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Russia Today
21-07-2025
- Politics
- Russia Today
Kiev hit by missiles and drones in reported retaliatory strike (VIDEOS)
Ukrainian officials have claimed that Moscow launched multiple waves of missile and drone strikes on Kiev overnight. The Russian Ministry of Defense has yet to comment. The first strikes were reported shortly after midnight, with Mayor Vitaly Klitschko urging residents to seek shelter as the capital's air defenses engaged incoming targets. More explosions were heard between 2:00am and 3:00am, with the head of the city's military administration, Timur Tkachenko, confirming that 'a fire broke out on the roof of a non-residential building.' Ukrainian officials claimed at least one person was killed and another hospitalized as of 5:00 am, after falling debris from intercepted missiles and drones triggered fires at a residential building and near the entrance to the Lukyanovskaya metro station. 🇷🇺⚡️🇺🇦 Footage showing two Russian Geran-2 drones striking the exact same target in Kyiv only seconds apart from each other. Multiple blurred videos shared on Ukrainian social media appear to show the aftermath of the strikes, though the exact locations and types of facilities hit remain difficult to verify due to strict censorship by Ukrainian authorities. 🇷🇺⚡️🇺🇦 Footage showing two Russian Geran-2 drones striking the exact same target in Kyiv only seconds apart from each other. Ukrainian media and officials did not specify the targets, vaguely describing them as a supermarket, a warehouse, and an uninhabited cottage complex. The Russian Defense Ministry has not yet issued a statement on the incident. Moscow routinely carries out drone and missile strikes on Ukrainian military infrastructure, insisting that its operations do not target civilians and accusing Kiev of placing air defense systems in densely populated areas. Kiev has significantly increased long-range UAV raids targeting Moscow over the past week, with the Russian Defense Ministry reporting multiple waves of drone interceptions each day. In response, the Russian military carried out a series of strikes on Saturday targeting Ukrainian defense industry facilities involved in drone and missile production. Russia and Ukraine held two rounds of direct peace talks in Istanbul in recent months, but negotiations stalled in June after Kiev dismissed Moscow's proposals. Ukrainian officials later declared the process 'exhausted,' saying they had participated primarily to avoid appearing dismissive of US President Donald Trump's diplomatic initiative. After Moscow accused Kiev of stalling and urged Trump to apply pressure, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said on Saturday that the 'pace of negotiations must be increased,' and offered to hold a new round of talks in Istanbul – just hours before launching another overnight drone raid on the Russian capital.
Yahoo
13-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Russian strikes kill 7 and injure 17 across Ukraine, officials say
LONDON and KYIV -- Russian forces killed at least seven people and injured 17 more across Ukraine since Saturday, Ukrainian officials said Sunday morning. Over the past seven days, Russia targeted Ukraine with more than 1,800 drones, over 1,200 guided aerial bombs, and 83 missiles of various types, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy wrote in a post on his official Telegram channel. "Russia is intensifying its terror against cities and communities in an attempt to increasingly intimidate our people," he added. MORE: Russia kills 2 in Kyiv with 10-hour drone, missile bombardment, Zelenskyy says According to local reports, the frontline has been quite stable for the last weeks, as Russian forces are advancing very slowly. The Russian Ministry of Defense said the country's army has taken control of the settlements of Nikolaevka and Karl Marx in the Donetsk People's Republic, as the area is known by Moscow-backed separatists. MORE: US military, NATO officials discuss possible weapons sales to aid Ukraine One civilian was killed and six others were injured in the Belgorod region of Russia as a result of attacks by Ukrainian Armed Forces drones, Russia said. Over 90 drones were shot down and destroyed in a single day, according to the regional governor.
The Independent
01-07-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
Russia launches huge strikes on Ukraine's fuel supply facilities
Russia launched a major attack on Ukraine 's fuel supply facilities on Monday (30 June). Footage released by the Russian Ministry of Defense shows missiles being fired by Russia hitting numerous targets and drones across Ukraine. The ministry said that Moscow troops attacked Ukrainian Navy's fuel supply facilities, production, assembly and storage sites for attack drones, as well as ammunition depots. It also said that Russia managed to intercept 144 Ukrainian drones. The attack came on the same day that Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that Russian troops were amassing in the Pokrovsk region, with 110,000 being sent to the area to try and take over the strategic eastern Ukrainian city.
CNN
09-06-2025
- Politics
- CNN
Soldiers return home after years in captivity as Ukraine-Russia prisoner swap begins
A new prisoner swap between Ukraine and Russia has begun, officials in both countries said Monday, with Ukrainian soldiers who have spent nearly the entire duration of the war in captivity among those returning home. The exchange, agreed last week during talks in Turkey, involves detained people under the age of 25, as well as those who are seriously wounded, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed on Telegram. It follows a dispute at the weekend during which Moscow accused Ukraine of holding up the exchange — a claim that Kyiv denied. 'Our people are home,' Zelensky wrote. 'Ukrainians are returning home from Russian captivity. The exchange began today and will continue in several stages over the next few days.' Among those being released are Ukrainian soldiers who defended the city of Mariupol, which suffered a brutal Russian assault in the first few weeks of the war, the Ukraine Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War said. The vast majority of those being released have been in captivity since 2022, according to Dmytro Lubinets, Ukraine's parliamentary commissioner for human rights. Russia's Ministry of Defense also confirmed that the exchange is underway. 'The Russian servicemen are currently in the Republic of Belarus, where they are receiving the necessary psychological and medical assistance,' the ministry said. Vladimir Medinsky, the head of Russia's delegation for peace talks with Ukraine, said last week that the exchange would be the largest since the start of the three-year war. He said Russia would transfer the bodies of more than 6,000 killed Ukrainian troops, plus an unspecified number of wounded servicemen. Monday's news comes after a weekend of accusations being hurled between both Moscow and Kyiv in relation to the exchange. Russia accused Ukraine of unexpectedly postponing the transfer of dead Ukrainian soldiers' bodies, leaving hundreds of body bags inside refrigerated trucks waiting at an exchange point it said Kyiv had agreed to. Ukrainian officials rejected Russia's account of events, saying that the two sides had agreed to exchange seriously wounded and young troops on Saturday, but a date had not yet been set for the repatriation of soldiers' remains. The prisoner swap was a result of a second set of direct peace negotiations that took place last Monday in Istanbul. Though the exchange was agreed upon, there were no major breakthroughs, with talks lasting a little over an hour. As the prisoner exchange will last multiple days, and is 'quite complex,' negotiations between Russia and Ukraine will 'continue virtually every day,' Zelensky said Monday. 'We count on the full implementation of the humanitarian agreements reached during the meeting in Istanbul. We are doing everything possible to bring back every single person. We are working toward this at every level,' he added.
CNN
09-06-2025
- Politics
- CNN
Soldiers return home after years in captivity as Ukraine-Russia prisoner swap begins
A new prisoner swap between Ukraine and Russia has begun, officials in both countries said Monday, with Ukrainian soldiers who have spent nearly the entire duration of the war in captivity among those returning home. The exchange, agreed last week during talks in Turkey, involves detained people under the age of 25, as well as those who are seriously wounded, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed on Telegram. It follows a dispute at the weekend during which Moscow accused Ukraine of holding up the exchange — a claim that Kyiv denied. 'Our people are home,' Zelensky wrote. 'Ukrainians are returning home from Russian captivity. The exchange began today and will continue in several stages over the next few days.' Among those being released are Ukrainian soldiers who defended the city of Mariupol, which suffered a brutal Russian assault in the first few weeks of the war, the Ukraine Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War said. The vast majority of those being released have been in captivity since 2022, according to Dmytro Lubinets, Ukraine's parliamentary commissioner for human rights. Russia's Ministry of Defense also confirmed that the exchange is underway. 'The Russian servicemen are currently in the Republic of Belarus, where they are receiving the necessary psychological and medical assistance,' the ministry said. Vladimir Medinsky, the head of Russia's delegation for peace talks with Ukraine, said last week that the exchange would be the largest since the start of the three-year war. He said Russia would transfer the bodies of more than 6,000 killed Ukrainian troops, plus an unspecified number of wounded servicemen. Monday's news comes after a weekend of accusations being hurled between both Moscow and Kyiv in relation to the exchange. Russia accused Ukraine of unexpectedly postponing the transfer of dead Ukrainian soldiers' bodies, leaving hundreds of body bags inside refrigerated trucks waiting at an exchange point it said Kyiv had agreed to. Ukrainian officials rejected Russia's account of events, saying that the two sides had agreed to exchange seriously wounded and young troops on Saturday, but a date had not yet been set for the repatriation of soldiers' remains. The prisoner swap was a result of a second set of direct peace negotiations that took place last Monday in Istanbul. Though the exchange was agreed upon, there were no major breakthroughs, with talks lasting a little over an hour. As the prisoner exchange will last multiple days, and is 'quite complex,' negotiations between Russia and Ukraine will 'continue virtually every day,' Zelensky said Monday. 'We count on the full implementation of the humanitarian agreements reached during the meeting in Istanbul. We are doing everything possible to bring back every single person. We are working toward this at every level,' he added.
