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Ukraine F-16 pilot killed repelling massive Russian air attack

Maksym Ustimenko’s aircraft shot down seven air targets before losing altitude and crashing, the air force says.

Al Jazeera · Jun 29, 2025

Russia-Ukraine war: ‘mortal’ Europe needs stronger defence, says French president – as it happened

Emmanuel Macron says Europe faces existential threat from Russian aggression and calls on continent to adopt ‘credible’ defence strategy

The Guardian - UK · Apr 25, 2024

Zelensky honours troops on Ukraine's Territorial Defence Forces Day

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked Ukraine's troops on the country's Territorial Defence Forces Day for their "courage and strength". Meanwhile, Ukraine's air defence systems shot down 16 out of around 30 drones that Russia launched on Ukraine's Cherkasy region overnight, Ukrainian Air Forces said on Sunday. Read our blog to…

France 24 · Oct 1, 2023

Ukraine vet in 'constant stress' as abandoned animals rise and families suffer

Veterinary assistant Kate Klymenko speaks about the rising number of abandoned animals in Ukraine, as she continues to voluntarily work at a rescue shelter in Uman, Cherkasy region, surrounded by 'loud sirens and stressed families'

Daily Mirror · May 27, 2022

Brit in Ukraine begs for help after Russian invasion leaves family hiding in cellar

English teacher Harry Richardson, who once worked at a college in Leek, Staffordshire, said he and his family are sheltering with another 70 terrified locals in a cellar beneath Cherkasy - a town around 100 miles from Kyiv

Daily Mirror · Feb 26, 2022

Former Kansas Jayhawk guard Svi Mykhailiuk co-signs Twitter post about Ukraine, Russia

Former Kansas basketball shooting guard Svi Mykhailiuk of the NBA's Toronto Raptors, who is from Cherkasy, Ukraine, wrote "No War!" at the top of a Twitter post he co-authored with fellow Ukraine native Alex Len of the Sacramento Kings on Thursday. Len hails from Antratsyt, Ukraine.

Tribune News Service · Feb 25, 2022