# Emergency events
American journalist Shelley Kittleson has been kidnapped in Baghdad: what we know
It is not yet known who is responsible for the kidnapping, but media sources say she had been warned of a possible abduction by the Iranian proxy group Kata’ib Hezbollah.
A Russian military transport plane has crashed in Crimea — 29 people have been killed
A Russian An-26 aircraft has crashed in occupied Crimea. All 29 people on board were killed. The preliminary cause is believed to be a technical fault with the aircraft.
A museum in Italy has been robbed — paintings by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse worth €9 million have been stolen
Near the Italian city of Parma, paintings by the famous artists Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse, worth €9 million, were stolen during a three-minute robbery.
The US has allowed a Russian oil tanker to sail to Cuba
The US Coast Guard did not stop a ship carrying Russian oil, despite the previously announced blockade of Cuba. The tanker is already off the island’s coast.
Air strike on Kramatorsk: an aerial bomb killed a 13-year-old boy and two other adults
This afternoon, 29 March, Russian occupation forces carried out yet another terrorist attack on residential areas of Kramatorsk. At least three people, including a child, were killed when a guided aerial bomb struck the area
Over 3,000 drones and 1,450 aerial bombs in a week: Zelenskyy outlines the scale of Russia’s attacks on Ukraine
Russia shows no sign of easing up on its campaign of terror, deploying against Ukrainians the very same types of weaponry that are destabilising the Middle East. Over the past week, the enemy has launched thousands of attack drones and guided aerial bombs at Ukrainian territory
From frontline Zaporizhzhia to Kyiv: a 500-kilometre struggle for life in an ambulance
A medical team from Médecins Sans Frontières has successfully evacuated two seriously injured civilians from Zaporizhzhia to the capital. A specialised medical truck was used for the transport, enabling complex medical procedures to be carried out whilst the vehicle was in motion
The recovery of the heart of Lviv following the drone attack
Lviv is recovering from yet another attack by enemy drones, which damaged the architectural complex of the Bernardine Monastery. The building on Soborna Square has been declared unsafe — the fire completely destroyed some of the flats in the historic site, which is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
An unknown person threw Molotov cocktails at the Russian House in Prague during the night
Czech police and firefighters arrived at the Russian House in Prague on Thursday night after an unknown perpetrator threw several bottles containing a flammable liquid at the building.
A drone attacked the Russian oil tanker ALTURA, part of the ‘shadow fleet’, in the Black Sea
An explosion has occurred on the crude oil tanker ALTURA in the Black Sea, 15 miles from the Bosphorus. The vessel has sustained damage, but there are no reports of casualties.
Drones flew from Russian territory into Latvia and Estonia
Latvia and Estonia have reported incidents involving drones entering their airspace. Debris from the drones was found at the sites of the incidents; there were no casualties.
An explosion at an oil refinery in Texas has forced residents to stay indoors
An explosion occurred at an oil refinery on the Texas coast, sending thick plumes of smoke into the air. Local residents were advised to stay indoors.
