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Russia Today
17-06-2025
- Politics
- Russia Today
Two civilians dead in Ukrainian strikes on Russian border region
Two elderly people have been killed in Ukrainian shelling of the village of Zvannoe in Kursk Region, western Russia, Governor Aleksandr Khinshtein said on Tuesday. The victims were identified as a woman, 59, and a man, 69, Khinshtein said on Telegram, expressing condolences to their families. At least four homes and a local school were damaged in the attack, he added. The governor denounced the strike as 'barbarian' and branded the Ukrainian military behind it 'cruel and merciless.' He also urged the region's residents to avoid travelling to areas bordering Ukraine because of 'very high' security risks. Zvannoe is located less than 20 kilometers from Ukraine. Ukraine launched a large-scale incursion into the region last August, in what Kiev officials hyped as a blow to Russia. However, Russian forces quickly turned the tide, and by the time the Ukrainians were fully expelled in late April, the Defense Ministry in Moscow estimated that Kiev had sustained more than 76,000 casualties in the operation. Ukraine has regularly launched cross-border drone, artillery, and missile strikes targeting Belgorod, Kursk and Bryansk regions, since the escalation of the conflict in February 2022. In recent weeks, Ukraine has significantly ramped up drone attacks targeting Russian territory, both border regions and more distant targets, including Moscow. Russia has accused Kiev of 'terrorist' attacks on the country's railway infrastructure, which have led to civilian fatalities. According to the Kremlin, the indiscriminate raids are intended to derail direct bilateral talks that resumed between Moscow and Kiev in Istanbul in May. Earlier on Tuesday, the Russian Defense Ministry reported intercepting almost 150 Ukrainian drones overnight that targeted a dozen Russian regions. Rodion Miroshnik, the Russian Foreign Ministry's ambassador-at-large, reported on the same day that nearly 70 civilians, including 14 children, were casualties of Kiev's FPV drone strikes over the past week.
Al Arabiya
03-06-2025
- General
- Al Arabiya
Ukrainian strikes cut power to Russian-held areas: Officials
Ukrainian shelling and drone attacks triggered power cuts over swathes of Russian-controlled territory in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions in the south of Ukraine, Russia-installed officials said early on Tuesday. Officials said there was no effect on operations at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station — Europe's largest nuclear facility, which was seized by Russia in the weeks after Moscow's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Russian officials running the plant said radiation levels were normal at the facility, which operates in shutdown mode and produces no power at the moment. Russia-installed governors in the two regions said the Ukrainian attacks prompted authorities to introduce emergency measures and switch key sites to reserve power sources. Power was knocked out to all parts of Zaporizhzhia under Russian control, Russia-installed Governor Yevgeny Belitsky wrote on Telegram. 'As a result of shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, high-voltage equipment was damaged in the northwestern part of the Zaporizhzhia region,' Belitsky wrote. 'There is no electricity throughout the region. The Energy Ministry of Zaporizhzhia region has been instructed to develop reserve sources of power. Health care sites have been transferred to reserve power sources.' In adjacent Kherson region, farther west, Russia-appointed Governor Vladimir Saldo said debris from fallen drones had damaged two substations, knocking out power to more than 100,000 residents of 150 towns and villages in Russian-held areas. Emergency crews were working to restore power quickly, he said. For many long months in the winter, it was Ukrainian towns and villages that endured repeated electricity cuts as Russian attacks focused strikes on generating capacity. Each side has repeatedly accused the other of launching attacks on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant and running the risk of a nuclear accident. The UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, said last week in response to a Ukrainian complaint that it saw no sign that Russia was preparing to restart the Zaporizhzhia plant and connect it to the Russian grid. The IAEA has stationed monitors permanently at Zaporizhzhia and Ukraine's other nuclear power stations.
Malay Mail
03-06-2025
- General
- Malay Mail
Ukraine strikes plunge Russian-held south into blackout, say officials
MOSCOW, June 3 — Ukrainian shelling and drone attacks triggered power cuts over swathes of Russian-controlled territory in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions in the south of Ukraine, Russia-installed officials said early on Tuesday. Officials said there was no effect on operations at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station — Europe's largest nuclear facility which was seized by Russia in the weeks after Moscow's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Russian officials running the plant said radiation levels were normal at the facility, which operates in shutdown mode and produces no power at the moment. Russia-installed governors in the two regions said the Ukrainian attacks prompted authorities to introduce emergency measures and switch key sites to reserve power sources. Power was knocked out to all parts of Zaporizhzhia under Russian control, Russia-installed Governor Yevgeny Belitsky wrote on Telegram. 'As a result of shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, high-voltage equipment was damaged in the northwestern part of the Zaporizhzhia region,' Belitsky wrote. 'There is no electricity throughout the region. The Energy Ministry of Zaporizhzhia region has been instructed to develop reserve sources of power. Health care sites have been transferred to reserve power sources.' In adjacent Kherson region, farther west, Russia-appointed Governor Vladimir Saldo said debris from fallen drones had damaged two substations, knocking out power to more than 100,000 residents of 150 towns and villages in Russian-held areas. Emergency crews working to restore power quickly, he said. For many long months in the winter, it was Ukrainian towns and villages that endured repeated electricity cuts as Russian attacks focused strikes on generating capacity. Each side has repeatedly accused the other of launching attacks on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant and running the risk of a nuclear accident. The UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, said last week in response to a Ukrainian complaint that it saw no sign that Russia was preparing to restart the Zaporizhzhia plant and connect it to the Russian grid. The IAEA has stationed monitors permanently at Zaporizhzhia and Ukraine's other nuclear power stations. — Reuters
Russia Today
22-05-2025
- Politics
- Russia Today
Ukrainian shelling injures civilians in Russian border region
Twelve civilians, including two minors, have been injured by Ukrainian shelling of Russia's Kursk Region, acting Governor Aleksandr Khinshtein has said. In a post on his Telegram channel on Thursday, the official wrote that the Ukrainian military had 'conducted a massive strike on the city of Lgov,' with the Kursk-Rylsk highway coming under fire. 'As a result of the strike, there are, unfortunately, 12 injuries, with two children among them – a 13-year-old and a 16-year-old,' Khinshtein wrote. According to the acting governor, the younger victim sustained shrapnel wounds, while the other minor received a concussion. The other victims include seven women and three men, all of them currently being hospitalized with shrapnel wounds and bruises. None of the civilians sustained life-threatening injuries, Khinshtein noted. On top of that, three residential buildings and four vehicles were damaged in the attack, with the extent of destruction currently being evaluated by the authorities, according to the statement.
