Russian authorities will investigate an incident in which a nine-storey apartment building in Donetsk was apparently destroyed by shells fired from Ukrainian-controlled territory. The spokeswoman for the Investigative Committee Svetlana Petrenko said in a statement that explosives hit the building in the city’s Kirov area early Wednesday morning. As a …
Read More »Heavy shelling reported in eastern Ukraine (VIDEOS)
Territory controlled by the breakaway Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and the neighboring Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) has reportedly been subjected to heavy artillery fire during the day. The source for the information is local officials, and RT is unable to independently corroborate their assertions. The attacks have allegedly intensified in …
Read More »Ukraine and Donbass leaders accuse each other of heavy shelling
Heavy fire and explosions have been reported on the contact line in Ukraine’s war-torn Donbass region, with Kiev’s forces and those loyal to the two breakaway self-declared republics accusing each other of aggression hours after the Kremlin warned fresh fighting could be on the cards. Leaders from the separatist Donetsk …
Read More »Hit the ground if you hear shelling, Ukrainians told
Amid a flurry of accusations in recent weeks that Russia’s armed forces could invade neighboring Ukraine, Kiev has briefed companies in the capital on how to act in an emergency situation or in the event of war. Ukraine’s Vesti outlet shared the guide, more than 20 pages long, prepared by …
Read More »Explosions reported in Nagorno-Karabakh, Baku accuses Armenia of shelling Azerbaijani town just hours into ceasefire
Azerbaijan, for its part, accused Armenia of striking the town of Terter with artillery fire. RT correspondent Igor Zhdanov said alert sirens were heard in Stepankert, the capital of the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region, late on Saturday. Several explosions – both in the air and on the ground – were observed …
Read More »Armenia & Azerbaijan complain about ‘intense’ shelling & drone strikes shortly before Nagorno-Karabakh truce enters into force
Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry claimed that Armenia had launched volleys of rockets at the town of Hadrut in disputed Nagorno-Karabakh and “intensively” shelled several Azerbaijani villages on Saturday morning. A representative from the Armenian Ministry of Defense denied that the country’s forces had targeted Hadrut. Baku earlier announced that its army …
Read More »War goes on: Armenia & Azerbaijan report fresh enemy shelling of cities, civilians under fire (VIDEOS)
Forces of the two rivals carried out artillery and missile strikes throughout Sunday, with the intensity of the conflict showing no signs of winding down. Civilian-populated areas were hit and damaged as a result, both sides reported. In Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh’s main city of roughly 55,000 people, sirens were heard earlier …
Read More »‘It’s gone’: RT crew witnesses aftermath of Azerbaijani shelling that rocked capital of disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region (VIDEO)
The shells and rockets fired by the Azerbaijani artillery that used to explode on the outskirts of the city known as Stepanakert to its ethnic Armenian residents and officially called Khankendi by Baku are now rocking the very city center and hitting residential areas even at night. A military hospital …
Read More »Armenia puts national army units on full combat alert as shelling hits self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh republic’s capital
The shelling of Stepanakert, a city of 55,000 residents located in the middle of the disputed border region, has left many people injured and civilian infrastructure damaged, the Armenian authorities reported on Friday. An order to put the national military on the highest level of combat readiness followed shortly afterwards. …
Read More »Ukraine condemned the shelling of Gaza
Israelis and Palestinians must live in peace. The Ministry of foreign Affairs (MFA) of Ukraine said that Ukraine strongly condemns the massive rocket attacks from the Gaza strip at southern Israel. The foreign Ministry said that it is unacceptable when civilians are held hostage to those forces that continue the …
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