Ukraine updates: Russian strike kills 5 in Dnipropetrovsk – DW – 06/27/2025
A Russian missile strike killed five people and wounded 23 others in Ukraine's central Dnipropetrovsk region. Meanwhile, Moscow summoned the German ambassador over the "persecution" of Russian journalists. DW has more.The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned the German ambassador Alexander Graf Lambsdorff to announce retaliatory measures against the "persecution" of Russian journalists working in Germany, Russian state news agencies reported.
The dispute began after the head of Russia's state media company in Berlin, Sergei Feoktistov, accused German police of confiscating his family's passports, prompting Moscow to threaten retaliation.
According to RIA state news agency, Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman had warned last week that Moscow was preparing countermeasures and urged German correspondents in Moscow to "get ready."
Russia has repeatedly accused Western countries of mistreating journalists and imposing restrictions on foreign media.
However, Russia itself has blocked access to dozens of Western media outlets and restricted coverage of the war in Ukraine. Deutsche Welle was banned in Russia in 2022, shortly after Moscow began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
A Russian strike in Ukraine's industrial region of Dnipropetrovsk killed five people and injured 23 as Russian forces tried to gain a foothold in the region for the first time in the war.
"Three people have been killed in an enemy attack. Fourteen people have been wounded," regional Governor Sergiy Lysak said of the attack on the town of Samar, outside the region's main city Dnipro.
He later updated the number of fatalities and spoke of five dead and 23 injured.
Russian forces attacked both Dnipro and Samar with missiles earlier this week, killing at least 23 people. Ukrainian military officials said previous Russian attacks near Samar had hit Ukrainian military training facilities.
Separately, authorities in the northern Kharkiv region reported that one person was killed and three others injured in Russian attacks.
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We are following the latest developments concerning Russia's war in Ukraine.
On Thursday, EU leaders agreed at their summit in Brussles to extend sanctions on Russia for an additional six months and called for even greater efforts to deliver more military support for Ukraine.
The leaders also underlined the need to help Kyiv's defense industry, which can manufacture weapons and ammunition more quickly and cheaply than its European counterparts.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was present for the summit via videolink. He urged the European Council to send "a clear political signal" that Brussels supports Kyiv's efforts to join the European Union and repeated his call to crack down on Russian oil revenues.
Meanwhile, Russia continues its air strikes on Ukraine and exerts further pressure on the front lines.
Stay tuned for more news and analyses.
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