainian spy source says
Ukraine passes controversial mobilisation bill to boost troop numbers to fight Putin’s invasion
Ukraine’s parliament has passed a controversial long-awaited mobilisation bill as it seeks more troops to fight against Vladimir Putin’s invading forces – after a general said that Russian soldiers outnumbered Kyiv’s by up to ten times on the battlefield in the east.
The legislation, which must be signed by President Volodymyr Zelensky before it becomes law, is seen as crucial for Ukraine to address what military analysts say are major manpower problems as it fights Russia.
Tom Watling reports:
Ukraine passes controversial mobilisation bill to boost troop numbers
It comes after Russia launched another massive drone and rocket assault across Ukraine – destroying a major power plant outside Kyiv
Barney Davis11 April 2024 19:01 1712854944Ukrainian amputees are returning to war. Soldiers know the army needs them
Ukrainian commander Odin’s lower leg was blown off in a mine explosion last year. He’s now back in the trenches.
“I had offers to go back to my local academy as a teacher or to work at a draft office in Odesa,” the 32-year-old from the 28th Separate Mechanised Brigade said from a cramped bunker on the front line in the eastern region of Donetsk.
“I said I’m not interested in these positions.”
Pryncyp, a leading human rights organisation representing military personnel, put the number of amputees from the war at between 20,000 and 50,000.
Battlefields are littered with mines, while artillery and drone attacks are a constant menace, meaning the grim number is rising steadily.
Ukrainian amputees are returning to war. Soldiers know the army needs them
‘Even though I can’t sit inside a tank, I can still be useful. I can still fight a bit’
Barney Davis11 April 2024 18:02 1712851212Russia ranked top of global cybercrime index in new study
Russia, Ukraine and China have been named as the world’s cybercrime hotspots in a new study ranking the most significant sources of cybercrime threats.
The World Cybercrime Index has been published in journal Plos One following three years of research by academics from the University of Oxford and the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Canberra.
The index said Russia housed the greatest cybercrime threat, followed by Ukraine, China, the US and Nigeria. The UK was eighth on the list.
Russia ranked top of global cybercrime index in new study
The ‘world-first’ index ranks countries by their cybercrime threat level, with the UK ranked eighth.
Maryam Zakir-Hussain11 April 2024 17:00 1712850012‘A battle for democracy’: Ukraine bishop urges UK and US to keep supporting fight against Russia
The bishop for Ukraine in London has urged the UK and the US to “honour their pledges” and not forget that Ukraine is fighting Russia to save the “rule of law and democracy”.
In a major intervention, Bishop Kenneth Nowakowski said Ukraine was not asking for soldiers on the ground but for funding to continue fighting Russian president Vladimir Putin.
Two years ago, Russia launched a devastating full-scale invasion of Ukraine, capturing nearly a quarter of the country and displacing more than 10 million people. There are now at least six million Ukrainian refugees in Europe, including around 250,000 in the UK.
Ukraine bishop urges UK and US to keep supporting fight against Russia
Ukraine is ‘fighting for rule of law’, warns senior cleric in an interview with Bel Trew as David Cameron urges US to push through stalled aid package
Maryam Zakir-Hussain11 April 2024 16:40 1712848812IAEA's Grossi says Zaporizhzhia attacks risk shift in Ukraine war
Drone attacks on the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine are “a consequential juncture” in the war in Ukraine and must stop, U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi told his agency’s 35-nation Board of Governors on Thursday.
“The most recent attacks ... have shifted us into an acutely consequential juncture in this war,” Grossi said in a statement to an emergency Board meeting called by Russia and Ukraine, adding that he wanted “to ensure these reckless attacks do not mark the beginning of a new and gravely dangerous front”.
Maryam Zakir-Hussain11 April 2024 16:20 1712847612Barrage of Russian missiles on Ukrainian cities leaves 200,000 people without power
Loud explosions rocked several Ukrainian cities early on Thursday as authorities reported a fresh wave of more than 40 Russian missile strikes and and equal number of drone attacks.
Ukrainian regions in the Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Lviv, and Kyiv came under attack as local officials confirmed the strikes on energy infrastructure, substations, and power facilities.
Emergency power cuts for at least 200,000 people have been reported in Kyiv, officials said.
Barrage of Russian missiles on Ukrainian cities leaves 200,000 without power
Ukraine needs air defence systems and other assistance, says Zelensky
Maryam Zakir-Hussain11 April 2024 16:00 1712846412Russia's FSB says British special forces operating in Ukraine
Russia‘s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Thursday that Britain’s Special Boat Service had been operating in Ukraine and helping Ukrainian forces carry out attempted operations against Russian forces.
The Ukraine war has triggered the deepest crisis in Moscow’s relations with the West since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. President Vladimir Putin has said that NATO military personnel are present already in Ukraine. The U.S. and key European allies have said they have no plans to send ground troops to Ukraine.
The FSB, the main successor to the Soviet-era KGB, said it had foiled a plan by British special forces to land Ukrainian sabotage soldiers on the Tendrov Split, a sandbar in the Black Sea. It said it had captured a senior Ukrainian naval special forces soldier, and gave his name and date of birth.
The FSB said the Ukrainian special forces unit was “supervised by a unit of the Special Boat Service (SBS) which indicates the direct involvement of Britain in the conflict”.
A spokesperson for Britain’s Defence Ministry had no immediate response to a Reuters request for comment.
The SBS is a special forces regiment of the British navy that traces its history to the early days of World War Two.
The SBS has served in some of the biggest conflicts of the past 70 years including the Korean War, Northern Ireland, the Falklands War, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan and Iraq.
Maryam Zakir-Hussain11 April 2024 15:40 1712844912The Russian glide bombs changing the face of the war in Ukraine
Winged explosives weighing up to 1,500 kilograms – and nicknamed the ‘building destroyer’ – have had a devastating impact wherever they have been used, writes Tom Watling.
Kyiv is battling them as best it can but needs Western allies to step up and provide more weapons, air defences and ammunition.
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The Russian glide bombs changing the face of the war in Ukraine
Winged explosives weighing up to 1,500 kilograms – and nicknamed the ‘building destroyer’ – have had a devastating impact wherever they have been used, writes Tom Watling. Kyiv is battling them as best it can but needs Western allies to step up and provide more weapons, air defences and ammunition
Maryam Zakir-Hussain11 April 2024 15:15 1712843377‘I live in constant fear that he will die’: Mother of jailed Putin critic says time running out to save him
The mother of Russia’s most prominent opposition leader after Alexei Navalny says she lives in “constant fear” that her son, Vladimir Kara-Murza, will die in the Siberian prison in which he is currently jailed – while calling on the foreign secretary, David Cameron, to intervene and save his life.
Speaking on the eve of the second anniversary of Kara-Murza’s arrest on 11 April 2022, Elena Gordon says that her worries over her son have grown much more acute in the wake of the death of Vladimir Putin’s most prominent critic, Navalny, almost two months ago.
Navalny was also being held in a remote prison colony, in the Arctic, before he was declared dead by Russian authorities.
Tom Watling reports:
Mother of jailed Putin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza says time running out to save him
In an urgent plea two years after the arrest of the British-Russian opposition leader, Elena Gordon calls on David Cameron to ‘please help save my son’
Maryam Zakir-Hussain11 April 2024 14:49 1712841312Ukraine will be outgunned by Russia 10 to 1 in weeks without US help, top Europe general says
The top general for U.S. forces in Europe told Congress Wednesday that Ukraine will be outgunned 10 to one by Russia within a matter of weeks if Congress does not find a way to approve sending more ammunition and weapons to Kyiv soon.
The testimony from Army Gen. Christopher Cavoli, head of U.S. European Command, and Celeste Wallander, assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs, comes as Congress enters pivotal weeks for voting for aid for Ukraine, but there’s no guarantee funding will be improved in time.
Ukraine has been rationing its munitions as Congress has delayed passing its $60 billion supplemental bill.
Ukraine will be outgunned by Russia 10 to 1 in weeks without US help, top Europe general says
The top general for U.S. forces in Europe told Congress Wednesday that Ukraine will be outgunned 10 to one by Russia within a matter of weeks if Congress does not find a way to approve sending more ammunition and weapons to Kyiv soon
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