Kim Jong Un weeps over soldiers killed fighting for Putin in Ukraine war
Kim Jong Un appeared to weep during a ceremony honouring North Korean soldiers who died while fighting alongside the Russian army.
The dictator had tears in his eyes as he watched footage of the battlefield in an operatic show marking the one-year anniversary of Pyongyang's defence pact with Moscow.
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The Irish Sun
8 hours ago
- The Irish Sun
Dramatic moment Russians run for their lives from fireballs as Ukrainian kamikaze drone wave blitzes Putin's ‘gun city'
THIS is the dramatic moment Russians sprinted in terror as Ukrainian kamikaze drones blitzed one of Vladimir Putin's weapons strongholds. Explosive footage showed the Lyutyi drones striking the Kupol Electromechanical Plant in Izhevsk, sparking a deafening blast and towering flames. Advertisement 8 Residents of Izhevsk flee in panic as Ukrainian Lyutyi drones strike the Kupol plant Credit: East2West 8 Towering flames and smoke took over the plant in the precise strike Credit: East2West 8 People were seen running and screaming for their lives as the drones flew above them Credit: East2West 8 Three people were killed and at least 31 others injured in the attack, Russian officials say Credit: Cyber Borosh/e2w The plant was known to be one of the crown jewels in Russia's military-industrial complex before it was engulfed by a fireball. Residents can be seen fleeing for their lives, their shouts echoing through the city, as gunfire rang out in a futile attempt to repel the incoming strike. In a flash, the skyline of Russia's so-called 'City of Gunsmiths' was blackened by choking smoke as fire engulfed the key arms facility. The plant, located more than 750 miles from the Ukrainian border, produces the deadly Tor-M2E surface-to-air missile systems and Harpiya-A1 attack drones - critical weapons in Putin's arsenal. Advertisement Two Lyutyi drones smashed into the facility in a five-minute window with devastating accuracy. Incredibly, there was no air raid warning — a factor officials say contributed to the high number of casualties. Russian officials said three people were killed and at least 31 others injured in the attack. 'There are explosions in Izhevsk, Russia,' said Andriy Kovalenko, head of Ukraine's Centre for Counteracting Disinformation. Advertisement Most read in The US Sun Breaking 'The Kupol Electromechanical Plant is located there. It is one of the main producers of the Tor missile systems and Harpiya-A1 attack drones for the Russian army.' Ukraine blasts Putin's troops with 'UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles' in MASSIVE overnight attack The head of Udmurtia, Igor Brechalov, confirmed the strike had left victims and chaos in its wake. 'All the emergency services are working. Medical services, psychologists. There are casualties. The firemen are putting out the fires,' he said. The strike targeted not just Kupol — located in the heart of Izhevsk, also home to the iconic Kalashnikov arms conglomerate — but the very symbol of Russia's war machine. Advertisement The powerful drone blitz came as Ukraine unleashed a new wave of vengeance across occupied regions - including a British-made Storm Shadow missile strike that reportedly killed Russian officers "in droves". 'The building is penetrated to the basement. [The dead] are being taken out in batches,' reported Ukrainian channel Supernova+. If confirmed, it marks the first Storm Shadow strike in months, reigniting fears among Putin's inner circle. Advertisement Journalist Ivan Yakovina said: 'Clear results of the recent NATO summit — cruise missiles supplied by the UK and France today destroyed the headquarters of the 8th Combined Arms Army in Donetsk and a massive depot with an oil terminal in Luhansk. 8 Ukrainians setting up Lyutyi drones Credit: Voenny Osvedomitel/e2w 8 The facility was engulfed by a fireball as the drones hit the plant Credit: East2West 8 Smoke billows from the Kupol Electromechanical Plant in Izhevsk Credit: East2West Advertisement 'There were massive casualties among Russian officers at the HQ. 'They were confident that Ukraine no longer had the means to strike at such depth, so they didn't even bother to go down to the shelter during the alert. Dozens killed and wounded — an entire army has been crippled.' Both Russian and Ukrainian sources The £800,000, GPS-guided missiles can travel at 600mph and evade air defences. Advertisement Russian officials, red-faced, admitted only that one woman had died and three others were injured. But the real toll is believed to be far higher. Read more on the Irish Sun Major fires were also reported in Russian-occupied Luhansk, where an oil terminal was hit, and in Rostov and near the Crimean Bridge, which was briefly closed. Elsewhere, explosions rocked Saratov and Engels, key strategic sites including Russia's strategic bomber bases, while Russia retaliated with attacks in the Zaporizhzhia region, hitting homes and businesses. 8 The kamikaze drones flew more than 750 miles to hit the plant Credit: Voenny Osvedomitel/e2w Advertisement
Irish Examiner
10 hours ago
- Irish Examiner
Ukrainian drone strikes Russian plant after record attacks by Moscow in June
A Ukrainian drone has struck a Russian industrial plant 800 miles from Ukraine, a local official said, after Kyiv prioritised the weapon's development and Russia pounded Ukraine with a record number of drones last month. Both sides have raced to improve drone technology and enhance their use on the battlefield, deploying increasingly sophisticated and deadlier drones, turning the war into a testing ground for the new weaponry. Ukraine is under severe strain from a Russian push at places on the 620-mile front line, but analysts say its defences are largely holding firm. With recent direct talks delivering no progress on US-led international efforts to halt the fighting, Moscow and Kyiv are bulking up their arsenals. A damaged apartment building in Kyiv (Efrem Lukatsky/AP) Russia launched 5,438 drones at Ukraine in June, a monthly record, according to official data collated by the Associated Press. Meanwhile, a Ukrainian drone hit an industrial plant in Izhevsk, about 620 miles east of Moscow, injuring several people and starting a fire, Izhevsk regional governor Alexander Brechalov said. The plant's workers were evacuated, he added. Ukraine has for months been using domestically produced long-range drones to strike plants, storage sites and logistical hubs deep inside Russian territory. Andrii Kovalenko, head of the counter-disinformation branch of Ukraine's Security Council, said Tuesday's target was a local plant producing Russian drones and air defence systems. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine's domestic production of drones is about to increase in response to Russia's expanded barrages. 'The priority is drones, interceptor drones and long-range strike drones,' he said late on Monday. 'This is extremely important,' he added. 'Russia is investing in its unmanned capabilities, Russia is planning to increase the number of drones used in strikes against our state. We are preparing our countermeasures.' Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (Jaimi Joy/PA) Russia's Defence Ministry said 60 Ukrainian drones were downed overnight over several regions, including 17 over Crimea, 16 over the Rostov region and four over the Saratov region. At the same time, four Russian Shahed drones struck the southern Ukraine city of Zaporizhzia during the night, leaving more than 1,600 households without power, according to authorities. Ukraine's air force said on Tuesday that Russia fired 52 Shahed and decoy drones at the country overnight. US President Donald Trump's special envoy to Ukraine and Russia, retired Lieutenant General Keith Kellogg, criticised Moscow for continuing to strike civilian areas of Ukraine while effectively rejecting a ceasefire and dragging its feet on a peace settlement. 'We urge an immediate ceasefire and a move to trilateral talks to end the war,' he said late on Monday. 'Russia cannot continue to stall for time while it bombs civilian targets in Ukraine.' Ukraine is developing its own defence industry as uncertainty remains over whether the Trump administration will continue to provide crucial military aid. Between March and April, the US allocated no new aid to Ukraine, according to Germany's Kiel Institute. European support has surpassed the US in total military aid for the first time since June 2022, totalling 72 billion euros (£61 billion) compared with 65 billion euros (£55 billion) from the US, the institute said last month.
The Irish Sun
12 hours ago
- The Irish Sun
Putin officers ‘killed in droves' by first Brit-made Storm Shadow strike in MONTHS on military base in occupied Ukraine
VLADIMIR Putin's officers have been killed in droves in the first British-made Storm Shadow strike in months, reports claim. Bombshell footage showed the 10 Ukraine 'used British-supplied Storm Shadow missiles' to strike military targets in Russian-occupied Donetsk overnight Credit: East2West 10 Preliminary reports indicate that a fire broke out at an oil depot following an overnight Ukrainian strike on Russian-occupied Luhansk Credit: East2West 10 A firefighter works to put out a fire at the market hit by recent shelling, which local Russian-installed authorities called a Ukrainian military strike Credit: Reuters 10 If confirmed, it would be the first use of the Red-faced Russian authorities admitted only that a woman had died and three people were wounded, including a teenager. A building collapsed in the combined missile and drone strikes , with fire spreading to nearby shops, according to Russian reports. And both Russian and Ukrainian sources revealed Britain's state-of-the-art Storm Shadow missiles were involved in the major strike. read more news Ukrainian sources said the strike was on the Donetsk Research Institute of Non-Ferrous Metals - a military target used by Russian occupiers. Ukrainian channel Supernova+ said the strike was on 'the headquarters of the 8th combined arms army of the Russian Armed Forces'. The report revealed: 'The building is penetrated to the basement. [The dead] are being taken out in batches.' And journalist Ivan Yakovina said: 'Clear results of the recent Nato summit - cruise missiles supplied by the UK and France today destroyed the headquarters of the 8th Combined Arms Army in Donetsk and a massive depot with an oil terminal in Luhansk. Most read in The Sun 'There were massive casualties among Russian officers at the HQ. 'They were confident that Ukraine no longer had the means to strike at such depth, so they didn't even bother to go down to the shelter during the alert." Ukrainian PoW with says sick torture method left him begging for death He added that the result of this was "dozens killed and wounded - an entire army has been crippled". Other reports say the site hit was a key place for works on UAVs and electronic warfare in the latest devastating loss for Putin. Russian head of occupied Donetsk region Denis Pushilin said 26 missiles, drones and 155-mm artillery were unleashed by Ukraine, causing significant damage to various infrastructure. Until today, there have been no confirmed reports of Storm Shadows being deployed since November last year. Britain's bunker-busting Storm Shadow rockets are a nightmare for enemies as they are capable of dodging air defences. The £800,000 missiles - already being fired within Ukraine - use GPS to precisely hit targets, and can travel at 600mph. France's equivalent is known as SCALP‑EG. In November last year, 10 Britain gave the green light for Storm Shadows to be used inside Russia in November 2024 10 Bombshell footage showed the damage in Donetsk Credit: East2West 10 An industrial facility and several residential buildings were damaged in a Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia Credit: East2West In the same month, Britain gave the green light for France has supplied its Scalp missiles to Ukraine, and reiterated in November that strikes on military targets inside Russia were an option. Major fires were also seen in neighbouring Luhansk, also Russian occupied, with reports that an oil terminal was hit. This followed an unconfirmed Russian claim that the entire territory of the Luhansk region was now in Putin's hands - a longtime aim for the mad dictator. But there was no independent verification of the claim by puppet leader Leonid Pasechnik. Meanwhile, Ukraine targeted Russian region Rostov, and the Crimean Bridge linking the Black Sea peninsula to Russia's mainland was closed. Explosions and sirens could be heard in Saratov and Engels - a key base for Russian strategic bomber aircraft. Russia staged attacks on the Zaporizhzhia region with an enterprise and private houses hit - unleashing fiery chaos. Ukraine also targeted the Izhevsk electromechanical plant Dome in a drone strike, which makes air defence systems and drones. The strikes came as Donald Trump's special representative Keith Kellogg hit back at Putin over delays in the pace process - targeting the dictator's mouthpiece Dmitry Peskov. He slammed: "Peskov's recent comments on the state of negotiations are Orwellian. 'Russian claims that it is the US and Ukraine stalling peace talks are unfounded - President Trump has been consistent and adamant about making progress to end the war. 'We urge an immediate ceasefire and a move to trilateral talks to end the war. Russia cannot continue to stall for time while it bombs civilian targets in Ukraine.' Putin will 'die like Hitler' SECURITY expert David H. Carstens believes Putin has four key vulnerability and 'will die like Hitler'. The ex-commander told The Sun: "2025 could be the costliest year of the war for Russia in terms of casualties, look, troops are not a limitless resource. So that's, shall we say, risk number one for Putin. "Number two is despite Russia's ability to suffer, the fact that the economy is very fragile. "If there is some sort of an economic shock, like a massive drop in fuel prices or the loss of a strategic trade partner, I think the system could destabilize. "Risk or threat to Putin number three is that Putin depends on this very small inner circle. "His security services, the FSB, his oligarchs, some loyalist military commanders. "If there are continued war failures, if there is, you know, continued use of soldiers, you know, en masse, rushing Ukrainian defenses, creating these high casualty events, lack of confidence will rise, and this could fracture the inner circle." Carstens warned Putin could face the same fall from power as Hitler and end up dead like the Nazi dictator. "I've got to reach into history for the threat to Putin number four. I just don't think Putin has read his history when it comes to overreach," he added. "So Russia is incredibly overextended in Ukraine. "And it is this exact same type of overreach that ultimately defeated Hitler in his conquest of Europe. "So I think Putin has fallen into the same demise, is getting mired down in a conflict he cannot sustain, and that as well is part of his Achilles' heel." 10 Russia staged attacks on the Zaporizhzhia region Credit: East2West 10 Major fires were also seen in neighbouring Luhansk Credit: East2West 10 Firefighters work to put out a fire at the market hit by recent shelling Credit: Reuters
