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ABC News
2 days ago
- ABC News
Four killed as Russian drones and missiles inflict heavy barrage on Ukraine's capital
Russia has mounted an intense and sustained overnight barrage on the Ukrainian capital, with missiles and drones causing powerful explosions to reverberate across the city. The attack followed a warning from Russian President Vladimir Putin, conveyed via US leader Donald Trump, that the Kremlin would hit back after Ukrainian drones destroyed several strategic bombers inside Russia on Sunday. The overnight Russian response killed four people, injured 20, and triggered fires in residential buildings in different parts of the city, authorities in Kyiv said. A strike also damaged a train between stations, causing operational disruption to the metro transport system, the city's military administration said. Earlier in the attack, Reuters reporters said they could hear the sound of Russian kamikaze drones buzzing in the sky, accompanied by the sounds of outgoing fire from Ukrainian anti-aircraft guns. Reuters witnesses reported a series of booming explosions powerful enough to rattle windows far from the impact site, and at least one large fire at the site of a drone hit. Ukraine's air force said the city had been targeted with drones and Kalibr cruise missiles. Tymur Tkachenko, head of Kyiv's military administration, said drones had struck the upper floors of a high-rise apartment building and started a fire in the Darnytskyi district on the east side of the city, where he said emergency power cuts were possible. One unofficial Telegram channel said a shopping centre in the area was ablaze. Mr Tkachenko said a fire had also broken out in an apartment building in a western district. He said drone fragments had been spotted in three districts. Mr Trump said after a phone conversation with Mr Putin on Wednesday, that the Kremlin was planning an unspecified response to the Ukrainian attack on Russian air bases. During a meeting with Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz this week, Mr Trump said it might be better to let Ukraine and Russia "fight for a while" before pulling them apart and pursuing peace. The president likened the war in the Russia-Ukraine war to a fight between two children who hate each other. Mr Trump said that with children, "sometimes you're better off letting them fight for a while and then pulling them apart. "I said, 'President, maybe you're going to have to keep fighting and suffering a lot,' because both sides are suffering before you pull them apart, before they're able to be pulled apart," he said. "You see, in hockey, you see it in sports. The referees let them go for a couple of seconds, let them go for a little while before you pull them apart." ABC/wires
News.com.au
3 days ago
- News.com.au
Zelensky slams Russia after three generations killed in drone strike
A Russian drone slammed into a residential house in central Ukraine overnight Thursday, killing three members of one family, including a one-year-old baby, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said. He accused Moscow of trying to "buy time for itself to continue killing" and called for the West to put "maximum sanctions" and "pressure" on Moscow, after Russia has repeatedly rejected calls for a full and unconditional ceasefire. A total of five people were killed in Pryluky, a city in central Ukraine, including victims from three generations of the same family. A local firefighting chief was responding to an earlier attack when his own house was hit by a Russian drone, officials said. "His wife, daughter and one-year-old grandson were killed," Zelensky said. Photos showed houses on fire, billowing grey smoke into the pitch black sky as rescuers battled the blaze. A picture at dawn, published by the emergency services, showed a firefighter standing in the burned-out carcass of a residential home, the roof gone, surrounded by charred ashes and debris. "Russia is constantly trying to buy time for itself to continue killing. When it does not feel strong enough condemnation and pressure from the world, it kills again," Zelensky said. "This is yet another reason to impose maximum sanctions and put pressure together. We expect action from the United States, Europe, and everyone in the world who can really help change these terrible circumstances," he added. Fighting and aerial attacks have escalated in recent weeks, even as the sides have held two rounds of talks in Istanbul that they say are aimed at finding an end to the three-year war. But Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday told US President Donald Trump that Moscow would respond to an audacious Ukranian drone attack that destroyed several Russian nuclear-capable military jets over the weekend, Trump said after a call between the pair. Another attack on the northeastern city of Kharkiv wounded 18 people, including four children, Interior Minister Igor Klymenko said in a post on social media. Tens of thousands of people have been killed, swaths of eastern and southern Ukraine destroyed, and millions forced to flee their homes since Russia invaded in February 2022. bur-jc/oc/js
Perth Now
3 days ago
- Perth Now
Putin vows revenge for Ukraine strikes in tense Trump call
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he spoke with Russian leader Vladimir Putin for well over an hour about Ukraine's latest attack on Russian airplanes and nuclear talks with Iran. Mr Putin in that call vowed retaliation against Ukraine for the stunning surprise attack, which Kyiv said resulted in strikes on more than 40 Russian bombers, Mr Trump said. 'It was a good conversation, but not a conversation that will lead to immediate Peace,' Mr Trump wrote on Truth Social. The Kremlin later confirmed the call, which came as fighting continues more than three years after Russia invaded Ukraine. 'We discussed the attack on Russia's docked airplanes, by Ukraine, and also various other attacks that have been taking place by both sides,' Mr Trump added. 'President Putin did say, and very strongly, that he will have to respond to the recent attack on the airfields.' Mr Trump's post did not say if he discouraged Mr Putin from taking that action during their 75-minute conversation. 'We also discussed Iran, and the fact that time is running out on Iran's decision pertaining to nuclear weapons, which must be made quickly!' Mr Trump wrote. 'I stated to President Putin that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon and, on this, I believe that we were in agreement.' Mr Putin 'suggested that he will participate in the discussions with Iran and that he could, perhaps, be helpful in getting this brought to a rapid conclusion,' Mr Trump wrote. The US President said he believes Iran has been 'slowwalking' its decision, adding, 'we will need a definitive answer in a very short period of time!' As a presidential candidate, Mr Trump repeatedly vowed that he would bring an end to the Russia-Ukraine war in one day after taking office. But his attempts to swiftly broker peace, or even a lasting ceasefire, have so far failed, and both countries remain far apart on any territorial compromise. In the meantime, the Biden-era alignment between Washington and Kyiv has frayed, as Mr Trump and his Administration have openly criticised Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky. Mr Trump's previously careful tone toward Putin has also started to harden, with the US leader recently complaining that the Russian President 'has gone absolutely CRAZY!'
