Latest news with #civiliancasualties
Al Jazeera
18 hours ago
- Health
- Al Jazeera
The Last Lifeline
Doctors give everything to save lives during a violent gang war in one of the last remaining trauma hospitals in Haiti. The streets of Port-au-Prince have become a combat zone. Fighting between armed groups and beleaguered government forces has caused hospitals to shut down, overwhelming the ones that remain with mostly civilian casualties. Doctors at the Tabarre Hospital are caught in the crossfire and doing everything they can to save lives, including sacrificing their own comfort and safety. This is the story of the doctors and patients trying to survive in a country torn apart by violence.
CNN
4 days ago
- Politics
- CNN
Russian attacks kill dozens of Ukrainians as Kyiv's allies gather for a key NATO summit
Russia killed dozens of Ukrainian civilians in less than 48 hours on Monday and Tuesday, according to Ukrainian officials, two of the deadliest days in many months. A five-year-old boy and an 11-year-old girl were among the victims of the Russian attacks, launched just as Ukraine's allies began gathering for a key NATO meeting in the Netherlands. Ukrainian officials said 15 people were killed in Dnipro on Tuesday after a Russian ballistic missile hit the city, the largest in the country's south-east, while 9 people were killed in a strike on a Kyiv apartment building on Monday. At least two dozen others were killed in strikes across the country, including in Sumy, Kherson, Donetsk and Odesa regions. In Dnipro, local officials said the missile caused damage unlike any previous attacks on the city. Mayor Borys Filatov said almost 50 buildings were damaged, including schools, medical facilities, municipal sites and residential buildings. 'This is an unprecedented amount of destruction that the city has never seen before in the entire time of the full-scale war. The number of victims is so high that even ambulances cannot keep up,' he added. More than 170 people were injured, according to authorities, with around 100 remaining in city hospitals as of Tuesday evening. A passenger train carrying some 500 people was also damaged in the strike. 'In residential buildings and various municipal facilities throughout the city, we have over 2,000 shattered windows alone,' he said. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky was in The Hague for the NATO summit on Tuesday, meeting several European leaders on its sidelines before addressing the Dutch parliament. Ukraine is not a member of NATO and, while it wants to join, the issue of its potential future membership remains contentious. Russia has tried to prevent Ukraine from ever being able to join the alliance, with Moscow arguing that NATO's eastward expansion following the end of the Cold War has posed threats to its security. Zelensky met NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, President of the European Council Antonia Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, all of whom have reiterated their support for Ukraine. He was hoping to meet US President Donald Trump later on Tuesday, according to Ukrainian officials. The two were scheduled to meet at the G7 summit in Canada earlier this month, but that meeting did not happen as Trump left the summit earlier than expected because of the Iran-Israel conflict. As the world turned its attention to the Middle East, Zelensky was keen to highlight the connection between Iran and Russia. Iran has been among Russia's strongest backers since President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The Iranian regime has supplied Moscow with weapons, including short-range ballistic missiles and thousands of Shahed drones; according to US officials, it has also built a drone factory in Russia. Moscow has in turn stood by Iran during the recent conflict with Israel and after the US strikes against Iranian nuclear sites on Sunday. Russia has intensified its aerial attacks on Ukrainian cities in recent weeks, after successfully scaling up its domestic production of its most frequently used type of drone – the Iran-designed Shahed. Zelensky said on Tuesday that Russia has launched 28,743 Shahed drones against Ukraine since 2022, with 2,736 fired by so far this month. 'Russia could never have done this without its ties to the Iranian regime,' he said. The Ukrainian leader told reporters at the summit that there were no signs Putin wanted to stop his war against Ukraine. 'Russia rejects all peace proposals, including those from the United States of America. Putin only thinks about war. That's a fact. Maybe he connects his own political survival with his ability to keep killing, so long as he kills, he lives,' Zelensky said. Talks between Russia, Ukraine and third countries have mostly stalled after Moscow refused to back off its maximalist demands and presented a ceasefire proposal that would essentially amount to Ukraine's capitulation. Speaking on the sidelines of the summit, British Defense Secretary John Healy said that while 'all eyes have been on the Middle East,' it was crucial not to forget about Ukraine. 'Putin wants our focus to slip, and part of the strong message from NATO is that we will not let that happen, and this session is an important part of that,' he said. Zelensky was in London on Monday, where he met British Prime Minister Keir Starmer as well as King Charles III. Kyiv officials said the attack on the apartment building on Monday killed multiple members of several families. Lusy Alekseenkova, a journalist with a Ukrainian TV channel, said her brother, his wife and her sister-in-law's father were killed in the attack on Kyiv, with her 16-year-old nephew the sole survivor. The same strike left a mother and her 11-year-old daughter dead, Tymur Tkachenko, the head of Kyiv Military Administration, said on Telegram, adding that it took many hours to recover the little girl's body.
CNN
4 days ago
- Politics
- CNN
Russian attacks kill dozens of Ukrainians as Kyiv's allies gather for a key NATO summit
Russia killed dozens of Ukrainian civilians in less than 48 hours on Monday and Tuesday, according to Ukrainian officials, two of the deadliest days in many months. A five-year-old boy and an 11-year-old girl were among the victims of the Russian attacks, launched just as Ukraine's allies began gathering for a key NATO meeting in the Netherlands. Ukrainian officials said 15 people were killed in Dnipro on Tuesday after a Russian ballistic missile hit the city, the largest in the country's south-east, while 9 people were killed in a strike on a Kyiv apartment building on Monday. At least two dozen others were killed in strikes across the country, including in Sumy, Kherson, Donetsk and Odesa regions. In Dnipro, local officials said the missile caused damage unlike any previous attacks on the city. Mayor Borys Filatov said almost 50 buildings were damaged, including schools, medical facilities, municipal sites and residential buildings. 'This is an unprecedented amount of destruction that the city has never seen before in the entire time of the full-scale war. The number of victims is so high that even ambulances cannot keep up,' he added. More than 170 people were injured, according to authorities, with around 100 remaining in city hospitals as of Tuesday evening. A passenger train carrying some 500 people was also damaged in the strike. 'In residential buildings and various municipal facilities throughout the city, we have over 2,000 shattered windows alone,' he said. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky was in The Hague for the NATO summit on Tuesday, meeting several European leaders on its sidelines before addressing the Dutch parliament. Ukraine is not a member of NATO and, while it wants to join, the issue of its potential future membership remains contentious. Russia has tried to prevent Ukraine from ever being able to join the alliance, with Moscow arguing that NATO's eastward expansion following the end of the Cold War has posed threats to its security. Zelensky met NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, President of the European Council Antonia Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, all of whom have reiterated their support for Ukraine. He was hoping to meet US President Donald Trump later on Tuesday, according to Ukrainian officials. The two were scheduled to meet at the G7 summit in Canada earlier this month, but that meeting did not happen as Trump left the summit earlier than expected because of the Iran-Israel conflict. As the world turned its attention to the Middle East, Zelensky was keen to highlight the connection between Iran and Russia. Iran has been among Russia's strongest backers since President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The Iranian regime has supplied Moscow with weapons, including short-range ballistic missiles and thousands of Shahed drones; according to US officials, it has also built a drone factory in Russia. Moscow has in turn stood by Iran during the recent conflict with Israel and after the US strikes against Iranian nuclear sites on Sunday. Russia has intensified its aerial attacks on Ukrainian cities in recent weeks, after successfully scaling up its domestic production of its most frequently used type of drone – the Iran-designed Shahed. Zelensky said on Tuesday that Russia has launched 28,743 Shahed drones against Ukraine since 2022, with 2,736 fired by so far this month. 'Russia could never have done this without its ties to the Iranian regime,' he said. The Ukrainian leader told reporters at the summit that there were no signs Putin wanted to stop his war against Ukraine. 'Russia rejects all peace proposals, including those from the United States of America. Putin only thinks about war. That's a fact. Maybe he connects his own political survival with his ability to keep killing, so long as he kills, he lives,' Zelensky said. Talks between Russia, Ukraine and third countries have mostly stalled after Moscow refused to back off its maximalist demands and presented a ceasefire proposal that would essentially amount to Ukraine's capitulation. Speaking on the sidelines of the summit, British Defense Secretary John Healy said that while 'all eyes have been on the Middle East,' it was crucial not to forget about Ukraine. 'Putin wants our focus to slip, and part of the strong message from NATO is that we will not let that happen, and this session is an important part of that,' he said. Zelensky was in London on Monday, where he met British Prime Minister Keir Starmer as well as King Charles III. Kyiv officials said the attack on the apartment building on Monday killed multiple members of several families. Lusy Alekseenkova, a journalist with a Ukrainian TV channel, said her brother, his wife and her sister-in-law's father were killed in the attack on Kyiv, with her 16-year-old nephew the sole survivor. The same strike left a mother and her 11-year-old daughter dead, Tymur Tkachenko, the head of Kyiv Military Administration, said on Telegram, adding that it took many hours to recover the little girl's body.
Washington Post
4 days ago
- Politics
- Washington Post
Russian attacks kill 13 civilians in Ukraine as Zelenskyy seeks more Western aid
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian drones, missiles and artillery killed at least 16 civilians and injured almost 100 others in Ukraine, officials said Tuesday, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sought guarantees of further Western military aid for his country's efforts to repel Russia's invasion . Russian forces have relentlessly blasted civilian areas of Ukraine throughout the war, which is now in its fourth year. More than 12,000 Ukrainian civilians have been killed, according to the United Nations. Ukraine has also launched long-range drones against Russia , hitting residential areas.
Asharq Al-Awsat
4 days ago
- Politics
- Asharq Al-Awsat
Russian Drone Attacks Kill Three in Northeast Ukraine
Russian drone attacks killed three people in Ukraine's northeastern region of Sumy, including a child, local authorities said on Tuesday. It came a day after Ukraine said Russia carried out dozens of drone and missile strikes on its territory, killing 10 people in the capital Kyiv. Diplomatic efforts to end the three-year war have stalled, with the last direct meeting between Kyiv and Moscow almost three weeks ago and no follow-up talks scheduled, said AFP. "We have information about three dead. Among them is an eight-year-old boy," said Oleg Grygorov, head of the Sumy region's military administration. The boy's body was pulled from the rubble of a destroyed house, he added. "The strike took the lives of people from different families. They all lived on the same street. They went to sleep in their homes but the Russian drones interrupted their sleep -- forever." Russian drone strikes also left five people wounded in Kharkiv, as well as four others in the Dnipropetrovsk region, authorities said on Telegram. Drone attack on Moscow Russia said a drone had targeted a residential building in Moscow overnight, wounding two people, including a pregnant woman. "About 100 people were evacuated from the building, including 30 children," according to the region's governor, Andrei Vorobyov, who added that two more drones were shot down. Russia had fired dozens of drones and missiles at Ukraine a day earlier, ripping open a housing block in Kyiv, killing 10 civilians and burying others beneath the rubble. Separate Russian attacks on Monday in the southern Odesa region left two people dead and another dozen wounded, local authorities said. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said a school was hit. "Sadly, some people may still be trapped under the rubble," he added. Zelensky met British Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a surprise visit to London on Monday. Zelensky is due to attend a two-day NATO summit in The Hague starting on Tuesday. Russia occupies around a fifth of Ukraine and claims to have annexed four Ukrainian regions as its own since launching its invasion in 2022 -- in addition to Crimea, which it captured in 2014. Kyiv has accused Moscow of deliberately sabotaging a peace deal in order to prolong its full-scale offensive and to seize more territory.
