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Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Defence plants under large-scale UAV attack in Russia – photo, video
Explosions rang out in various oblasts of Russia on the night of 25-26 May. Local residents reported attacks on a drone factory in Tatarstan and a chemical plant in Ivanovo Oblast. Explosions were also heard in Tula Oblast, where a defence plant is located; as usual, the authorities reported that the attack had had no adverse effects, while the Russian Ministry of Defence claimed that air defence had shot down almost a hundred UAVs. Source: Russian Telegram channels Astra, Baza and Shot; Russian regional authorities and the Russian Ministry of Defence on Telegram Details: Residents of Tula reported hearing explosions. Tula is home to NPO Splav, one of Russia's leading developers and manufacturers of multiple-launch rocket systems, which has already been attacked twice in May. There were also reports of explosions in Kineshma in Russia's Ivanovo Oblast. Local residents reported that drones had attacked the Dmitrievsky Chemical Plant. Smoke after the explosion in Kineshma. Photo: Astra Telegram Channel The Ivanovo Oblast Operational Headquarters reported "the fall of UAV debris in the industrial zone" and "damage to an outbuilding for storing packaging". Kineshma is located more than a thousand kilometres from the Ukrainian border. It was also reported that drones were being shot down over Yelabuga (Tatarstan), a city that is home to a plant for assembling Shahed UAVs. It has been attacked before. Yelabuga is located 1,500 kilometres from the border with Ukraine. The Russian Federal Air Transport Agency Rosaviatsiya reported that temporary restrictions on aircraft flights had been imposed at Kaluga and Nizhnekamsk airports and at Moscow's Domodedovo and Zhukovsky airports. The Russian Ministry of Defence announced that it had allegedly downed "96 Ukrainian UAVs" over 12 oblasts of Russia. In particular, 31 drones were allegedly shot down over Bryansk Oblast, 16 over Belgorod Oblast, 11 over Kursk Oblast, nine over Tula Oblast, eight over Oryol Oblast, six over Moscow Oblast, five over Kaluga Oblast, four over Ivanovo Oblast, two over Ryazan and Vladimir oblasts, and one over Yaroslavl Oblast and the Republic of Tatarstan. As per usual, the Russian Ministry of Defence has not disclosed anything about the total number of drones involved in the attack, and nothing about the consequences of the strikes or the downing of UAVs. Background: On 25 May, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported an attack by several drones flying towards the city, and three airports in the Russian capital and the Moscow region temporarily shut down. Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
Time of India
25-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
‘Most massive strike': Russia unleashes largest air onslaught on Ukraine killing at least 12
Representative image (Picture credit: AP) Russia unleashed its largest aerial attack since the war began, striking more than 30 cities and villages across Ukraine overnight into Sunday. At least 12 people were killed and dozens injured as 367 missiles and drones rained down in a second straight night of intense bombardment, reported the news agency AP . Ukraine's Air Force spokesperson Yuriy Ihnat confirmed that Russia deployed 69 missiles and 298 drones, including Iranian-made Shahed UAVs. 'It was the most massive strike in terms of the number of air attack weapons on the territory of Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale invasion in 2022,' he was quoted as saying by AP. The airstrikes coincided with Kyiv Day, a national holiday, turning what is usually a celebratory occasion into one of mourning. Four people died and 16 were injured in Kyiv alone, with residential buildings and a dormitory damaged by drone debris. 'A difficult Sunday morning in Ukraine after a sleepless night,' said Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha on X. In the Zhytomyr region, three children aged 8, 12, and 17 were among the dead, while four people were killed in Khmelnytskyi and one in Mykolaiv, emergency officials said. Fires broke out in multiple districts, and in the village of Markhalivka, several homes were levelled. 'The street looks like Bakhmut, like Mariupol,' said 76-year-old resident Liubov Fedorenko to AP. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of 'deliberate strikes on ordinary cities' and called for tougher sanctions. 'Without truly strong pressure on the Russian leadership, this brutality cannot be stopped,' he wrote on X. The strikes came just hours before Russia and Ukraine conducted a third major prisoner exchange, one of the few signs of cooperation in otherwise stalled efforts to reach a ceasefire. According to Russia's defence ministry, each side brought home 303 more soldiers on Sunday. That followed the release of 307 soldiers and civilians on Saturday, and 390 on Friday—making it the largest such swap in more than three years of war. 'This is the best day,' said Olena, who was reunited with her husband Yuriy after six months of Russian captivity, in a video shared by Ukraine's defence ministry. Despite these swaps, fighting has not eased. Battles continue across the 1,000-km front line. Ukraine said it intercepted 266 drones and 45 missiles, but at least 22 locations were still hit, reported the BBC. Meanwhile, Russia claimed it had intercepted over 100 Ukrainian drones overnight, including several near Moscow. Drone debris damaged buildings in Russia's Tula region, though no casualties were reported, according to Reuters. Diplomatic hopes remain faint. While the Istanbul meeting led to the prisoner exchange, Russia has not accepted ceasefire proposals. Zelenskyy warned, 'Russia is dragging out this war… The world may go on for a weekend, but the war continues.'
Arab News
24-05-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
Ukraine says downed 6 missiles, 245 drones overnight
KYIV: Ukraine's air force said Saturday that it had downed six ballistic missiles and 245 drones from a massive Russian barrage overnight that was mainly targeted at the capital Kyiv. 'Air defense shot down 6 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles (Kyiv) and neutralized 245 enemy Shahed-type UAVs,' the air force said in a statement.
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Ukrainian air defences down 63 out of 76 drones launched by Russia overnight
Russian forces attacked Ukraine with 76 loitering munitions on the night of 20-21 May (from 00:30 on 21 May). Ukrainian air defence units have destroyed 22 of them, while a further 41 have disappeared from radar. Source: Ukrainian Air Force Command on Facebook Details: The Russians attacked Ukraine with 76 Shahed-type loitering munitions and decoy drones of various types from Kursk, Oryol and Bryansk oblasts of Russia. As of 09:00, Ukrainian air defence units have downed 63 Russian Shahed UAVs and other types of drones over Ukraine's eastern, northern and central oblasts. A total of 22 drones are reported to have been shot down by air defence fire, while 41 have disappeared from radar or been suppressed by electronic warfare (causing no adverse effects). Meanwhile, Kharkiv and Sumy oblasts have been affected by the Russian attack. The aerial attack has been repelled by aircraft, anti-aircraft missile units, electronic warfare systems and mobile fire teams from the Ukrainian defence forces. Background: Earlier reports indicated that the Russians had carried out a missile strike on Sumy Oblast. Six Ukrainian servicemen were killed and over ten injured in a Russian missile strike on a firing range in Sumy Oblast on 20 May. Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
Yahoo
08-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Russian Iskander missile destroys defunct recreation centre in Kharkiv Oblast
Russian forces attacked the village of Vysokyi in Kharkiv Oblast late on the evening of 7 April. An Iskander ballistic missile has struck a building on the territory belonging to a defunct recreation centre, injuring three people. Source: Oleh Syniehubov, Head of Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram Quote: "23:18, Kharkiv district, Vysokyi hromada, village of Vysokyi. An Iskander-M ballistic missile strike targeted the grounds of a defunct recreation centre." Details: Syniehubov added that the missile hit the centre's four-storey building. Three people suffered acute stress reactions. Destroyed building Photo: Syniehubov on Telegram He also shared photos from the scene, showing the destroyed building. At least one car was also damaged. Damaged car Photo: Syniehubov on Telegram Background: Ukraine's Air Force reported that the Russians had attacked Ukraine with an Iskander-M ballistic missile, 46 Shahed UAVs and decoy drones of various types since the evening of 7 April. Forty drones did not reach their targets. Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
