The Latest Breaking News from Dmytro Pletenchuk

‘Attacks day after day’: Odesa in Russia’s crosshairs as war pivots back to Black Sea

Unable to get near Ukraine’s main port, Moscow is pounding the city from afar with missiles and drones

The Guardian - UK · Jan 28

Russia attacked my hotel as I slept – this is Ukraine’s brutal reality while peace talks grind on

SPECIAL DISPATCH: Askold Krushelnycky was asleep in Odesa when Shahed drones partially destroyed his hotel, illustrating how Russia’s relentless attacks on Ukraine continue during one of the country’s harshest winters

The Independent UK · Jan 27

Putin tells 76,000 Russians to evacuate in the wake of Ukrainian advance as state of emergency called

Vladimir Putin has been forced to call in reserve troops to tackle what Moscow is calling a ‘counterterrorism operation’

The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2024

Ukraine war briefing: ‘Third of Russia’s Black Sea fleet sunk or crippled’

Poland warns Russian missiles coming too close may be shot down; how Ukraine has ramped up making its own weapons. What we know on day 763

The Guardian - AU · Mar 27, 2024

Russia-Ukraine war: 200,000 without power in Ukraine since Friday; Nato could ‘shoot down Russian missiles near borders’ – as it happened

Attack on energy infrastructure on last week still causing blackouts; Poland’s deputy foreign minister warns Russia of consequences if missiles enter territory

The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2024

‘A new form of warfare’: how Ukraine reclaimed the Black Sea from Russian forces

Kyiv has turned the region into a no-go zone for Moscow’s bristling warships

The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2023

UK warns of Russia laying ‘sea mines’ to deter Black Sea cargo ships

Russian sea mines warning comes as Ukrainian navy says 12 cargo vessels preparing to travel to Ukraine Black Sea ports.

Al Jazeera · Oct 5, 2023

‘I must work. I can’t cry’: capturing Russia’s attacks on Ukrainian civilians

Dmytro Pletenchuk, a press officer, took photos in the aftermath of last week’s devastating shelling in Kherson

The Guardian - UK · May 12, 2023

‘A question of time’: Ukrainians determined to win back the south

War against Russia is entering a decisive phase, but on the frontline a big push still feels some way off

The Guardian - UK · Aug 16, 2022

Western artillery already making difference for Ukraine -regional governor

Western-supplied artillery systems are already making a difference on the ground for Ukraine and it is "just a question of time" before its forces win back significant ground in the south, the governor of the Mykolaiv region said on Wednesday.

Reuters · Jun 8, 2022