Page 23 - Tom Balmforth News Today

(Reuters) - Russia has focused its recent air attacks on the Ukrainian military-industrial complex although the threat to energy facilities remains ...

Ukraine's ground forces commander said on Friday that Kyiv needed more military aircraft for its war effort, such as U.S. A-10 attack jets to support infantry and planes that could fire long-range cruise missiles. Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi spoke to Reuters in an exclusive interview at an undisclosed location in the northeastern region of Kharkiv that borders western Russia. Syrskyi's call for more aircraft comes as a major new U.S. package of military aid for Kyiv has been he...

At least three Ukrainians and nationals from Egypt, Uganda and Somalia were aboard a United Nations helicopter seized by al Shabaab militants in central Somalia earlier this week, two security... -January 12, 2024 at 11:16 am EST - MarketScreener

KHARKIV REGION, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine's ground forces commander said on Friday that Kyiv needed more military aircraft for its war effort, such as U.S. A-10 attack jets to support infantry and planes that could fire long-range cruise missiles.

NAIROBI (Reuters) - At least three Ukrainians and nationals from Egypt, Uganda and Somalia were aboard a United Nations helicopter seized by al Shabaab militants in central Somalia earlier this week, two security sources told Reuters on Friday.

New defensive lines visited by Reuters near the northeastern city of Kupiansk on Dec. 28 show how Ukraine has stepped up construction of fortifications in recent months as it shifts its military operations against Russia to a more defensive footing. The defences, which bear some similarities to those rolled out in the Russian-occupied south and east, aim to help Ukraine weather assaults while regenerating its forces as Moscow takes the battlefield initiative, military analysts said.

Ukraine exported 4.8 million metric tons of food via its Black Sea corridor in December, surpassing the maximum monthly volume exported under a previous U.N.-brokered grain deal, brokers said on... -January 10, 2024 at 07:50 am EST - MarketScreener

Hackers linked to Ukraines main spy agency have breached computer systems at a Moscow-based internet provider in retaliation for a Russian cyber attack against Ukrainian telecom giant Kyivstar, a... -January 09, 2024 at 10:02 am EST - MarketScreener

Russian hackers were inside Ukrainian telecoms giant Kyivstar's system from at least May last year in a cyberattack that should serve as a "big warning" to the West, Ukraine's cyber spy chief told Reuters. The hack, one of the most dramatic since Russia's full-scale invasion nearly two years ago, knocked out services provided by Ukraine's biggest telecoms operator for some 24 million users for days from Dec. 12. In an interview, Illia Vitiuk, head of the Security ...

By Tom Balmforth LONDON (Reuters) - Russian hackers were inside Ukrainian telecoms giant Kyivstars system from at least May last year in a cyberattack ...