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Ukraine's drone attack hit fewer Russian warplanes than claimed, US says
Ukraine's weekend drone attack on Russian air bases hit up to 20 warplanes and destroyed around 10, according to US officials. While this is lower than Ukrainian President Zelenskyy's estimate, Washington still called the strike "highly significant."Zelenskyy had told reporters earlier on Wednesday that 41 Russian aircraft had been hit and that more than half were likely beyond repair. The US assessment cuts that number roughly in half but doesn't downplay the operation's impact, according to officials who spoke to was a major strike,' one official said, adding that the attack could harden Moscow's stance in US-brokered negotiations to end the war, now entering its fourth year. Ukraine said it launched 117 drones from containers positioned near four Russian air bases in a complex operation dubbed "Spider's Web." The Ukrainian military released dramatic footage showing drones striking Russian strategic bombers and even landing on the dome antennas of two A-50 military surveillance aircraft — rare and high-value assets in Russia's Vladimir Putin, in a call with US President Donald Trump on Wednesday, warned that Russia 'would have to respond' to the attack, according to a Trump post on social media."It was a good conversation," Trump said, "but not a conversation that will lead to immediate peace."The incident has triggered new tensions between nuclear powers. Russia urged the US and UK to rein in Kyiv following the assault, highlighting the precarious balance between military support and strategic escalation. Together, the US and Russia hold about 88 per cent of the world's nuclear United States says it was not given any notice by Kyiv ahead of the attack. The war in Ukraine is intensifying despite nearly four months of efforts by Trump, who says he wants peace after the deadliest conflict in Europe since World War domestic security agency, the SBU, said the damage to Russia caused by the operation amounted to USD 7 billion, and 34 per cent of the strategic cruise missile carriers at Russia's main airfields were Defence Ministry has acknowledged that Ukraine targeted airfields in the Murmansk, Irkutsk, Ivanovo, Ryazan and Amur regions and were repelled in the last three locations. It has also said several aircraft caught fire in the Murmansk and Irkutsk regions.(With inputs from Reuters)Tune InMust Watch
India Today
28-04-2025
- Politics
- India Today
Spain declares state of emergency after nationwide power blackout
Spain's Interior Ministry on Monday announced a state of emergency in response to a nationwide power outage that affected most of the Iberian ministry clarified that the emergency status would be implemented only in regions that formally request far, Madrid, Andalusia, and Extremadura have sought assistance from the central government, asking it to assume control over public order and additional administrative functions, reports Earlier, Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Snchez told reporters that the cause of the power outage remains unknown. "We do not yet have conclusive information on the reasons for this (power) cut, so I ask the people, as we have done in past crises, to inform themselves through official channels," Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said in a national address. "For the time being, there's no evidence of any civil protection problems. I repeat, there are no problems of insecurity."He said Spain's national security council would meet again on Monday evening to take stock of the power outages are rare in Europe. In 2003, a fault in a hydroelectric power line between Italy and Switzerland triggered a major blackout that affected the entire Italian peninsula for approximately 12 hours. Similarly, in 2006, an overloaded power grid in Germany caused disruptions that extended beyond the country, impacting parts of France, Italy, Spain, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, and even reaching Read: Russia made 'pretty big concession' by not taking all of Ukraine: TrumpMust Watch
