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UPI
20-05-2025
- Politics
- UPI
At least six people injured in Russian strikes on central, northern and eastern Ukraine
The wreckage of a bus in Marhanets in Dnipropetrovsk in February 2024 after a Russian drone strike that killed at least nine people on board and injured 42. File photo by Ukraine State Emergency Service/EPA-EFE May 20 (UPI) -- Russian strikes against targets across central and eastern Ukraine overnight injured at least six people, five of them passengers on a bus hit in the southern city of Kherson. Two women aged 65 and 45 and three men aged 62, 56 and 41 traveling aboard the municipal bus suffered blast injuries when it was struck by an attack drone in the Dnipro district of the city early Tuesday. The sixth casualty, an 88-year-old woman, suffered head injuries and shrapnel wounds after her apartment was struck in shelling of the Korabelny area of Kherson, the city military administration said in an update on social media. The attacks came after Russian artillery fire killed one person and injured three others in Kherson on Sunday night. Kherson is one of four Ukrainian provinces -- the others are Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Luhansk -- partially or wholly occupied by Russian forces. A fifth, Crimea, was annexed by Moscow in 2014. Ukrainian Air Force Command said on its Facebook page that at least 108 Shahed-type and missile-armed BPLA drones were fired at Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, Zhytomyr and Donetsk regions. The air force said it was able to shoot down or jam 93 of the drones with assistance from other branches of the Ukrainian military using aircraft, anti-aircraft missiles and mobile fire units and electronic warfare systems. Following a flurry of high-level international diplomatic activity on Ukraine, capped by U.S. President Donald Trump's two-hour call with his Russian counterpart Monday evening that delivered an agreement to begin talks immediately, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pledged Tuesday that Ukraine would participate in any process that led to peace. "There is no doubt that the war must end at the negotiating table. The proposals on the table must be clear and realistic. Ukraine is ready for any negotiation format that delivers results. But if Russia continues to put forward unrealistic conditions and undermine progress, there must be tough consequences," he wrote on X. Zelensky said it was clear Russia was trying to buy time to continue its war and occupation and that Ukraine was working with its partners to put pressure on Russia that would force it to alter its position. He said that he had held discussions with Finnish President Alexander Stubb on Tuesday and had conversations with other partners planned for the coming hours. "The key point is that diplomacy aimed at peace must be well-coordinated and focused on tangible outcomes. We informed each other about our contacts with partners and discussed details of yesterday's conversation with the President of the United States," said Zelensky. A staunch ally of Ukraine, Finland is another front-line European nation with an 830-mile-long border with Russia. However, it is a European Union member and shielded by NATO's security umbrella, joining the military alliance in 2023, a year after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Yahoo
02-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Fire service to donate engines to Ukraine
Four fire engines from West Yorkshire will be donated to Ukraine to help deal with the devastation caused by the Russian invasion. Councillors from across West Yorkshire agreed to donate the vehicles at a meeting of West Yorkshire Fire Authority on Thursday. A further two engines will be sent to UK charities that support veterans. A report to members said the Ukraine State Emergency Service had been "under significant pressure since the current conflict began in February 2022". The report said 396 fire stations and 1,676 fire vehicles had been destroyed in the war-torn country since the invasion. Ninety-one 91 firefighters had been killed and a further 349 injured. "In the same period, the work of Ukrainian firefighters has grown significantly in response to the ongoing destruction of property, with approximately 217,000 buildings destroyed or damaged and 5,000 people rescued from fires and collapsed buildings," the report said. Members of the authority were told that the service was in the process of replacing 58 of its older vehicles, with 10 of them being kept for training and others auctioned off. But the services planned to donate some of the vehicles to help fire services in Ukraine. The vehicles would be sent over in early April, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service. Two other engines will be donated to Brooklands Museum Volunteer Fire Service and South East Fire and Rescue, which is a volunteer group made up of military veterans and emergency services staff. Originally, six engines were due to be sent to Ukraine in April, but logistics meant only four could be sent from West Yorkshire. The remaining two will be kept in the UK, to be sent at a future date if needed. The donation is expected to cost the fire service about £65,000 in potential lost earnings from the auction of the vehicles. Glynn Richardson, head of transport at the fire service, said: "There would be a modest reduction in income, but in this instance the good these vehicles could do and the impact on communities in Ukraine will outweigh any revenue losses for us." Councillor Cahal Burke questioned whether similar support had been offered to other war-torn countries, and said : "We're asking our constituents to pay more tax when we're giving away vehicles that could raise £65,000." Chief Fire Officer John Roberts said in the past the service had provided support to countries across the world, including Ghana and Montenegro. Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North or tell us a story you think we should be covering by emailing yorkshirestories@ Ukraine war in maps: How control has shifted in three years European leaders back Zelensky after Trump clash Local Democracy Reporting Service
BBC News
02-03-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
West Yorkshire Fire Service to donate engines to Ukraine
Four fire engines from West Yorkshire will be donated to Ukraine to help deal with the devastation caused by the Russian from across West Yorkshire agreed to donate the vehicles at a meeting of West Yorkshire Fire Authority on Thursday.A further two engines will be sent to UK charities that support veterans.A report to members said the Ukraine State Emergency Service had been "under significant pressure since the current conflict began in February 2022". The report said 396 fire stations and 1,676 fire vehicles had been destroyed in the war-torn country since the 91 firefighters had been killed and a further 349 injured."In the same period, the work of Ukrainian firefighters has grown significantly in response to the ongoing destruction of property, with approximately 217,000 buildings destroyed or damaged and 5,000 people rescued from fires and collapsed buildings," the report of the authority were told that the service was in the process of replacing 58 of its older vehicles, with 10 of them being kept for training and others auctioned the services planned to donate some of the vehicles to help fire services in vehicles would be sent over in early April, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service. Two other engines will be donated to Brooklands Museum Volunteer Fire Service and South East Fire and Rescue, which is a volunteer group made up of military veterans and emergency services six engines were due to be sent to Ukraine in April, but logistics meant only four could be sent from West remaining two will be kept in the UK, to be sent at a future date if needed. 'Good impact' The donation is expected to cost the fire service about £65,000 in potential lost earnings from the auction of the Richardson, head of transport at the fire service, said: "There would be a modest reduction in income, but in this instance the good these vehicles could do and the impact on communities in Ukraine will outweigh any revenue losses for us."Councillor Cahal Burke questioned whether similar support had been offered to other war-torn countries, and said : "We're asking our constituents to pay more tax when we're giving away vehicles that could raise £65,000."Chief Fire Officer John Roberts said in the past the service had provided support to countries across the world, including Ghana and to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North or tell us a story you think we should be covering by emailing yorkshirestories@
