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Business Mayor
06-05-2025
- Politics
- Business Mayor
Russia launches drones strikes on Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, starting fires across city
ADVERTISEMENT The eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv has come under Russian drone attack for around two hours with eyewitnesses reporting around 20 explosions across the city. According to the city's mayor, Ihor Terekhov, fires broke out in four districts with one of the largest at the Barabashovo market, the fourth time since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion it has caught fire. Officials say 90 shops at the market were destroyed. In the western part of the city, multi-storey residential building was damaged, with one of the residents saying the drone strikes happened in several waves. 'Around 4:20 am, the first explosion happened and then they just kept coming one after another. After the tenth one, we stopped counting,' Nataliia Mishukova said. 'My front door was blown off, as well as the balcony and window. My car is damaged too.' Four drones also struck a hotel and restaurant complex in the north of the city with the head of the regional military administration, Oleh Syniehubov, saying four people suffered from acute stress as a result. Attacks on Sumy Meanwhile, residents of Bilopillia in the nearby Sumy region began evacuating earlier on Tuesday amid intensified Russian attacks. Local authorities, including Mayor Yurii Zarko, reported that the security situation in the city has worsened in recent days, prompting renewed calls for evacuation. 'Even those who didn't want to leave earlier, or who left and then returned – those who still have a place to return to – they see that the situation is getting worse, so they're evacuating again,' Zarko said. 'Most people who have their own transport have already left on their own. But for those who don't have a way to leave – especially now with the bridges destroyed and no public transport – they're relying entirely on the current situation. And since the situation keeps getting worse, people are making the decision to leave in order to stay safe.' Many residents, including the elderly and those with limited mobility, left with the help of emergency services and Ukrainian Red Cross teams. Volodymyr Moskalenko, commander of the rapid response unit for the Ukrainian Red Cross, said two ambulances were being used to move people with limited mobility. 'We'll load them up, and they'll head directly to Sumy. The more off-road capable vehicle will go where the roads are really bad, where access is difficult – we'll be picking up people from there as well,' he said. Mandatory evacuation for children More than 30 children have been evacuated from the village of Shakhove in the Donetsk region over the past three days, according to local military administration head Serhiy Sazhko. ADVERTISEMENT On 2 May, authorities announced mandatory evacuation for families with minors in both Shakhove and Toretske due to ongoing Russian shelling. 'We've already had a mandatory evacuation of two administrative districts, but at that time the security situation was much better. Now people see the situation for themselves,' Sazhko explained. 'There were 54 children in Shakhove; as of now, 23 remain. I think in two or three days we will have evacuated all the children from here. There are 22 children in Toretske, which is a bit farther. We need to evacuate all children from Shakhove first, and then we'll move on to evacuating Toretske.' Read More Embrace your introversion: Start the new year with confidence Families are being transported to safety in Voloshyne in the Zhytomyr region where they will be hosted by volunteers.
Euronews
06-05-2025
- Politics
- Euronews
Russia launches drones strikes on Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, starting fires across city
ADVERTISEMENT The eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv has come under Russian drone attack for around two hours with eyewitnesses reporting around 20 explosions across the city. According to the city's mayor, Ihor Terekhov, fires broke out in four districts with one of the largest at the Barabashovo market, the fourth time since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion it has caught fire. Officials say 90 shops at the market were destroyed. In the western part of the city, multi-storey residential building was damaged, with one of the residents saying the drone strikes happened in several waves. "Around 4:20 am, the first explosion happened and then they just kept coming one after another. After the tenth one, we stopped counting," Nataliia Mishukova said. Rescue workers extinguish a fire in a building which was heavily damaged by a Russian strike on Kharkiv, 6 May, 2025 AP/Copyright 2025 The AP. All rights reserved "My front door was blown off, as well as the balcony and window. My car is damaged too." Four drones also struck a hotel and restaurant complex in the north of the city with the head of the regional military administration, Oleh Syniehubov, saying four people suffered from acute stress as a result. Attacks on Sumy Meanwhile, residents of Bilopillia in the nearby Sumy region began evacuating earlier on Tuesday amid intensified Russian attacks. Local authorities, including Mayor Yurii Zarko, reported that the security situation in the city has worsened in recent days, prompting renewed calls for evacuation. "Even those who didn't want to leave earlier, or who left and then returned – those who still have a place to return to – they see that the situation is getting worse, so they're evacuating again," Zarko said. "Most people who have their own transport have already left on their own. But for those who don't have a way to leave – especially now with the bridges destroyed and no public transport – they're relying entirely on the current situation. And since the situation keeps getting worse, people are making the decision to leave in order to stay safe." Many residents, including the elderly and those with limited mobility, left with the help of emergency services and Ukrainian Red Cross teams. Volodymyr Moskalenko, commander of the rapid response unit for the Ukrainian Red Cross, said two ambulances were being used to move people with limited mobility. "We'll load them up, and they'll head directly to Sumy. The more off-road capable vehicle will go where the roads are really bad, where access is difficult – we'll be picking up people from there as well," he said. Mandatory evacuation for children More than 30 children have been evacuated from the village of Shakhove in the Donetsk region over the past three days, according to local military administration head Serhiy Sazhko. ADVERTISEMENT On 2 May, authorities announced mandatory evacuation for families with minors in both Shakhove and Toretske due to ongoing Russian shelling. A car burns in front of a damaged house following Russia's air raid in the Donetsk region, 28 April, 2025 AP Photo "We've already had a mandatory evacuation of two administrative districts, but at that time the security situation was much better. Now people see the situation for themselves," Sazhko explained. "There were 54 children in Shakhove; as of now, 23 remain. I think in two or three days we will have evacuated all the children from here. There are 22 children in Toretske, which is a bit farther. We need to evacuate all children from Shakhove first, and then we'll move on to evacuating Toretske." Families are being transported to safety in Voloshyne in the Zhytomyr region where they will be hosted by volunteers. ADVERTISEMENT
Daily Mail
30-04-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
What Zelensky told Trump during 'historic' 15-minute conversation ahead of the Pope's funeral
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky pushed US president Donald Trump to take a harder line with Russian despot Vladimir Putin during their historic chat at St. Peter's Basilica. Following a disastrous meeting in the White House in February, in which Zelensky was unceremoniously booted out of the seat of American power, the two world leaders met face-to-face for the first time in two months at Pope Francis' funeral last week. While both men were applauded for finally sitting down together, little was known about the content of their conversation until now. According to Axios, Zelensky told Trump that Putin would not be moved on his position on the invasion of Ukraine until he was forced to. A source told the outlet that Trump admitted he might have to change his approach to dealing with Putin. Hours later, Trump criticised Putin in a Truth Social post for attacking Kyiv with a missile strike, writing: 'It makes me think that maybe he doesn't want to stop the war, he's just tapping me along, and has to be dealt with differently, through "Banking" or "Secondary Sanctions?" Too many people are dying!!!' Zelensky also asked Trump to reconsider his position on an unconditional ceasefire as a foundation for peace talks, which a source said Trump appeared to agree to. The Ukrainian leader wasn't the only one to make demands of the other, with Axios reporting that the firebrand Republican pushed Zelensky to sign the US-Ukraine minerals deal as soon as possible. Firefighters extinguish the fire caused by the Shahed drone attack on the Ukrainian Red Cross base in Dobropillia, Donetsk Oblast Ukraine on April 30, 2025 One person suggested that the reason the Vatican meeting was more positive than their White House meeting was that vice president JD Vance and White House envoy Steve Witkoff were not present. It is not currently clear how long will hold up his more critical stance towards Russia. Last night, Trump told ABC News that though Putin 'could be tapping me on a little bit', he still believed the despot was keen to end the invasion. It comes after Trump said he believes that Volodymyr Zelensky is ready to give up Crimea in order to secure peace terms with Russia. 'Oh, I think so,' the U.S. president told reporters in New Jersey following the Vatican meeting, asked whether he thought the his Ukrainian counterpart was ready to 'give up' the territory. The comments came after the pair met on the sidelines of Pope Francis ' funeral, their first face-to-face since the disastrous White House summit in February. Trump said that during their talks at St. Peter's Basilica they had 'briefly' discussed the fate of the Black Sea peninsula. He insisted that Putin should 'stop shooting' and sign an agreement to end the grinding war. Zelensky hailed the recent summit as a 'good has the potential to become historic', while the Washington said it was 'very productive'. Rescuers work at a site of the Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine in this handout picture released April 29, 2025 Earlier today, Russia said the conflict in Ukraine is 'too complicated' to end quickly, dashing hopes that a lasting ceasefire or peace deal could soon be struck and likely angering Donald Trump, who has urged both sides to stop the' bloodbath'. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters in Moscow today that President Vladimir Putin supports the initiative to establish a lasting ceasefire. 'But before going for it, a whole series of questions need to be answered and a whole series of nuances need to be resolved,' he said. He went on to claim Putin had expressed a willingness for direct talks with Ukraine, but that there had been no answer yet from Kyiv. 'We understand that Washington is willing to achieve a quick success in this process... Unfortunately, we haven't heard any statements in this context from Kyiv. So we don't know whether Kyiv is ready or not,' Peskov told reporters.
