Death toll rises to nine in Russian attack on Ukraine’s Kramatorsk – mayor
[1/5]Rescues and volunteers carry a woman rescued from the debris at the site of hotel and restaurant buildings heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in central Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine June 27, 2023. REUTERS/Oleksandr Ratushniak KRAMATORSK, Ukraine, June 28 (Reuters) – The body of a boy was pulled out […]
Read MoreKyiv Mayor Klitschko urges Berlin to do more to help wounded Ukrainians – POLITICO
BERLIN — Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko is seeking assurances from his counterpart in Berlin that Ukraine will be able to send seriously injured soldiers to Germany’s capital safe in the knowledge that their medical costs will be met. In a letter to new Berlin Mayor Kai Wegner seen by POLITICO, Klitschko noted that some 250-500 […]
Read MoreBlast heard near mayor’s office in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu
MOGADISHU, Jan 22 (Reuters) – A blast was heard near the mayor’s office in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Sunday, according to a witness who added the explosion was then followed by gunfire. “As we were in office we were deafened by a blast, we ran away, gunfire followed,” Farah Abdullahi, a worker in the mayor’s […]
Read MoreDnipro mayor says chances are minimal of finding survivors in wrecked apartment building
DNIPRO, Ukraine, Jan 15 (Reuters) – The chances are “minimal” of pulling more survivors from the wreckage of an apartment building in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro that was hit by a Russian missile strike on Saturday, the city’s mayor told Reuters in an interview on Sunday. “I think the chances of saving people now […]
Read MoreRussian missiles hit Ukrainian city of Kharkiv: Mayor
KYIV, Dec 29 (Reuters) – Mayors of Ukraine’s eastern city of Kharkiv, the capital Kyiv western Lviv reported on Thursday that Russian missiles had struck the cities and caused a series of explosions. Kharkiv’s Ihor Terekhov said officials were clarifying what had been hit and whether there were any casualties, while Kyiv’s Volodymyr Klitschko warned […]
Read MoreHeating 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 […]
Read MoreRocket attack near Iraq’s Erbil kills one, wounds 10 – mayor
BAGHDAD, Nov 14 (Reuters) – At least one person was killed and 10 others were wounded on Monday after rockets hit the headquarters of the Iranian Kurdish party in the city of Koye, near the capital of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region Erbil, the mayor of Koye Tariq Haidari said. Reporting by Ahmed Rasheed; Writing by […]
Read MoreRussian 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 […]
Read MoreUkraine 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 […]
Read MoreAbducted mayor, officials in northern Mexico freed, governor says
MEXICO CITY, Oct 15 (Reuters) – The mayor of a small northern Mexican town and a group of local officials kidnapped by armed men have been freed, the governor of the border state of Coahuila said on Saturday. Mario Cedillo Infante, mayor of Guerrero, Coahuila, was abducted with eight other people on Friday night after […]
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