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On Monday, June 13, in Izium district of Kharkiv region, the 93rd Mechanized Brigade Kholodny Yar shot down a Ka-52 combat helicopter of the Russian Armed Forces.
"Today, after lunch, in Izium direction of Kharkiv region, the Kholodny Yar anti-aircraft missile division shot down the Ka-52 combat helicopter of the Russian invaders. The helicopter fell on the temporarily occupied territory between the settlements of Sulyhivka and Dovhenke," the 93rd Motorized Brigade reported on Facebook.
Two people were killed and three were injured on Tuesday in Russian shelling of Sumy region in the northeast of Ukraine.
Six countries of the UN Security Council have published a joint statement, joined by Ukraine, strongly condemning Russian missile strikes on Ukrainian cities, including on a shopping mall in Kremenchuk, and voiced support for the Ukrainian people.
Pictures posted across social media showed an Amtrak train in Missouri, US, that flipped over after it was derailed because of a collision with a dump truck.
Law enforcers and intelligence of Ukraine are doing everything to identify all Russian servicemen who are responsible for terror against Ukrainian cities. Their names, faces, and personal information on all those terrorists will be known to the wo...
Russian flags flap in the stiff polar breeze, a bust of Lenin looms out of the snow and a vast slogan declares, "Communism is our goal!"
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the U.N. to investigate ``the actions of Russian occupiers on Ukrainian soil'' and to hold the country accountable.
The UK will use its DNA testing capabilities to prevent stolen Ukrainian grain from getting into world markets. Speaking to Sky's Kay Burley, Environment Secretary George Eustice said: "Russia is stealing some wheat from those stores" and "we've g...
People waiting two or more years for surgery are being encouraged to seek hospital treatment in a different part of the country where services aren't so stretched. The move is part of an NHS "final push" to "virtually eliminate" the number of long...
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Sir John Major, former chancellor and prime minister, is giving evidence to the Infected Blood Inquiry. Up to 5,000 people were infected with HIV or hepatitis C contained in contaminated blood products or blood transfusions in the 1970s and 1980s,...
A woman has been found dead at the scene of a suspected gas explosion that destroyed a house in Birmingham and damaged others. A man also suffered "very significant injuries" and is in "life-threatening condition" following the blast in Kingstandi...
Ukraine forces fire US long-range rocket systems at Russian targets. Video uploaded on social media on Friday allegedly shows US long-range rocket systems being fired by Ukrainian troops from an undisclosed location in Ukraine. Ukraine said on Thu...
Boris Johnson has reaffirmed the "continuing unity of the G7" at the leaders' summit. Asked if there were divisions among leaders, he went on to say the unity has "absolutely shone through in the conversation over the last couple of days". #ukrain...
