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CTV News
8 hours ago
- Politics
- CTV News
3 killed and scores injured as Russia targets Ukraine with new attacks
A rescue worker puts out a fire of a car near a building which was damaged by a Russian strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, June 12, 2025. (Ukrainian Emergency Services of Ukraine via AP) KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces have pummeled Ukraine with drones and other weapons, killing three people and injuring scores of others despite international pressure to accept a ceasefire, officials said Thursday. According to the Ukrainian air force, Russia launched a barrage of 63 drones and decoys at Ukraine overnight. It said that air defenses destroyed 28 drones while another 21 were jammed. Ukraine's police said two people were killed and six were injured over the past 24 hours in the eastern Donetsk region, the focus of the Russian offensive. One person was killed and 14 others were also injured in the southern Kherson region, which is partly occupied by Russian forces, police said. The head of the Kharkiv region, Oleh Syniehubov, said that 15 people, including four children, were injured by Russian drone attacks overnight. Kharkiv city mayor Ihor Terekhov said Russian drones targeted residential districts, educational facilities, kindergartens and other civilian infrastructure. 'Kharkiv is holding on. People are alive. And that is the most important thing,' Terekhov said. The Russian military has launched waves of drones and missiles in recent days, with a record bombardment of almost 500 drones on Monday and a wave of 315 drones and seven missiles overnight on Tuesday. The recent escalation in aerial attacks has come alongside a renewed Russian battlefield push along eastern and northeastern parts of the more than 1,000-kilometre (over 600-mile) front line. While Russian missile and drone barrage have struck regions all across Ukraine, regions along the front line have faced daily Russian attacks with short-range exploding drones and glide bombs. Ukraine hit back with drone raids. Russia's Defense Ministry said that air defenses downed 52 Ukrainian drones early Thursday, including 41 over the Belgorod region that borders Ukraine. Regional Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov said three people were injured by Ukrainian attacks Thursday. The attacks have continued despite discussions of a potential ceasefire in the war. During their June 2 talks in Istanbul, Russian and Ukrainian negotiators traded memorandums containing sharply divergent conditions that both sides see as nonstarters, making any quick deal unlikely. Speaking at a meeting of leaders of southeast European countries in Odesa, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the European Union to toughen its latest package of sanctions against Russia. He argued that lowering the cap on the price of Russian oil from $60 to $45 as the bloc has proposed isn't enough. 'Real peace comes with a $30 cap -– that's the level that will truly change thinking in Moscow,' Zelenskyy said. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius arrived in Kyiv Thursday on an unannounced visit, noting that the stepped-up Russian attacks on Ukraine send a message from Moscow that it has 'no interest in a peaceful solution at present,' according to German news agency dpa. Pistorius said his visit underlines that the new German government continues to stand by Ukraine. 'Of course this will also be about how the support of Germany and other Europeans will look in future – what we can do, for example, in the area of industrial cooperation, but also other support,' he said. Illia Novikov, The Associated Press
Western Telegraph
2 days ago
- Politics
- Western Telegraph
Deadly Russian drone and missile attack ‘one of the biggest' in Ukraine war
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the attack on Kyiv 'one of the biggest' in the war that has raged for over three years. He said that Moscow's forces had fired more than 315 drones, mostly Shaheds, and seven missiles at Ukraine overnight. 'Russian missile and Shahed strikes are louder than the efforts of the United States and others around the world to force Russia into peace,' Mr Zelensky wrote, as he urged 'concrete action' from the US and Europe in response to the attack. Russian missile and Shahed strikes drown out the efforts of the United States and others around the world to force Russia into peace. For yet another night, instead of a ceasefire, there were massive strikes with Shahed drones, cruise and ballistic missiles. Today was one of the… — Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) June 10, 2025 A maternity hospital and residential buildings in the centre of the southern port city of Odesa were also damaged in the attack, regional head Oleh Kiper said. Two people were killed and nine injured in the city, according to a statement from the regional prosecutor's office. Four people were injured in the attack on the capital, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. Associated Press journalists heard explosions and the buzzing of drones around the city for hours. The fresh attacks came a day after Moscow launched almost 500 drones at Ukraine in the biggest overnight drone bombardment in the three-year war. Ukrainian and Western officials have been anticipating a Russian response to Ukraine's audacious June 1 drone attack on distant Russian air bases. The search is continuing for survivors (Ukrainian Emergency Services via AP) Russia has been launching a record-breaking number of drones and missiles targeting Ukraine while the two countries continue to swap prisoners of war, the only tangible outcome of recent direct peace talks held in Istanbul on June 2. Both sides traded memoranda during the meeting setting out conditions for a potential ceasefire in the more than three-year-old war – but the inclusion of clauses that both sides see as non-starters make any quick deal unlikely. A ceasefire, long sought by Kyiv, remains elusive. In Kyiv, fires broke out in at least four districts after debris from shot down drones fell on the roofs of residential buildings and warehouses, according to the Kyiv City Military Administration. The Russian attack sparked 19 fires across Ukraine, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko wrote on Telegram. 'Russia must answer for every crime it commits. Until there is justice, there will be no security. For Ukraine. And for the world,' he said. The death tolls from previous Russian strikes also continued to rise on Tuesday. In Kharkiv, rescuers found the body of a person trapped under the rubble of a building that was hit in a drone-and-missile attack Saturday, city mayor Ihor Terekhov wrote on Telegram. The attack was one of the largest in the conflict, the Ukrainian leader said (AP) The discovery brings the number of casualties to five, with five more people potentially still trapped under the debris, Terekhov said. Meanwhile, in the northern city of Sumy, a 17-year-old boy died in the hospital on Tuesday morning after being injured in a Russian strike on June 3, acting mayor Artem Kobzar wrote on Telegram. It brings the number killed in the attack to six. Elsewhere, the Russian defence ministry reported downing 102 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions and Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula Moscow illegally annexed from Ukraine in 2014. The drones were downed both over regions on the border with Ukraine and deeper inside Russia, including central Moscow and Leningrad regions, according to the statement. Because of the drone attack, flights were temporarily restricted in and out of multiple airports across Russia, including all four airports in Moscow and the Pulkovo airport in St Petersburg, the country's second largest city.
Irish Examiner
2 days ago
- Politics
- Irish Examiner
Deadly Russian drone and missile attack ‘one of the biggest' in Ukraine war
At least two people were killed and 13 others were injured after Russia sent waves of drones and missiles in an attack on two Ukrainian cities, officials said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the attack on Kyiv 'one of the biggest' in the war that has raged for over three years. He said that Moscow's forces had fired more than 315 drones, mostly Shaheds, and seven missiles at Ukraine overnight. 'Russian missile and Shahed strikes are louder than the efforts of the United States and others around the world to force Russia into peace,' Mr Zelensky wrote, as he urged 'concrete action' from the US and Europe in response to the attack. Russian missile and Shahed strikes drown out the efforts of the United States and others around the world to force Russia into peace. For yet another night, instead of a ceasefire, there were massive strikes with Shahed drones, cruise and ballistic missiles. Today was one of the… — Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) June 10, 2025 A maternity hospital and residential buildings in the centre of the southern port city of Odesa were also damaged in the attack, regional head Oleh Kiper said. Two people were killed and nine injured in the city, according to a statement from the regional prosecutor's office. Four people were injured in the attack on the capital, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. Associated Press journalists heard explosions and the buzzing of drones around the city for hours. The fresh attacks came a day after Moscow launched almost 500 drones at Ukraine in the biggest overnight drone bombardment in the three-year war. Ukrainian and Western officials have been anticipating a Russian response to Ukraine's audacious June 1 drone attack on distant Russian air bases. The search is continuing for survivors (Ukrainian Emergency Services via AP) Russia has been launching a record-breaking number of drones and missiles targeting Ukraine while the two countries continue to swap prisoners of war, the only tangible outcome of recent direct peace talks held in Istanbul on June 2. Both sides traded memoranda during the meeting setting out conditions for a potential ceasefire in the more than three-year-old war – but the inclusion of clauses that both sides see as non-starters make any quick deal unlikely. A ceasefire, long sought by Kyiv, remains elusive. In Kyiv, fires broke out in at least four districts after debris from shot down drones fell on the roofs of residential buildings and warehouses, according to the Kyiv City Military Administration. The Russian attack sparked 19 fires across Ukraine, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko wrote on Telegram. 'Russia must answer for every crime it commits. Until there is justice, there will be no security. For Ukraine. And for the world,' he said. The death tolls from previous Russian strikes also continued to rise on Tuesday. In Kharkiv, rescuers found the body of a person trapped under the rubble of a building that was hit in a drone-and-missile attack Saturday, city mayor Ihor Terekhov wrote on Telegram. The attack was one of the largest in the conflict, the Ukrainian leader said (AP) The discovery brings the number of casualties to five, with five more people potentially still trapped under the debris, Terekhov said. Meanwhile, in the northern city of Sumy, a 17-year-old boy died in the hospital on Tuesday morning after being injured in a Russian strike on June 3, acting mayor Artem Kobzar wrote on Telegram. It brings the number killed in the attack to six. Elsewhere, the Russian defence ministry reported downing 102 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions and Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula Moscow illegally annexed from Ukraine in 2014. The drones were downed both over regions on the border with Ukraine and deeper inside Russia, including central Moscow and Leningrad regions, according to the statement. Because of the drone attack, flights were temporarily restricted in and out of multiple airports across Russia, including all four airports in Moscow and the Pulkovo airport in St Petersburg, the country's second largest city.
Free Malaysia Today
25-05-2025
- Politics
- Free Malaysia Today
12 killed as Russia pummels Ukraine in fresh night of strikes
Kyiv's military said it had shot down 45 Russian missiles and 266 drones overnight. (Ukrainian emergency service/AP pic) KYIV : Russian strikes killed at least 12 people in Ukraine overnight into today, officials said, as Kyiv and Moscow traded fire amid an ongoing major prisoner swap. Ukraine's emergency services described a night of 'terror' as Russia launched a second straight night of major air strikes on Ukraine, including on the capital Kyiv, after pummelling the country with ballistic missiles and drones overnight Friday to yesterday. The latest fire comes as the two sides pursue their biggest prisoner swap since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022, and as the US tries to broker a ceasefire to halt the three-year-old war. The death toll from the latest Russian strikes included three children ages eight, 12 and 17, killed in the northwestern region of Zhytomyr, officials said. Ukraine's military said early today it had shot down 45 Russian missiles and 266 attack drones overnight. Four people were also reported dead in the western Khmelnytskyi region, four in the Kyiv region and one in Mykolaiv in the south. Emergency services said four people were killed and 16 injured in the Kyiv region, including three children, in the 'massive night attack'. AFP journalists heard explosions in Kyiv, with Tymur Tkachenko, the head of the city's military administration, warning 'the night will not be easy'. The capital was 'under attack' but 'air defences are operating', said Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko. Russian authorities meanwhile reported that a dozen drones flying towards Moscow had been downed. In Moscow, restrictions were imposed on at least four airports, including the main hub Sheremetyevo, the Russian civilian aviation authority said. The renewed attacks came after Russia launched 14 ballistic missiles and 250 drones overnight Friday to yesterday, which left 15 wounded, according to Ukrainian officials. The Russian military said yesterday Ukraine had targeted it with 788 drones and missiles since Tuesday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia's attacks indicated Moscow was 'prolonging the war' and repeated his call for ramped-up sanctions. But he also said he expected officials to press on with a prisoner swap agreed during talks in Istanbul on May 16. Yesterday, 307 Russian prisoners of war were exchanged for the same number of Ukrainian soldiers, according to announcements in Kyiv and Moscow. Both sides received 390 people in the first stage on Friday. They are expected to exchange 1,000 each in total. Russia has signalled it will send Ukraine its terms for a peace settlement after the exchange, without saying what those terms would be. The two enemies have held regular prisoner swaps, but this would be the largest so far, if completed. An AFP reporter saw some of the formerly captive Ukrainian soldiers arrive at a hospital in the northern Chernigiv region, emaciated but smiling and waving to crowds waiting outside. 'It's simply crazy. Crazy feelings,' 31-year-old Konstantin Steblev, a soldier, told AFP Friday as he stepped back onto Ukrainian soil after three years in captivity. US President Donald Trump on Friday congratulated the two countries for the swap. 'This could lead to something big?' he wrote on his Truth Social platform. Trump's efforts to broker a ceasefire in Europe's biggest conflict since World War II have so far been unsuccessful, despite his pledge to rapidly end the fighting. One of the soldiers formerly held captive, 58-year-old Viktor Syvak, told AFP it was hard to express his emotional homecoming. Captured in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, he had been held for 37 months and 12 days. 'It's impossible to describe. I can't put it into words. It's very joyful,' he said. After more than three years of fighting, both countries are holding thousands of POWs. Russia is believed to have the larger share, with the number of Ukrainian captives estimated to be between 8,000 and 10,000. Diplomatic efforts to end the conflict have stepped up in recent weeks, but the Kremlin has shown no sign of walking back maximalist demands for a negotiated peace. President Vladimir Putin has defied European pressure for a full and unconditional truce in Ukraine, pressing on with the Russian military offensive, which has left tens of thousands dead.
Toronto Sun
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Toronto Sun
Russia and Ukraine report attacks despite Moscow-declared truce as Kyiv ratifies minerals deal
Published May 08, 2025 • 3 minute read In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Services on May 8, 2025, a rescue worker puts out a fire of a building which was heavily damaged by a Russian strike in Sumy region, Ukraine. Photo by Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP / AP KYIV, Ukraine — Russia and Ukraine both reported attacks on their forces on the first day of a 72-hour ceasefire called by Russian President Vladimir Putin, while Ukraine's parliament unanimously approved a landmark minerals deal with the U.S.. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account The ratification is a key step in setting the deal in motion. It would allow Washington access to Ukraine's largely untapped minerals, deepen strategic ties and create a joint investment fund with the U.S. for the reconstruction of Ukraine. Parliament approved the agreement with 338 members voting in favour out of the required 226 votes, Ukrainian lawmaker Yaroslav Zheleznyak wrote on his Telegram account. No lawmaker voted against it or abstained. 'This document is not merely a legal construct, it is the foundation of a new model of interaction with a key strategic partner,' Ukrainian Economy Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko wrote on X. Russian bombs meanwhile struck northeast Ukraine in the opening hours of Moscow's unilateral ceasefire, killing at least one civilian, Ukrainian officials said. Artillery assaults took place across the 1,000-kilometre front line, although with less intensity than in the previous 24 hours, officials said. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The ceasefire coincides with Russia's biggest secular holiday, the 80th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany. Kyiv has pressed for a longer-term ceasefire. Putin on Thursday welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Kremlin. Xi, who Putin earlier described as 'our main guest' at Friday's Victory Day festivities, arrived in Russia on Wednesday for a four-day visit. Both sides list attacks since the Moscow-declared truce Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha accused Russia of violating its own ceasefire 734 times between midnight and midday Thursday. He called the ceasefire a 'farce' on the social media platform X. He said Russia carried out 63 assault operations along the front line, 23 of which were still ongoing as of midday. Ukraine 'responds appropriately' and is actively sharing information about the attacks with the U.S, the European Union and others. 'We will not let Putin fool anyone when he does not even keep his own word,' Sybiha said. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Russian attacks also took place near Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk region on Thursday morning, a press officer of Ukraine's 24th Mechanised Brigade, Oleh Petrasiuk, told The Associated Press via phone. One person died and two were wounded when Russian forces dropped guided air bombs on residential areas near the border in the northeast Sumy region, the regional prosecutor's office said. Large-scale missile and drone attacks, which have been a near-daily occurrence in Ukraine in recent weeks, were not recorded since 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Ukraine's air force said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had previously cast doubt on the ceasefire, calling it 'manipulation' as U.S.-led peace efforts stalled. 'For some reason, everyone is supposed to wait until May 8 before ceasing fire — just to provide Putin with silence for his parade,' Zelenskyy said. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. In March, the United States proposed a 30-day truce in the war, which Ukraine accepted, but the Kremlin has held out for ceasefire terms more to its liking. Russia's Defence Ministry meanwhile accused Ukrainian forces of attacking its positions and said its forces would continue to 'mirror' Ukraine's actions during the Kremlin's ceasefire. The regions of Belgorod, Lipetsk, Orenburg, Ryazan and Tambov came under a drone threat alert overnight, but there were no reports of any drones being shot down or intercepted. Russia's civil aviation authority Rosaviatsia also briefly imposed restrictions on flights to and from the airport in Nizhny Novgorod. Putin praises relations with Xi In welcoming Xi, Putin said that 'the brotherhood of arms between our peoples, which developed during the harsh war years, is one of the fundamental foundations of modern Russian-Chinese relations of comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. He added that Moscow and Beijing were developing ties 'for the benefit of the peoples of both countries and not against anyone.' Xi, in turn, said that 'history and reality have fully proved that the continuous development and deepening of China-Russia relations is a necessity for the friendship between the two peoples from generation to generation.' He also called for safeguarding 'international fairness and justice.' Putin and Xi have met over 40 times and developed strong personal ties that bolstered the countries' 'strategic partnership' as both face tensions with the West. China has offered robust diplomatic support to Moscow after its 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine and has emerged as a top market for Russian oil and gas, helping fill the Kremlin's war coffers. 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