Heating restored in freezing Kyiv, Mayor Klitschko says
Dec 18 (Reuters) – Heating has been fully restored to Kyiv after the latest Russian bombardment that targeted water and power infrastructure, the capital’s Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Sunday. “The city is restoring all services after the latest shelling,” Klitschko said on the Telegram messaging app. “In particular, the capital’s heat supply system was […]
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Kyiv mayor trades verbal jabs with Ukraine president and allies
Nov 27 (Reuters) – The mayor of Kyiv, former professional boxer Vitali Klitschko, traded rhetorical punches on Sunday with Ukraine’s president and his allies over how to help residents withstand power cuts, deriding their disputes as “senseless” amid Russia’s military campaign. Klitschko said 430 “warming centres” were helping residents cope with the effects of Russian […]
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Russian missile strike kills six in Ukraine’s Mykolaiv – mayor
KYIV, Nov 11 (Reuters) – Six people were killed in a Russian missile attack on an apartment building in the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv early on Friday, Mayor Oleksandr Senkevych said. Rescuers were digging through the debris for survivors, Senkevych wrote on the Telegram messaging app. A Reuters reporter in the area heard three […]
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Ukraine warns of more attacks on infrastructure, as mayor urges Kyiv to prepare for the worst
Russia could be preparing more attacks on energy sites -Zelenskiy 4.5 mln Ukrainians without power as winter closes in Biden aide held talks with top Russian officials U.S. urges Ukraine to be open to talks with Russia -report KYIV/WASHINGTON, Nov 7 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned on Sunday against more potential Russian attacks […]
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Ukrainians in occupied Melitopol fear Russian call-up, exiled mayor says
A flag flies in a square in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict in the Russian-controlled city of Melitopol in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine August 3, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Ukrainians in occupied Melitopol fear Russian call-up City has been voting in referendum on joining Russia Exiled […]
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Former Russian mayor appointed head of Russian-occupied Kharkiv -TASS citing local administration
LONDON, Aug 19 (Reuters) – A former mayor of a Russian city has been appointed to head a new Russian-installed government in northeastern Ukraine, the latest in a string of such appointments which Kyiv says are part of attempts to annexe its territory. Andrei Alekseyenko resigned as mayor of Krasnodar, Russia’s sixteenth-largest city, on Thursday. […]
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Russian forces strike Mykolaiv port infrastructure – mayor
KYIV, July 26 (Reuters) – Russian forces have struck port infrastructure in Ukraine’s southern Mykolaiv region, Mayor Oleksandr Senkevich said on Tuesday. “A massive missile strike was launched on the south of Ukraine from the direction of the Black Sea, and with the use of aviation,” he told Ukrainian state television, providing no details on […]
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Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk hit by air strike, casualties reported – mayor
July 7 (Reuters) – Russian forces fired missiles at the centre of the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk in an air strike on Thursday, and there were casualties, the city’s mayor said. “Air strike with missiles on central parts of Kramatorsk, there are casualties,” Mayor Oleksandr Goncharenko wrote on Facebook, without providing details of the […]
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Ukraine hits Russian base in occupied Melitopol, exiled mayor says
KYIV, July 3 (Reuters) – Ukrainian forces hit a Russian base with over 30 strikes in the Russian-occupied southern city of Melitopol, the city’s exiled Ukrainian mayor said on Sunday. Russia’s RIA news agency reported Ukraine had hit the area of Melitopol where the city’s airport is located, but did not specify what had been […]
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Powerful explosions heard in Ukraine city of Mykolaiv – mayor
July 2 (Reuters) – Powerful explosions were heard in early hours on Saturday the Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv, mayor Oleksandr Senkevich said in a social media post. “There are powerful explosions in the city! Stay in shelters!” Senkevich wrote on the Telegram messaging app. It was not immediately known what caused the explosions. Reuters could […]
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