https://www.scmp.com/rss/523037/feed The latest news and top stories on Vitali Klitschko. A former professional boxer, he achieved multiple world heavyweight championships, including WBC, WBO, and Ring magazine titles. Transitioning to politics, he founded the UDAR party in 2010 and played a significant role in the Euromaidan protests. Elected as mayor of Kyiv in 2014, he was re-elected during the Russian invasion. With a PhD in sports science, his responsibilities include overseeing the city’s administration and humanitarian... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Associated Press Associated Press A gunman who killed at least six people in the streets of Kyiv on Saturday before taking hostages and barricading himself in a nearby supermarket has been shot dead by police, Ukrainian officials said. The head of Ukraine’s Interior Ministry, Ihor Klymenko, said in a statement on social media that special tactical police units stormed the store after attempts to contact the gunman with a negotiator failed. The attacker was killed while resisting arrest, he said. Speaking to reporters at the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3350599/kyiv-gunman-kills-5-and-takes-hostages-being-shot-dead-ukraine-police?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3350599/kyiv-gunman-kills-5-and-takes-hostages-being-shot-dead-ukraine-police?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 18 Apr 2026 16:30:59 +0000 Reuters Reuters Russia unleashed its deadliest attack so far this year on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and other cities overnight, killing 17 people, including a 12-year-old child, and wounding scores, in drone and missile strikes, officials said on Thursday. In Russia, a major Ukrainian drone attack on the Black Sea port of Tuapse killed two people, including a 14-year-old girl, injured seven, and sparked a large fire, Russian ‌officials and media reported. The port is home to a major oil refinery as well as an... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3350297/russian-missiles-and-drones-kill-least-16-across-ukraine-worst-attack-year?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3350297/russian-missiles-and-drones-kill-least-16-across-ukraine-worst-attack-year?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:55:47 +0000 Agence France-Presse,Associated Press Agence France-Presse,Associated Press A “massive attack” by Russian forces on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure has caused power outages across the country, the state grid operator said on Saturday. Russia has pressed on with its invasion of Ukraine in recent days despite the two countries holding US-brokered talks to end the nearly four year long war. Ukrainian officials have accused Moscow of deliberately targeting energy infrastructure, causing outages that have left hundreds of thousands of people without lighting or heating in... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3342758/russia-launches-massive-attack-ukraine-power-grid-despite-ongoing-us-led-peace-talks?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3342758/russia-launches-massive-attack-ukraine-power-grid-despite-ongoing-us-led-peace-talks?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 07 Feb 2026 07:51:22 +0000 Xiaofei Xu,Ji Siqi Xiaofei Xu,Ji Siqi Across Europe, demand for Chinese goods is soaring as consumers seek quality products at a lower cost. Some goods – particularly electric vehicles, batteries and solar panels – have been shipped from China at a large enough scale that the continent’s lawmakers have begun taking action against an “overcapacity” they feel could throttle domestic industries. But in one European country where multi-day blackouts are commonplace, buyers are rushing to secure a piece of that excess supply, desperate... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3342654/beijing-and-moscow-tout-ties-chinas-companies-keep-ukraines-lights?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3342654/beijing-and-moscow-tout-ties-chinas-companies-keep-ukraines-lights?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Feb 2026 22:00:29 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Russian attacks on Ukraine killed at least one person and wounded 31 overnight into Saturday as negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and the United States were to meet in the United Arab Emirates for a second day of talks to end Russia’s nearly four-year full-scale invasion. One person died and four were wounded in drone attacks on the capital, Kyiv, according to Kyiv City Military Administration head Tymur Tkachenko. In Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, drone attacks wounded 27 people, said... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3341083/russian-air-attack-kills-1-injures-15-ukraine-while-negotiators-discuss-ending-war?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3341083/russian-air-attack-kills-1-injures-15-ukraine-while-negotiators-discuss-ending-war?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 24 Jan 2026 03:03:17 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse An overnight Russian bombardment left thousands of residential buildings in Kyiv without heating and water in -14 degrees Celsius (6.8 Fahrenheit) temperatures on Tuesday, when the Ukrainian capital was already scrambling to restore vital utilities destroyed in earlier attacks. The barrage of hundreds of drones and missiles, which targeted energy facilities across Ukraine, killed at least one 50-year-old man near Kyiv. Air raid sirens and explosions were heard in the capital as Ukrainian air... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3340587/almost-half-kyiv-without-heat-and-power-after-massive-russian-drone-strike?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3340587/almost-half-kyiv-without-heat-and-power-after-massive-russian-drone-strike?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 20 Jan 2026 12:16:11 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Russia struck blocks of residential buildings across the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv overnight, killing at least six people in what President Volodymyr Zelensky slammed as a “heinous attack” that deliberately targeted civilians. Moscow has fired record missile and drone barrages in recent months, hitting energy and rail infrastructure, as well as residential areas, knocking out power for tens of thousands across the country as temperatures plunge. It was one of the largest attacks on Kyiv since... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3332781/massive-russian-aerial-attack-hits-nearly-every-district-ukraines-capital-kyiv?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3332781/massive-russian-aerial-attack-hits-nearly-every-district-ukraines-capital-kyiv?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 14 Nov 2025 07:01:09 +0000 dpa dpa Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has placed the Black Sea metropolis of Odesa under military administration amid a conflict with the city’s mayor. In a decree issued on Wednesday, Zelensky established the new military administration and appointed intelligence general Serhii Lysak as its head. Lysak was simultaneously relieved of his position as military governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region, a role he had held for more than two and a half years, to take on this new responsibility. On... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3329162/ukraine-war-zelensky-imposes-military-rule-odesa-after-mayors-citizenship-revoked?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3329162/ukraine-war-zelensky-imposes-military-rule-odesa-after-mayors-citizenship-revoked?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 15 Oct 2025 14:39:31 +0000 Reuters Reuters Russia launched its largest air attack of the war on Ukraine overnight, setting the main government building on fire in central Kyiv and killing at least four people, including an infant, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday. President Volodymyr Zelensky said the drone and missile barrage killed four people and caused damage across the north, south and east of the country, including the cities of Zaporizhzhia, Kryvyi Rih and Odesa, as well as in the Sumy and Chernihiv regions. “Such killings now,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3324666/ukraine-government-building-ablaze-russias-biggest-air-attack-war?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3324666/ukraine-government-building-ablaze-russias-biggest-air-attack-war?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 07 Sep 2025 12:37:15 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Russia launched a major air attack on Kyiv early on Thursday that included a rare strike on the centre of Ukraine’s capital, killing at least 21 people, wounding 48 and damaging European Union diplomatic offices, authorities said. The bombardment of drones and missiles was the first major Russian attack on Kyiv in weeks as US-led peace efforts to end the three-year war struggled to gain traction. Britain said the attack sabotaged peace efforts, while top EU diplomat Kaja Kallas summoned Russia’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3323428/ukraine-capital-kyiv-hit-massive-russian-strikes-diplomatic-efforts-stall?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3323428/ukraine-capital-kyiv-hit-massive-russian-strikes-diplomatic-efforts-stall?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 28 Aug 2025 03:21:11 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has approved a law to strip anti-corruption agencies of their powers despite opposition, triggering the first outbreak of popular discontent against his leadership since Russia’s full-scale invasion began. Hundreds of mostly young people joined rallies in the capital of Kyiv, the western city of Lviv, and the southern city of Odesa on Tuesday evening in protest against legislation that placed the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine under the control... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3319229/zelensky-reins-ukraine-anti-corruption-agencies-sparking-first-wartime-protests?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3319229/zelensky-reins-ukraine-anti-corruption-agencies-sparking-first-wartime-protests?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Jul 2025 04:36:52 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Ukraine said it struck a Russian air base on Saturday, while Russia continued to pound Ukraine with hundreds of drones overnight as part of a stepped-up bombing campaign that has dashed hopes for a breakthrough in efforts to end the more than three-year-old war. Ukraine’s military General Staff said that Ukrainian forces had struck the Borisoglebsk air base in Russia’s Voronezh region, describing it as the home base of Russia’s Su-34, Su-35S and Su-30SM fighter aircraft. Writing on social media,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3317112/ukraine-says-it-struck-russian-base-containing-fighter-jets-and-glide-bombs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3317112/ukraine-says-it-struck-russian-base-containing-fighter-jets-and-glide-bombs?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 05 Jul 2025 17:07:53 +0000