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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Russian drones attacked Odesa overnight, damaging four apartment buildings and power infrastructure; six people ...

Dec. 31 (UPI) --At least six people, three of them children, were injured in the southern Ukrainian port of Odessa in a Russian drone strike overnight that blacked out parts of the city, cutting off ...

A Russian drone attack hit apartment buildings and the power grid in Odesa, Ukraine, injuring six people, including children KYIV, Ukraine -- Russian drones blasted apartment buildings and the power ...

ODESSA HAS endured a lot over the past four years, but in December it experienced a new level of assault. On the night of December 11th-12th Russia launched an unprecedented blitz, pummelling the city ...

A devastating Russian missile strike on a port in southern Ukraine killed eight people overnight, as bombing intensified from both sides in the deadly war. The ballistic missile in Odesa slammed into ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that the United States had offered to hold trilateral negotiations with Russia and Ukraine, the latest attempt to break the deadlock in negotiations to ...

ODESSA, Texas — Three people are dead on Tuesday evening after shots were fired at the 87th Street Apartments located in the 8700 block of Hunter Miller Way. According to the Odessa Police Department, ...

Russian missiles hit apartment buildings in Ternopil this week, far from the war’s front line. Dozens of civilians, including children, were killed. Rescuers working on Friday in a residential ...

In this photo provided by the Press Service Of The President Of Ukraine on Nov. 21, 2025, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy looks into the camera while delivering a video address to the nation ...

TERNOPIL, Ukraine — At least 25 people were killed in a Russian drone and missile attack overnight that hit apartment buildings in the western Ukrainian city of Ternopil, Ukrainian officials said on ...