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India Today
18-05-2025
- Politics
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Russia launches war's biggest drone attack after Ukraine peace talks; 1 killed
The largest known Russian drone attack since full-scale war began in 2022 killed a woman in the Kyiv region and injured at least three people, Ukrainian authorities said early on Sunday, as Moscow stepped up strikes following peace talks on launched 273 drones by 8 a.m. local time (0500 GMT), targeting chiefly the central Kyiv region and the Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk regions in the country's east, Ukraine's air force on data provided by the air force, this was Russia's largest drone attack on Ukraine of the war. On the eve of the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 23, Moscow launched a then-record 267 first direct talks in three years between Russia and Ukraine on Friday failed to broker the temporary ceasefire Kyiv and its allies have been urging. The 100 minutes of talks in Istanbul yielded an agreement to trade 1,000 prisoners of war on each President Donald Trump said he would speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on sustained overnight Russian drone attack on Sunday killed a 28-year-old woman in the capital region and injured at least three people, including a 4-year-old child, Ukrainian authorities as a result of the enemy attack in the Obukhiv district, a woman died from her injuries," Mykola Kalashnik, governor of the Kyiv region, posted on and the region around it as well as the eastern part of Ukraine were under raid warnings for nine straight hours overnight before they were called off at around 9 a.m. local time (0600 GMT). Air defence units were engaged several times trying to repel attacks, the military said on Telegram."It's been a tough night. The Russians have always used war and attacks to intimidate everyone in negotiations," Andriy Kovalenko, head of Ukraine's Centre for Countering Disinformation, said on Telegram about Sunday's defence units destroyed 88 of the drones overnight. The attack also included 128 simulator drones that were lost along the way without hitting anything, Ukraine's air force said in a statement on Saturday, a Russian drone attack killed nine civilians after hitting a shuttle bus in the Sumy region in northeastern Ukraine, Kyiv said. Zelenskyy called the attack "deliberate" and urged stronger sanctions on Moscow, which said it had attacked a military of those injured in the Obukhiv district just south of Kyiv city were hospitalised, Kalashnik said. Several residential buildings were damaged in the area, he the city of Kyiv, fragments of a destroyed drone damaged the roof of a non-residential building, the city's military administration said on Telegram. There were no reports of injuries, it Watch IN THIS STORY#Volodymyr Zelenskyy#Russia#Ukraine
India Today
24-04-2025
- Politics
- India Today
Vladimir, stop: Trump says he is not happy with Russian strikes on Kyiv
US President Donald Trump on Thursday took aim at Russian President Vladimir Putin after a massive overnight attack on Kyiv killed at least eight people and injured dozens more."Vladimir, STOP!" Trump wrote in a social media post, adding, 'I am not happy with the Russian strikes on KYIV. Not necessary, and very bad timing.'The Ukrainian capital came under one of its heaviest attacks this year, with Russia launching more than 140 drones and 70 missiles overnight. The onslaught damaged residential buildings, schools, and infrastructure, and sparked over 40 fires across Kyiv and other regions. Six children were among the wounded, and rescue operations were still underway with officials saying people remained trapped under "There has been destruction. The search is continuing for people under rubble," Ukraine's emergency services said on Mayor Vitali Klitschko confirmed eight deaths in the city and said the most serious damage occurred in the Sviatoshynskyi district, where two buildings were hit. Photos showed rescue workers moving through debris and calling out to residents in damaged attack drew sharp condemnation from Ukrainian officials. Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said the 'brutal strikes' proved that Russia, not Ukraine, was blocking efforts to reach a peace the violence, Ukraine's state railway reported that train operations were running normally, although infrastructure was damaged and two workers were cities, including Kharkiv and Pavlohrad, also reported damage. In Kharkiv, at least 24 aerial strikes damaged homes, a polyclinic, a school, and a hotel. In the Zhytomyr region, a follow-up strike injured a firefighter who was responding to an earlier latest assault comes as both Kyiv and Moscow face increasing international pressure to pursue peace talks. Trump has warned that the US could pull back from mediation efforts if progress isn't made. European leaders held talks in London earlier this week to align their approach, though a last-minute cancellation by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio dampened the outcome.(With inputs from Reuters)Tune InMust Watch
