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CTV News
14 hours ago
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- CTV News
Zelenskyy says Ukraine will send a delegation to Istanbul for talks with Russia on Monday
A Ukrainian army sniper changes his position facing Russian troops near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos) KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine will send a delegation to Istanbul for a new round of direct peace talks with Russia on Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. In a statement on Telegram, Zelenskyy said Sunday that Defense Minister Rustem Umerov will lead the Ukrainian delegation. 'We are doing everything to protect our independence, our state and our people,' Zelenskyy said. Ukrainian officials had previously called on the Kremlin to provide a promised memorandum setting out its position on ending the more than three-year war before the meeting takes place. Moscow had said it would share its memorandum during the talks. Russian strike hit an army unit Earlier Sunday, Ukraine's army said at least 12 Ukrainian service members were killed and more than 60 were injured in a Russian missile strike on an army training unit. The strike occurred at 12:50 p.m. (0950 GMT), the statement said, emphasizing that no formations or mass gatherings of personnel were being held at the time. An investigative commission was created to uncover the circumstances around the attack that led to such a loss in personnel, the statement said. The training unit is located to the rear of the 1,000-kilometre (620-mile) active front line, where Russian reconnaissance and strike drones are able to strike. Ukraine's forces suffer from manpower shortages and take extra precautions to avoid mass gatherings as the skies across the front line are saturated with Russian drones looking for targets. 'If it is established that the actions or inaction of officials led to the death or injury of servicemen, those responsible will be held strictly accountable,' the Ukrainian Ground Forces' statement said. Meanwhile, Ukrainian drone strikes were reported deep in Russian territory Sunday, including in the Siberian region of Irkutsk, more than 4,500 kilometres (2,800 miles) east of Moscow. It is the first time that a Ukrainian drone has been seen in the region, local Gov. Igor Kobzeva said, stressing that it did not present a threat to civilians. Other drone strikes were also reported in Russia's Ryazan region and the Arctic Murmansk region. No casualties were reported. Northern pressure Russia's Ministry of Defense said Sunday that it had taken control of the village of Oleksiivka in Ukraine's northern Sumy region. Ukrainian authorities in Sumy ordered mandatory evacuations in 11 more settlements Saturday as Russian forces make steady gains in the area. Speaking Saturday, Ukraine's top army chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, said that Russian forces were focusing their main offensive efforts on Pokrovsk, Toretsk and Lyman in the Donetsk region, as well as the Sumy border area. Samya Kullab, The Associated Press
Yahoo
19 hours ago
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- Yahoo
Ukrainian partisans disrupt Russian logistics in occupied Donetsk Oblast
The Ukrainian ATESH partisan movement stated they had disrupted a Russian logistics route by disabling a relay cabinet on the newly built Volnovakha–Mariupol railway in occupied Donetsk Oblast. Source: ATESH on Telegram Details: ATESH stated that this railway section is a critical part of the Taganrog–Mariupol line, constructed by Russian forces to transport fuel, equipment and ammunition to the front, bypassing Crimea. The line enables faster and less risky deliveries from Rostov-on-Don (Russia) for the Russian occupying forces, according to the group. Quote from Atesh: "Damage to infrastructure in this area will disorganise supplies and increase the vulnerability of the occupying forces." Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
Washington Post
19 hours ago
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- Washington Post
Thousands of Ukraine's children vanished into Russia. This one made it back.
UZHHOROD, Ukraine — The boy from Mariupol still wasn't ready to walk to the bus stop alone, so just before 8 a.m., he and his grandmother set off for school together. He reached for her hand, zipping her fingers in his own, and stole a sip of her coffee. Illia Matviienko was almost 13 but still got lost easily. Three years had passed since his mother bled out in his arms after a Russian shelling, since a neighbor chipped her grave in the frozen winter of their yard, since soldiers found him alone and took him deeper into the occupied Donetsk territory, where he was put up for adoption.
Yahoo
20 hours ago
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Russians kill 2 civilians and injure 15 in Donetsk and Kherson oblasts
Russian attacks killed one civilian in Kherson Oblast and one civilian in Donetsk Oblast on 31 May. Source: Kherson Oblast Military Administration; Donetsk Oblast Military Administration Details: Eight more civilians sustained injuries in Kherson Oblast. Russian forces attacked critical and social infrastructure, as well as residential areas of settlements across the oblast. Five apartment buildings and seven houses were damaged. The Russians also damaged a gas pipeline, outbuildings and a car. In Donetsk Oblast, one civilian was killed in the town of Rodynske. Seven people were injured in the oblast during the day: two in Sloviansk, two in Novodonetske and one each in Rodynske, Pokrovsk and Mykolaipillia. Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
Yahoo
a day ago
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Pro-Ukraine partisans sabotage railway in Russia-occupied Donetsk Oblast, group claims
The Atesh partisan group sabotaged a railway in occupied Donetsk Oblast, disrupting Russian logistics, the group claimed in a Telegram post on June 1. Operatives with the group destroyed a relay box on the new Volnovakha-Mariupol railway, which was recently built by occupying Russian forces. As a result, the railway signalling and traffic control system was disrupted, Atesh said. The impacted railway has been reportedly used by Russian forces to deliver fuel, equipment, and ammunition directly to the frontline. The Volnovakha-Mariupol railway connects occupied Donetsk oblast to Taganrog, a city in southwestern Russia, allowing Moscow's military forces to bypass Crimea and transfer cargo faster and with fewer risks, according to Atesh. Atesh further claimed that damaging infrastructure in this direction is key to disrupting supply lines and increasing the vulnerability of occupying Russian forces. "We continue to hit the enemy's critical points. Each hit reduces their combat effectiveness," Atesh wrote. The Kyiv Independent could not verify these claims. The Atesh movement regularly commits sabotage attacks on Russian territory and in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine. Partisans reported a similar railroad in Russia's Smolensk Oblast in May. Read also: Ukraine attacks elite Russian unit base nearly 7,000km away in Vladivostok, source claims We've been working hard to bring you independent, locally-sourced news from Ukraine. Consider supporting the Kyiv Independent.
