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Yahoo
10 hours ago
- Yahoo
Flames and destruction after Russia strikes Odesa and Sumy
Russian forces launched a series of aerial attacks across Ukraine overnight, striking the cities of Sumy, Odesa, and Kramatorsk, leaving one child dead and at least 24 others injured.
BreakingNews.ie
10 hours ago
- Politics
- BreakingNews.ie
Child killed and 24 wounded in Russian air attacks on Ukrainian cities
Russian forces have struck three Ukrainian cities in overnight attacks, killing a child and wounding at least 24 people. The attacks came a day before a planned third round of direct peace talks between delegations from Moscow and Kyiv. Advertisement Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky's announcement late on Monday that the negotiations would take place generated little hope they would deliver any progress on ending the three-year war. That is despite the Trump administration's efforts to push forward peace efforts, which have stalled as Russian President Vladimir Putin is reluctant to budge from his demands. The previous two rounds were held in Istanbul, and Russian media reports said the Turkish city would also host the meeting this time. Emergency services personnel work to extinguish a fire following a Russian attack in Odesa (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP) The talks in May and June led to a series of exchanges of prisoners of war and the bodies of fallen soldiers but produced no other agreements. Advertisement Russia is driving hard to break through at eastern and north-eastern points on the 620-mile front line. It is also firing upwards of 700 drones a night at Ukrainian cities. From dusk on Monday evening, Russia struck the Ukrainian regions of Sumy in the north east, Odesa in the south and eastern Kramatorsk. In Kramatorsk, a glide bomb hit an apartment building, starting a fire, according to the head of the city's military administration, Oleksandr Honcharenko. A boy born in 2015 was killed, local officials said, without giving his exact age. Five other people were reported wounded. Advertisement The Sumy region came under multiple waves of attacks, the regional military administration reported. A drone hit a fuel station in the town of Putyvl, wounding four people, including a five-year-old boy. A second drone strike hit the same location less than two hours later, wounding seven more. After dark, two powerful Russian glide bombs were dropped on Sumy city, wounding 13 people, including a six-year-old boy. According to regional authorities, five apartment buildings, two private homes and a shopping mall were damaged in the attack. Acting mayor Artem Kobzar said the blasts shattered windows and destroyed balconies in residential buildings. Advertisement Also on Tuesday, Russia's Defence Ministry claimed air defences downed 35 Ukrainian long-range drones over several regions overnight, including three over the Moscow region.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Russia hammers Ukraine port in overnight attack days after Trump sanctions threat
Russia, in the face of President Trump's recent sanctions threat, attacked Ukraine with over 300 drones overnight, hammering the port city of Odesa. The attacks targeted about 10 regions in the war-torn nation late Friday, with Russia launching 344 drones, of which around 200 were Shahed drones and 45 missiles, according to Ukraine's Air Force. Ukraine intercepted about 185 drones and 23 missiles. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an online update Saturday morning that six people were injured, including a child in the strike on Odesa, a port city on the Black Sea. One person was killed in the attack. In Sumy, a city located in the northeast, 'critical' infrastructure was damaged in the overnight attack that left 'several thousand' families without electricity. 'My condolences to their family and loved ones. Missiles and drones also struck Pavlohrad, damaging a residential building and vital infrastructure,' Zelensky wrote on social platform X. 'All relevant services are now on the ground wherever needed, restoring affected areas and assisting people after the attack.' Russia has been bombarding Ukraine in recent weeks with drone attacks, firing as many as 700 in a single night. On Wednesday, the Kremlin's military launched another large-scale attack, with Ukraine able to shoot down nearly 200 drones. The latest attack comes less than a week after Trump threatened to impose 'severe' sanctions on Moscow if Russian President Vladimir Putin does not end the military offensive against Ukraine within a certain timeframe. 'We're very, very unhappy with [Russia], and we're going to be doing very severe tariffs if we don't have a deal in about 50 days,' Trump said on Monday during a meeting at the White House with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte. 'We are very unhappy — I am — with Russia.' During Rutte's visit to Washington, Trump also announced that more weapons would be supplied to Ukraine, but that the U.S. would not bear the brunt of the cost. As part of the deal, weapons would be sourced from various NATO allies in Europe. Trump, who campaigned on ending the largest land conflict in Europe since World War II, has recently taken a tougher stance against Russia, criticizing its leader after the two spoke over the phone earlier this month. Following that conversation, he signaled Putin was not prepared to end the more than three-year-long war and conceded that they had made 'no progress' on peace talks. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CTV News
3 days ago
- Politics
- CTV News
Russia pounds Ukraine with over 300 drones, killing 1 in Odesa
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, a residential building burns following a Russian air attack in Odesa, Ukraine, Saturday, July 19, 2025. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP) Russia launched a massive attack on Ukraine overnight into Saturday with hundreds of drones, killing at least one person, part of a stepped-up bombing campaign that has dashed hopes for a breakthrough in efforts to end the more than 3-year-old war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy posted on X that Russia fired over 300 drones, along with more than 30 cruise missiles. One person died in the Black Sea port city of Odesa, which was hit with more than 20 drones and a missile, Mayor Hennadii Trukhanov wrote on Telegram, while five people were rescued when a fire broke out in a residential high-rise building. According to Zelenskyy, six other people were wounded in the attack on Odesa, including a child, and critical infrastructure was damaged in Ukraine's northeastern Sumy region. The Ukrainian president also thanked international leaders 'who understand how important it is to promptly implement our agreements' aimed at boosting Ukraine's defense capabilities, including joint weapons production, drone manufacturing and the supply of air defense systems. Russia has been intensifying its long-range attacks on Ukrainian cities. It now often batters Ukraine with more drones in a single night than it did during some entire months in 2024, and analysts say the barrages are likely to escalate. On July 8, Russia unleashed more than 700 drones — a record. Russia's Defense Ministry said it shot down 71 Ukrainian drones overnight into Saturday. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that 13 drones were shot down as they approached the Russian capital. In other developments, Ukraine's foreign minister accused Russia on Saturday of deporting Ukrainian citizens into Georgia and leaving them stranded without proper identification. Andrii Sybiha said Moscow has escalated the practice of expelling Ukrainians — many of whom are former prisoners — across its southern border with Georgia, instead of returning them directly to Ukraine. 'Dozens of people, many of whom lack proper documentation, have been stuck in the transit zone,' he wrote on X. There was no immediate response from Moscow.
BBC News
3 days ago
- Politics
- BBC News
Ukraine war: Buildings burn after renewed Russian air attacks
At least three people have died following another widespread air bombardment by Russia. Two people were killed in the eastern Dnipropetrovsk region, the regional governor, Sergiy Lysak, said, while a woman died of her injuries after being rescued from a burning apartment in Odesa, according to emergency services. President Volodymyr Zelensky said 10 regions of Ukraine, including a number of cities, were hit in the overnight assault. Ukraine's military said more than 340 explosive and dummy drones and 35 cruise and ballistic missiles were used. Although it said 90% of these were shot down, suppressed electronically or lost, more than 30 got through. One of the strikes hit a residential block in the southern city of Odesa, causing a fire on its upper floors. Rescuers said five people were rescued from burning apartments - including the woman who later died. At least another six people were wounded. The eastern city of Pavlohrad was subjected to what Serhiy Lysak called a "hellish night and morning". He said there had been "explosion after explosion" caused by drone and missile strikes, adding it had been the biggest-scale attack on the city to date. Targets reportedly included industrial sites, a fire department, a clinic, a school, and a cultural wrote of "important infrastructure" being damaged there. A missile plant is based in Pavlohrad, and the city has been struck in the past by defence ministry said it struck military-industrial enterprises that produce components for missiles and drones overnight, but did not specify where. Is Ukraine's new drone scheme gamifying war?Ukrainians unimpressed by Trump's 50-day ultimatum to Putin The north-eastern city of Sumy was also attacked. Zelensky said critical infrastructure had been damaged, cutting power to several thousand families. There have also been strikes - including with guided bombs - on another town in the region, Shostka, which lies less than 50km (30 miles) from the Russian border. Officials said a "targeted hit" there had caused a fire. They did not say what had been struck. Unverified video footage posted online purportedly of the incident shows a fierce fire and billowing clouds of grey once again stressed the importance of bolstering air defences, both in terms of supplies from allies, but also producing them in Ukraine, including more interceptor drones. The Trump administration recently moved to free up weapons supplies, even if some of these - including much-needed Patriot air defences - will be paid for by other Nato allies. Russia said it shot down more than 70 Ukrainian drones overnight into Saturday, most of them over the regions of Rostov, Moscow and Bryansk. The acting governor of Rostov, Yuri Slyusar, said the attack had been massive, affecting areas close to the border with occupied parts of Ukraine. Houses, he said, were damaged by what he said had been falling debris, and several settlements suffered temporary power cuts. Slyusar said one railway worker had been injured, and rail traffic disrupted. Several supply routes into Ukraine run through the on the front lines, Russian forces continue to attack one of their key objectives - the town of Pokrovsk in the eastern region of Donetsk. Late on Friday, Ukraine's commander-in-chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, acknowledged it faced increasing pressure, but insisted its defence was "steadfast". He said Russia had been trying to get to the city with small groups of soldiers attacking for sabotage and reconnaissance purposes, claiming one such group had been destroyed. Russia has been trying to encircle the Pokrovsk for months.
