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12 hours ago
- News.com.au
Ukraine's latest wave of drone strikes spark fires in two Russian regions as oil refinery goes up in blaze
Shocking images are emerging after Ukraine fired dozens of drones at Russia today, wounding three people and sparking fires in two separate regions, including at an oil refinery. Videos posted on Russian social media purported to show a large fire at an oil refinery in the southern city of Volgograd, about 470 kilometres from the front line. 'The debris from the attack caused oil products to spill and catch fire at the Volgograd oil refinery,' Volgograd region governor Andrei Bocharov said in a statement on Telegram. The governor of Russia's Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said a Ukrainian drone struck a car in the centre of the region's capital, setting it alight and wounding three people. He posted a video showing the car in flames and debris scattered across the street. 'Emergency services are working at the scene,' he wrote on Telegram. Ukraine did not immediately comment on the reported attacks. Since Russia launched its full-scale military assault on Ukraine in February 2022, Kyiv has responded with drone strikes on Russian infrastructure hundreds of kilometres from its border. Kyiv calls the strikes fair retaliation for Moscow's daily missile and drone barrages on its own civilians. The Russian defence ministry said it had intercepted 44 Ukrainian drones between late Wednesday and early Thursday, including seven over Crimea, the peninsula that it annexed from Ukraine in 2014. The attacks came on the eve of a crunch summit in Alaska between US President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin, the first between a sitting US and Russian president since 2021 as the White House pushes for an end to the three-and-a-half year conflict. Pressure mounts as summit looms Pressure is mounting ahead of a landmark summit in Alaska between the United States and Russia, as Donald Trump warned that Vladimir Putin had only one chance but Moscow pressed ahead with major battlefield gains in Ukraine. Putin and Trump will meet Friday at an air base in the far-northern US state, the first time the Russian leader has been permitted on Western soil since his February 2022 invasion of Ukraine which has killed tens of thousands of people. With such high stakes, all sides were pushing hard in the hours before the meeting. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who has refused to surrender territory to Russia, spoke by telephone Wednesday with Trump, as did European leaders who voiced confidence afterward that the US leader would seek a ceasefire rather than concessions by Kyiv. Trump himself sent mixed messages, saying that he could quickly organise a three-way summit afterward with both Zelensky and Putin but also warning of his impatience with Putin. 'There may be no second meeting because, if I feel that it's not appropriate to have it because I didn't get the answers that we have to have, then we are not going to have a second meeting,' Trump told reporters. Russia, Trump said, would face 'severe consequences' if it does not halt its offensive. But Trump said: 'If the first one goes okay, we'll have a quick second one,' involving both Putin and Zelensky. Putin pitched the meeting after Trump threatened sanctions on Russia. Trump has already ramped up tariffs on India, which has become a key buyer of Russian energy. Zelensky, after being berated by Trump at a February meeting in the White House, has publicly supported US diplomacy but made clear his deep skepticism. 'I have told my colleagues -- the US president and our European friends -- that Putin definitely does not want peace,' Zelensky said. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who welcomed Zelensky in Berlin, said Ukraine is ready to negotiate 'on territorial issues' but stressed that legal recognition of Russian occupations 'would not be up for debate.'
News.com.au
2 days ago
- News.com.au
Awkward moment married football manager desperately avoids eye contact with reporter
Shakhtar Donetsk boss Arda Turan awkwardly avoided eye contact as he was interviewed by a reporter last month. The former Barcelona and Atletico Madrid star, 38, took charge of the Ukrainian giants earlier this year. Turan is trying to guide Shakhtar to the Europa League league phase, and last month took his side to the city of his birth for a qualifier against Besiktas. After the first leg in Istanbul, which Shakhtar won 4-2, Turan was interviewed by club reporter Daria Bondar Savina. But as the 24-year-old spoke to Turan, the Turkish boss appeared to struggle to look at her, as you can see in the video below. The ex-midfielder fidgeted throughout the two-minute interview and put his hands in his pockets. Turan didn't quite stare at the floor the whole time, Ange Postecoglou style, but moments of eye contact were fairly brief. The clip has only just been discovered on social media. One fan responded: 'He's trying so hard.' Savina is Shakhtar's head of media and has gathered a huge Instagram following of more than 500,000. In a further clip to circulate online, Turan was seen putting his arm around a female supporter while posing for a picture, without actually making any contact. Turan married wife Aslihan Dogan in 2018. The ceremony was attended by Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. As a reporter attempted to quiz Aslihan, Turan fumed: 'Be respectful, or I will crush your head and eyes! You're talking to my wife.' The couple have two children together; Hamza Arda, six, and Asil Aslan, five. Turan has had an eventful career in the game. In 2019, Turan was hit with a two year and eight month suspended jail sentence after being found guilty of intentional injury and possession of an unlicensed weapon. The row began when Turan was alleged to have approached Turkish pop star Berkay's wife Ozlem Ada Sahin. He was claimed to have told her: 'If I was not married, I wouldn't miss a girl like you.' Turan then broke Berkay's nose when confronted, before following him to hospital. The footballer was later found to have brandished a gun in Berkay's room, saying: 'I didn't know she is your wife. I'm sorry, just kill me.' The singer refused, but fellow hospital patients were left terrified after the gun went off. Turan later submitted a written statement in which he apologised for his 'instant error'.
SBS Australia
2 days ago
- SBS Australia
Ukraine's President meets with EU leaders ahead of Trump-Putin summit
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Eliot Cohen from the Centre for Strategic and International Studies says the exclusion of Europe and Ukraine from talks is a bad look. "You know, it's interesting to me that the Europeans have got their act together, are having a virtual meeting with Trump. And seem to be aligned with Ukrainians. So that's good. And for the rest, I'm afraid we're just going to have to wait and see." Militant group Hamas's chief negotiator has held talks with Egyptian mediators over a potential ceasefire in the Gaza war. The talks occurred as Israel struck the territory's main city before a planned takeover and again invited Palestinians to leave. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also reiterated an idea on Israeli television channel i24NEWS on Wednesday that Palestinians should simply leave the enclave housing more than two million people after nearly two years of conflict. Arabs and many world leaders are critical of the idea of displacing the Gaza population. Benjamin Netanyahu claims Palestinians are not being pushed out, but will be allowed to exit. A major government report has found that nearly half of internet users in Australia were victims of cybercrime in the past year. The Cybercrime in Australia 2024 report lays bare the rampant online abuse, identity theft, malware and scams experienced by 47 per cent of Australians in the last 12 months. Vulnerable groups included young people, First Nations Australians, LGBTIQ+ communities and people with disabilities. Small business owners also face disproportionate risks. The report shows that while some forms of cybercrime have declined, protective barriers, such as strong passwords, remain worryingly low. The New South Wales education department has told a state inquiry that it's not realistic to close every childcare centre reported for a quality breach. The inquiry comes amid nationwide scrutiny on regulation of childcare centres, following several media reports of abuse. Education Secretary Murat Dizdar told the inquiry that due to the high demand for childcare access, shutting down every service reported to the regulator can cause havoc for parents. Experts told the inquiry that the sector was overrun with for-profit providers, which were incentivised to provide the bare minimum for children and staff. Georgie Dent is the CEO of The Parenthood, a leading parent advocacy organisation. She says parents are turning away from childcare centres. "There has been a real rise in this discussion around parents wanting to stay at home. Or have nannies or grandparents, subsidised and I think that what we have to look at that as is a sign of the extent to which parents do not feel they have options in the current system." The path has been cleared for a $500 million bilateral agreement between Australia and Vanuatu to be signed off after months of negotiations. Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Defence Minister Richard Marles have led the negotiations with Vanuatu's leaders, giving the go-ahead to the deal, known as the Nakamal Agreement, in a signing ceremony on the edge of an active volcano. The deal will help address infrastructure and economic development issues in the Pacific as well as resilience to climate change. Richard Marles says the pact reaffirms Australia's commitment to the development of Vanuatu. 'It makes clear that it is core business for Australia to be engaged in the human development of Vanuatu. It acknowledges that as neighbours we have a shared security environment and a commitment to each other which is embodied in this agreement and looking to the future, it acknowledges that as neighbours, and as close friends, we have a shared destiny.' Anthony Albanese and his Vanuatuan counterpart Jotham Napat are expected to ratify the agreement in September. To sport now, Tasmania's AFL club has unveiled the most detailed images to date of its $115 million high performance headquarters as it pushes towards a 2028 debut. The facility, also to be the franchise's administration hub, at Kingston south of Hobart is expected to be up and running in October 2027. AFL boss Andrew Dillon says he is confident the Devils will take to the field in 2028, despite a snap Tasmanian election that has delayed progress on a new Hobart stadium. Construction of a 23,000-seat roofed venue at Macquarie Point is a condition of the Devils entering the national competition. The stadium, supported by Tasmania's incumbent Liberal government and Labor opposition, must be voted through both houses of parliament to get the green light.
