Ukraine oil refinery fire sparked by drone attack, Russia downs four UAVs A refinery hit in Ukraine’s Poltava as Kyiv and Moscow trade drone attacks, four UAVs shot down over western Russia. Al Jazeera · Sep 20, 2023
Poland ‘will close Belarus border’ if there is incident with Wagner; Ukraine troops pushing south – as it happened Poland and Baltic states demand mercenary group leaves Belarus; Ukraine says it has liberated village of Robotyne as counteroffensive continues The Guardian - AU · Aug 28, 2023
Ukraine refugees face uncertainty and precarity as displacement persists Despite being welcomed by European neighbors, for most Ukrainians, it's not enough to build a new life. Many are caught in a cycle of repeated uprooting, displacement and return. WEKU · Apr 20, 2023
Ukrainian Kids Go Back To School–With Bunkers At The Ready These images show how kids in Ukraine are going back to school–with air raid bunkers at the ready. Zenger · Sep 5, 2022
Special Report-Dozens of Russian weapons tycoons have faced no Western sanctions As Russia's military continues to pound Ukraine with missiles and other lethal weapons, Western nations have responded in part by targeting Russia's defense industry with sanctions. The latest round came on Tuesday, when the United States issued new sanctions on some arms makers and executives at the heart of what… Reuters · Jul 1, 2022
Search for survivors at busy Ukrainian shopping centre hit by Russian missiles in 'abominable' attack The strike on the busy shopping centre in Kremenchuk, in the region of Poltava, southeast of Kyiv, has been condemned by the UN and the West Irish Mirror · Jun 28, 2022
Dozens missing after Russian missile strike on mall kills 18 Firefighters on Tuesday searched the rubble of a Ukrainian shopping mall in the central city of Kremenchuk where authorities said 36 people were missing after a Russian missile strike that killed at least 18. Reuters · Jun 28, 2022
Ukraine: People accused of looting tied to poles, stripped and beaten Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, videos shared on social networks and in local media outlets have shown disturbing scenes: people tied to poles in the street, sometimes stripped of their clothing and beaten. These incidents have occurred all around the country, often as punishment for people accused… France 24 · Apr 4, 2022
Ukraine Kremenchug refiner destroyed after attack-governor Ukraine's Kremenchug oil refinery has been completely destroyed after a Russian attack, Dmytro Lunin, governor of the Poltava region, said on television on Sunday. Reuters · Apr 3, 2022
Russian missiles strike two central Ukraine cities - local official Russian missiles hit two cities in central Ukraine early on Saturday, damaging infrastructure and residential buildings, the head of the Poltava region said. Reuters · Apr 2, 2022
Nearly 600 Indian students evacuated from Ukraine’s Sumy reach Poland; likely to fly to India on March 10 “The Indian nationals were taken from Sumy in a convoy of 13 buses escorted by the International Committee of the Red Cross to Poltava,” a student coordinator said The Hindu · Mar 10, 2022
700 Indians evacuated from Sumy may board flight home on Thursday A special train will take the students from Poltava to Lviv in western Ukraine, from where they will be taken to Poland in buses The Hindu · Mar 9, 2022
Kyiv confirms opening of humanitarian corridors in a number of Ukrainian cities Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk confirmed on Wednesday the opening of humanitarian corridors from Enerhodar, Mariupol to Zaporizhia, from Sumy to Poltava and other Ukrainian cities. Dynamite News · Mar 9, 2022
All Indian students moved out of Ukraine's Sumy: MEA The students were being taken to Poltava, from where they will board trains to western Ukraine The Hindu · Mar 8, 2022
Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 8, 2022 Ukrainians Escape Besieged Sumy in First Evacuation Corridor Agreed with Russia Ukrainians boarded buses to flee the besieged eastern city of Sumy on Tuesday, the first evacuation from a Ukrainian city through a humanitarian corridor agreed with Russia after several failed attempts in recent days. Sumy governor Dmitro Zhivitskiy said in a video statement that the first buses had already departed…
Al Jazeera · Mar 7, 2022 Ukraine latest updates: Zelenskyy calls for more support Ukraine news from March 8: Ukraine’s president pushed for more support in address to the British parliament.
Evening Standard · Mar 7, 2022 Stuck in the past, Vladimir Putin has lost his grip on reality In his ramblings on Russian history, Vladimir Putin has been referring lately to the Battle of Poltava, 1709, by which Tsar Peter the Great hugely expanded the Russian Empire by defeating the Swedes. He refers to Peter the Great as “my predecessor”.