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Leader Live
7 days ago
- Politics
- Leader Live
Russia seizes Ukrainian border villages as massive bombing campaign slows
Meanwhile, a Russian bombing campaign that had escalated in recent days slowed overnight as far fewer Russian drones targeted Ukrainian towns and cities. Moscow's invasion has shown no signs of stopping despite months of intense US-led efforts to secure a ceasefire and get traction for peace talks. Since Russian and Ukrainian delegations met in Turkey earlier this month for their first direct talks in three years, a large prisoner exchange has been the only tangible outcome, but negotiations have brought no significant breakthrough. Homes in Korostyshiv, in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine, pictured on Sunday after being destroyed by a Russian strike (Evgeniy Maloletka/AP) Between Friday and Sunday, Russia launched around 900 drones at Ukraine, officials said, amid a spate of large-scale bombardments. On Sunday night, Russia launched its biggest drone attack of the three-year war against Ukraine, firing 355 drones. From Monday to Tuesday, Russia fired 60 drones at Ukraine, the Ukrainian air force said on Tuesday. Russia's ministry of defence claimed its air defences had downed 99 Ukrainian drones overnight over seven Russian regions. The weekend surge in Russia's bombardments of Ukraine drew a rebuke from US president Donald Trump, who said Mr Putin had gone 'crazy'. This comment prompted a sharp Kremlin reaction on Monday, with spokesman Dmitry Peskov criticising 'emotional reactions' to events. Mr Peskov adopted a milder tone on Tuesday, hailing US peace efforts and saying that 'the Americans and President Trump have taken a quite balanced approach'. In Sumy, Russian forces are trying to advance deeper after capturing villages, Oleh Hryhorov, head of the Sumy regional military administration, said in a statement. Russian President Vladimir Putin said he had issued an order to establish a buffer zone along the border (Alexander Kazakov/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) Ukrainian forces are endeavouring to hold the line, he said. Residents of the captured villages were evacuated earlier, and there was no immediate threat to civilians, Mr Hryhorov said. Mr Putin visited the Kursk region last week for the first time since Moscow claimed that it had driven Ukrainian forces out of the area last month. Kyiv officials have denied the claim. Ukraine seized a pocket of land in Kursk last August. The long border remains vulnerable to Ukrainian incursions, Mr Putin said. He said he told the Russian military to create a 'security buffer zone' along the border but provided no public details of where the proposed zone would be or how far it would stretch. Mr Putin said a year ago that a Russian offensive at the time aimed to create a buffer zone in Ukraine's north-eastern Kharkiv region. That could have helped protect Russia's Belgorod border region, where frequent Ukrainian attacks have embarrassed the Kremlin.
Western Telegraph
7 days ago
- Politics
- Western Telegraph
Russia seizes Ukrainian border villages as massive bombing campaign slows
Meanwhile, a Russian bombing campaign that had escalated in recent days slowed overnight as far fewer Russian drones targeted Ukrainian towns and cities. Moscow's invasion has shown no signs of stopping despite months of intense US-led efforts to secure a ceasefire and get traction for peace talks. Since Russian and Ukrainian delegations met in Turkey earlier this month for their first direct talks in three years, a large prisoner exchange has been the only tangible outcome, but negotiations have brought no significant breakthrough. Homes in Korostyshiv, in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine, pictured on Sunday after being destroyed by a Russian strike (Evgeniy Maloletka/AP) Between Friday and Sunday, Russia launched around 900 drones at Ukraine, officials said, amid a spate of large-scale bombardments. On Sunday night, Russia launched its biggest drone attack of the three-year war against Ukraine, firing 355 drones. From Monday to Tuesday, Russia fired 60 drones at Ukraine, the Ukrainian air force said on Tuesday. Russia's ministry of defence claimed its air defences had downed 99 Ukrainian drones overnight over seven Russian regions. In Sumy, Russian forces are trying to advance deeper after capturing villages, Oleh Hryhorov, head of the Sumy regional military administration, said in a statement. Ukrainian forces are endeavouring to hold the line, he said. Residents of the captured villages were evacuated earlier, and there was no immediate threat to civilians, Mr Hryhorov said. Russian President Vladimir Putin said he had issued an order to establish a buffer zone along the border (Alexander Kazakov/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) Mr Putin visited the Kursk region last week for the first time since Moscow claimed that it had driven Ukrainian forces out of the area last month. Kyiv officials have denied the claim. Ukraine seized a pocket of land in Kursk last August. The long border remains vulnerable to Ukrainian incursions, Mr Putin said. He said he told the Russian military to create a 'security buffer zone' along the border but provided no public details of where the proposed zone would be or how far it would stretch. Mr Putin said a year ago that a Russian offensive at the time aimed to create a buffer zone in Ukraine's north-eastern Kharkiv region. That could have helped protect Russia's Belgorod border region, where frequent Ukrainian attacks have embarrassed the Kremlin.
Glasgow Times
27-05-2025
- Politics
- Glasgow Times
Russia seizes Ukrainian border villages as massive bombing campaign slows
Meanwhile, a Russian bombing campaign that had escalated in recent days slowed overnight as far fewer Russian drones targeted Ukrainian towns and cities. Moscow's invasion has shown no signs of stopping despite months of intense US-led efforts to secure a ceasefire and get traction for peace talks. Since Russian and Ukrainian delegations met in Turkey earlier this month for their first direct talks in three years, a large prisoner exchange has been the only tangible outcome, but negotiations have brought no significant breakthrough. Homes in Korostyshiv, in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine, pictured on Sunday after being destroyed by a Russian strike (Evgeniy Maloletka/AP) Between Friday and Sunday, Russia launched around 900 drones at Ukraine, officials said, amid a spate of large-scale bombardments. On Sunday night, Russia launched its biggest drone attack of the three-year war against Ukraine, firing 355 drones. From Monday to Tuesday, Russia fired 60 drones at Ukraine, the Ukrainian air force said on Tuesday. Russia's ministry of defence claimed its air defences had downed 99 Ukrainian drones overnight over seven Russian regions. In Sumy, Russian forces are trying to advance deeper after capturing villages, Oleh Hryhorov, head of the Sumy regional military administration, said in a statement. Ukrainian forces are endeavouring to hold the line, he said. Residents of the captured villages were evacuated earlier, and there was no immediate threat to civilians, Mr Hryhorov said. Russian President Vladimir Putin said he had issued an order to establish a buffer zone along the border (Alexander Kazakov/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) Mr Putin visited the Kursk region last week for the first time since Moscow claimed that it had driven Ukrainian forces out of the area last month. Kyiv officials have denied the claim. Ukraine seized a pocket of land in Kursk last August. The long border remains vulnerable to Ukrainian incursions, Mr Putin said. He said he told the Russian military to create a 'security buffer zone' along the border but provided no public details of where the proposed zone would be or how far it would stretch. Mr Putin said a year ago that a Russian offensive at the time aimed to create a buffer zone in Ukraine's north-eastern Kharkiv region. That could have helped protect Russia's Belgorod border region, where frequent Ukrainian attacks have embarrassed the Kremlin.
Winnipeg Free Press
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Winnipeg Free Press
Ukrainian drones keep targeting Moscow as foreign leaders arrive for Red Square parade
Attacks by Ukrainian long-range drones caused flight disruption at Moscow's main airports for a third straight day on Wednesday, authorities said, as Russia prepared to receive the Chinese president and other foreign leaders for the annual Victory Day military parade in Red Square. Russian flag carrier Aeroflot canceled more than 100 flights to and from Moscow. More than 140 flights were delayed as Russian planes were repeatedly grounded, flight data showed, because of what officials described as the Ukrainian drone threat and amid heightened security measures around the Victory Day events. Russian air defenses repelled an attack by nine drones close to the Russian capital, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said. Though Ukrainian drones have targeted Moscow in the past, the sustained attacks appeared designed to disrupt preparations for the 80th anniversary celebrations marking victory over Nazi Germany in World War II — Russia's biggest secular holiday of the year. A municipal worker clear the rubble from a balcony of a residential building damaged after a Russian strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) The repeated assaults could unnerve Russians, who have been told by President Vladimir Putin that the more than three-year war with Ukraine is going well, as well as potentially embarrass him in front of his illustrious guests. Security is expected to be tight at Friday's centerpiece parade. Foreign dignitaries, including Chinese President Xi Jinping and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, were due to arrive on Wednesday. Russia plans a unilateral 72-hour ceasefire to coincide with the celebrations in Moscow. In March, the United States proposed a 30-day truce in the war, which Ukraine accepted, but the Kremlin has held out for ceasefire terms more to its liking. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said last weekend that his country cannot provide security assurances to foreign officials planning to visit the Moscow events. Russia could stage provocations and later attempt to blame Ukraine, he said. 'Our position is very simple: we cannot take responsibility for what happens on the territory of the Russian Federation,' he said. 'They are the ones providing your security, and we will not be offering any guarantees.' Zelenskyy said that he had instructed Ukraine's Foreign Ministry to advise foreign delegations against visiting Russia during this period. Baltic countries Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, which border Russia and its Kaliningrad exclave, plan to close their airspace to the planes carrying Serbia's and Slovakia's leaders to Moscow later this week for the celebrations out of safety concerns, officials there said. 'Who could deny that in such a quite active cyber background … that somebody will not use this as a possible provocation to create problems and risks for the flight of these people through the Republic of Lithuania,' Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said Wednesday. Flight restrictions across Russia because of Ukrainian drone threats, including temporary closures at airports in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sochi and elsewhere, affected at least 350 flights and at least 60,000 passengers, the Russian Tour Operators Association said. Russian public holidays in early May, including the days around Victory Day, is a popular time for many Russians to go on vacation and travel abroad. Xi's visit to Russia will be his third since the Kremlin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022. Xi last visited in Moscow in March 2023 on a trip that offered an important political boost to Putin just days after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for the Russian leader on charges of alleged involvement in abductions of thousands of children from Ukraine. The Kremlin announced Tuesday that Putin will travel to China at the end of August and beginning of September. Since Russia's all-out invasion of its neighbor, Moscow has drawn closer to China as Western countries have sought to isolate Putin diplomatically. Russia has become increasingly dependent economically on China because of Western sanctions. Meanwhile, Russia launched a ballistic missile and a barrage of drones at Ukraine's capital before dawn on Wednesday, killing at least two people in apartment buildings, Ukrainian officials said. Eight people were also wounded in the attack, including four children, the Kyiv City Military Administration said in a post on Telegram. Russian army soldiers march to attend a dress rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky) Russian planes also dropped two glide bombs on a village in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, killing two women, regional Gov. Vadym Filashkin said. Russia launched a total of four ballistic missiles and 142 drones at Ukraine overnight, Zelenskyy said. At least one of the ballistic missiles and 28 drones were recorded in Kyiv's airspace, authorities said. Air defense forces shot down the missile and 11 drones. A five-story residential building in the Shevchenkivskyi district in the center of the capital was hit by drone debris, sparking a fire in several apartments where the victims were found, he said. Four people, including three children, were hospitalized, while others received treatment on site. In the Sviatoshynskyi district, a fire broke out across multiple upper-floor apartments of a nine-story building after an impact of drone debris, according to the Kyiv City Military Administration. Five people were rescued from the blaze. ___ Winnipeg Free Press | Newsletter Winnipeg Jets Game Days On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop. Sign up for The Warm-Up Illia Novikov in Kyiv, Ukraine, and Liudas Dapkus in Vilnius, Lithuania, contributed to this report. ___ Follow AP's coverage of the war in Ukraine at ___ A previous version of this story was corrected to change 'Beijing' to 'Putin' being isolated diplomatically by the West.
Irish Examiner
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Irish Examiner
Russian missile-and-drones attack kills two people in Ukraine's capital
Russia launched a pre-dawn ballistic missile and a barrage of drones at Ukraine's capital on Wednesday, killing at least two people in apartment buildings, Ukrainian officials have said. Eight people were also wounded in the attack, including four children, the Kyiv City Military Administration said in a post on Telegram. The attack came before Russia's planned unilateral 72-hour ceasefire in the more-than-three-year war to coincide with celebrations in Moscow marking Victory Day in the Second World War. The US has proposed a 30-day ceasefire, which Ukraine has accepted, but the Kremlin has held out for ceasefire terms more to its liking. At least one ballistic missile was recorded in Kyiv's airspace, authorities said (Evgeniy Maloletka/AP) The Kremlin said that the truce, ordered on 'humanitarian grounds', would start on Thursday and last through to Saturday to mark the Soviet Union's defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945. Russian president Vladimir Putin is expecting foreign dignitaries, including Chinese president Xi Jinping, to watch a military parade in Red Square during the 80th anniversary celebrations. Any Ukrainian attack, such as Tuesday's drone barrage that forced all four international airports around Moscow to temporarily suspend flights, would be embarrassing for the Russian leader. The Kremlin announced on Tuesday that Mr Putin would travel to China at the end of August and beginning of September. Since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24 2022, Moscow has drawn closer to China as western countries sought to isolate Mr Putin diplomatically. 28 The number of Russian drones recorded in Kyiv's airspace Russia has become increasingly dependent economically on China because of western sanctions. At least one ballistic missile and 28 Russian drones were recorded in Kyiv's airspace, authorities said. Air defence forces shot down the missile and 11 drones. A five-storey residential building in the Shevchenkivskyi district in the centre of the capital was hit by drone debris, sparking a fire in several apartments where the victims were found, he said. Four people, including three children, were admitted to hospital, while others received treatment on site. In the Sviatoshynskyi district, fire broke out across multiple upper-floor apartments of a nine-storey building after drone debris impact, according to the Kyiv City Military Administration. Five people were rescued from the blaze, which spanned 100 square metres. In Dniprovskyi district, the upper floors of a high-rise building were partially destroyed by a drone strike, but no injuries were reported. In Solomianskyi, a ballistic missile was intercepted by air defence, with the warhead falling and damaging non-residential infrastructure. One person was wounded in that strike. Air defence forces shot down the missile and 11 drones (Evgeniy Maloletka/AP) There was no immediate comment from Moscow on the attack. Russian officials reported shooting down dozens of Ukrainian drones overnight, with local governor Alexander Bogomaz writing on social media that more than 140 airborne targets had been destroyed over Russia's Bryansk region. Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that local air defences had repelled an attack by nine drones close to the Russian capital. Drone attacks were also reported over the Tula region, where officials reported five drone attacks, and the Yaroslavl region, where local leader governor Mikhail Evraev said three drones had been destroyed. In the city of Saransk, 390 miles (630km) east of Moscow, officials announced on Wednesday that nurseries, schools, colleges and universities would close temporarily. The message came shortly after local governor Artem Zdunov warned residents about a potential drone threat over the city. Local officials also posted warnings on social media against sharing photos and videos that showed the fallout from drone strikes.
