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Al-Ahram Weekly
02-08-2025
- Politics
- Al-Ahram Weekly
Ukraine says hit military targets and pipeline in Russia - War in Ukraine
Ukraine said Saturday it hit military targets and a gas pipeline in drone attacks in Russia, where local authorities said three people were killed and two others wounded. Ukraine's SBU security service said the strikes, carried out Friday night by long-distance drones, hit a military airfield in the southwestern town of Primorsko-Akhtarsk. They caused a fire in an areas where Iranian-built Shahed drones -- relied on by Russia to attack Ukraine -- were stored, the SBU said. It said the strikes also hit a company, Elektropribor, in Russia's southern Penza region, which it said "works for the Russian military-industrial complex", making military digital networks, aviation devices, armoured vehicles and ships. The governor for the Penza region, Oleg Melnichenko, said on Telegram that one woman had been killed and two other people were wounded in that attack. Russia's defence ministry said its air-defence systems had destroyed 112 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory -- 34 over the Rostov region -- in a nearly nine-hour period, from Friday night to Saturday morning. An elderly man was killed inside a house that caught fire due to falling drone debris in the Samara region, governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev posted on Telegram. In the Rostov region, a guard at an industrial facility was killed after a drone attack and a fire in one of the site's buildings, acting Rostov governor Yuri Sliusar said. "The military repelled a massive air attack during the night," destroying drones over seven districts, Sliusar posted on Telegram. Heavy use of drones Ukraine has regularly used drones to hit targets inside Russia as it fights back against Moscow's military offensive, launched in February 2022. Russia, too, has increasingly deployed the unmanned aerial devices against Ukraine. An AFP analysis published on Friday showed that Russia's forces in July launched an unprecedented number of drones, 6,297 of them. The figure included decoy drones sent into Ukraine's skies in efforts to saturate the country's air-defence systems. In Ukraine's central-eastern Dnipropetrovsk region, Russian drone attacks Friday night wounded three people, governor Sergiy Lysak wrote on Telegram. Several buildings, homes and cars were damaged, he said. Russian forces have claimed advances in Dnipropetrovsk, recently announcing the capture of two villages there, part of Moscow's accelerated capture of territory in July, according to AFP's analysis of data from the US-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW). Kyiv denies any Russian presence in the Dnipropetrovsk area. Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has consistently rejected calls for a ceasefire in the more than three-year conflict, said Friday that he wanted peace but that his demands for ending Moscow's military offensive were "unchanged". Those demands include that Ukraine abandon territory and end ambitions to join NATO. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, meanwhile, said only Putin could end the war and renewed his call for a meeting between the two leaders. "The United States has proposed this. Ukraine has supported it. What is needed is Russia's readiness," he wrote on X. Follow us on: Facebook Instagram Whatsapp Short link:
Gulf Today
02-08-2025
- Politics
- Gulf Today
Ukrainian drone strikes kill 3 in Russia
Ukrainian drone strikes killed three people and wounded two others overnight in western Russia, regional governors said on Saturday. One woman was killed and two other people were wounded in an attack on an enterprise in Penza, the region's governor, Oleg Melnichenko, wrote on Telegram. An elderly man was killed inside a house that caught fire due to falling drone debris in the Samara region, governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev posted on Telegram. In the Rostov region, a guard at an industrial facility was killed after a drone attack and a fire in one of the site's buildings, acting Rostov governor Yuri Sliusar said. "The military repelled a massive air attack during the night," destroying drones over seven districts, Sliusar posted on Telegram. Russia's defence ministry said its air defence systems had destroyed 112 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory -- 34 over the Rostov region -- in a nearly nine-hour period, from Friday night to Saturday morning. In Ukraine's central-eastern Dnipropetrovsk region, overnight Russian drone attacks left three people wounded, governor Sergiy Lysak wrote on Telegram. Several buildings, homes and cars were damaged, he said. Russian forces have claimed advances in Dnipropetrovsk, recently announcing the capture of two villages there, part of Moscow's accelerated capture of territory in July, according to AFP's analysis of data from the US-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW). Kyiv denies any Russian presence in the Dnipropetrovsk area. Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has consistently rejected calls for a ceasefire in the more than three-year conflict, said Friday that he wanted peace but that his demands for ending Moscow's military offensive were "unchanged". Those demands include that Ukraine abandon territory and end ambitions to join NATO. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, meanwhile, said only Putin could end the war and renewed his call for a meeting between the two leaders. "The United States has proposed this. Ukraine has supported it. What is needed is Russia's readiness," he wrote on X. Agence France-Presse
Al Jazeera
02-08-2025
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
Ukraine drone attacks kill three in Russia, cause fire at oil refinery
Ukrainian drone strikes have killed at least three people and wounded two others overnight in western Russia, regional governors said, as a fire broke out at an oil refinery in central Russia after it was hit. One woman was killed and two others wounded in an attack on an enterprise in Penza, the region's governor, Oleg Melnichenko, wrote on Telegram on Saturday. The second death of an elderly man happened inside a house that caught fire due to falling drone debris in the Samara region, Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev posted on Telegram. In the Rostov region, a guard at an industrial facility was killed after a drone attack and a fire in one of the site's buildings, acting Rostov Governor Yury Slyusar said. 'The military repelled a massive air attack during the night,' destroying drones over seven districts, Slyusar posted on Telegram. Meanwhile, Ukraine's military said it struck Russia's Ryazan oil refinery on Saturday, causing a fire on its territory. In a statement on Telegram, the Unmanned Systems Forces also said they hit the Annanefteprodukt oil storage facility in the Voronezh region. The statement did not specify how the facilities were hit, but Ukraine's military specialises in drone warfare, including long-range strikes. Separately, Ukraine's SBU intelligence agency said its drones had hit Russia's Primorsko-Akhtarsk military airfield, which has been used to launch waves of long-range drones at targets in Ukraine. The SBU said it also hit a factory in Penza that it said supplies Russia's military-industrial complex with electronics. At the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022, Ukraine had no response to Moscow's vast long-range strike capacity but it has since built up a fleet of long-range kamikaze drones able to carry explosive warheads for many hundreds of kilometres (miles). Russia's Defence Ministry said in its daily report that its defence units had downed a total of 338 Ukrainian drones overnight. In Ukraine's central Dnipropetrovsk region, overnight Russian drone attacks also left three people wounded, Governor Serhiy Lysak wrote on Telegram. Several buildings, homes and cars were damaged, he added. Russia's Defence Ministry said its forces captured the village of Oleksandro-Kalynove in the Donetsk region on Saturday. Russian forces now control almost 20 percent of Ukraine in its east and south after three and a half years of the grinding war. Kyiv, however, denies any Russian presence in the Dnipropetrovsk area. Reporting from Moscow, Al Jazeera's Osama Bin Javaid said that while there have been indications of a ceasefire in the past, the situation on the ground remains the same. 'As tensions escalate, it appears that diplomacy will be a possible way out,' he said, adding that the United States's Middle East envoy Steve Witkofff, who has close relations with Russian officials, is expected in Moscow soon to negotiate a truce. US President Donald Trump on Friday said he had ordered two nuclear submarines to be positioned in 'the appropriate regions' in response to remarks from former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev about the risk of war between the nuclear-armed adversaries. The US has been trying to negotiate a truce but so far, Kyiv and Moscow have mainly engaged in prisoner exchanges. On Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said only Russia's President Vladimir Putin could end the war and renewed his call for a meeting between the two leaders. 'Ukraine calls for moving beyond the exchange of statements and technical-level meetings to talks between leaders. The United States has proposed this. Ukraine has supported it,' he said on X. 'What is needed is Russia's readiness,' he added. Putin, who has consistently rejected calls for a ceasefire in the more than three-year conflict, said on Friday that he wanted peace but that his demands for ending Moscow's military offensive were 'unchanged'. Those demands include that Ukraine abandon territory and end ambitions to join NATO.
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First Post
02-08-2025
- Politics
- First Post
Three killed in Ukrainian drone strikes on western Russia
Russia's defence ministry said its air defence systems had destroyed 112 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory – 34 over the Rostov region – in a nearly nine-hour period, from Friday night to Saturday morning. read more Three people were killed and two injured in a series of overnight Ukrainian drone strikes targeting multiple regions in western Russia, local officials said on Saturday. In Penza, a drone struck an industrial facility, leaving one woman dead and injuring two others, regional governor Oleg Melnichenko said on Telegram. In a separate incident in Samara, debris from a downed drone caused a fire that engulfed a house, killing an elderly man, according to regional governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Meanwhile, in the Rostov region, a drone hit an industrial site, triggering a blaze that resulted in the death of a security guard, acting governor Yuri Sliusar reported. The attacks are the latest in a growing number of cross-border drone operations amid the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. 'The military repelled a massive air attack during the night,' destroying drones over seven districts, Sliusar posted on Telegram. Russia's defence ministry said its air defence systems had destroyed 112 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory – 34 over the Rostov region – in a nearly nine-hour period, from Friday night to Saturday morning. Further from the front line, a woman was killed and two other people wounded in a drone strike on business premises in the Penza region, according to regional governor Oleg Melnichenko. In the Samara region, falling drone debris sparked a fire that killed an elderly resident, regional Gov. Vyacheslav Fedorishchev said. According to the Ukrainian air force, Russia launched 53 drones and decoys at Ukraine overnight into Saturday. It said that air defenses shot down or jammed 45 drones. Eleven people were wounded in an overnight drone strike on the Kharkiv region, Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said Saturday. The reciprocal drone strikes followed a day of mourning in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Friday, after a Russian drone and missile attack killed 31 people, including five children, and wounded over 150. The continued attacks come after U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday gave Russian President Vladimir Putin a shorter deadline — Aug. 8 — for peace efforts to make progress. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Trump said Thursday that special envoy Steve Witkoff is heading to Russia to push Moscow to agree to a ceasefire in its war with Ukraine and has threatened new economic sanctions if progress is not made. With inputs from agencies
Euronews
02-08-2025
- Politics
- Euronews
Ukraine claims attacks on Russian drone storage airbase and plant
Ukraine's Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) on Saturday reported that its drones hit the Shahed storage airbase in Primorsko-Akhtarsk and the Elektropribor military plant in Penza in Russia just as three people were killed by Russian strikes on Kherson. Ukraine's drone attack on Russia reportedly hit the Elektropribor plant in Penza, which Kyiv claims works for the Russian defence industry. According to Ukrainian special services, equipment for digital networks in military command systems, devices for aviation, armoured vehicles, ships, and spacecraft are produced there. Ukraine claimed their first drone attack at the Primorsko-Akhtarsk military airbase in Krasnodar Krai caused a fire to break out. The storage and launch sites of the Shahed attack drones were also targeted, according to the SSU. Videos of a massive fire that was purportedly on the premises of the Novokuibyshevsk oil plant in Samara Oblast were shared on social media. The footage on Telegram, widely used to disseminate information about Russia's war in Ukraine, captured drone-like activity and the reaction of air defence systems. The governor of the region, Vyacheslav Fedorishchev, confirmed the drone strike on Novokuibyshevsk. "Enemy UAVs attacked one of the industrial facilities in Novokuibyshevsk this morning. Emergency services are working at the scene," he wrote on Telegram. Internet service was subsequently restricted across the oblast, and operations at the Samara airport were suspended, Fedorishchev said. Russian attack kills two people in Kherson Meanwhile, two people were killed in Kherson by Russian shelling, according to the Kherson Oblast Military Administration. The deaths in Kherson were the latest in a barrage of Russian drone and missile attacks on Ukraine's capital, including that of Kyiv early Friday that killed 31 people, including five children. Around 150 people were injured. Two people were killed on Saturday morning in Kherson by a Russian attack, according to the Kherson Oblast Military Administration. A Russian airstrike on Kherson's Korabelnyi area left a 68-year-old lady dead and two others injured: a 79-year-old man who received blast trauma and a 41-year-old man who suffered various injuries to his limbs and torso, according to local media. One person was reportedly killed in the area on Friday and nine people injured. The body of a man was found beneath the debris of a residential structure in the Dniprovskyi area shelled by Russia, local officials said. Ukraine says they are holding off Russia, but Moscow's summer offensive is proving to be the deadliest yet for Kyiv. Moscow's summer offensive deadliest for Ukraine On Saturday, the Ukrainian Air Force reported it had foiled or suppressed 45 out of 53 Russian drones against Ukraine overnight. The Ukrainian Air Force reported that As part of its defence, Ukraine sank several Russian warships in the Black Sea, crippling Moscow's naval capability and forcing it to redeploy its fleet from Russian-occupied Crimea to Novorossiysk in a series of strikes earlier in the war, now in its fourth year. Ukraine employed drones to strike multiple Russian air sites that house long-range bombers throughout Russia, from the Arctic Kola Peninsula to Siberia, in an audacious 1 June offensive code-named "Spiderweb." The drones were launched from trucks covertly placed near the bases, taking the Russian military by surprise in a humiliating blow to the Kremlin. The raid destroyed or damaged many of the bombers that had been used by Moscow to launch aerial attacks on Ukraine, providing a major morale boost for Kyiv at a time when Kyiv's undermanned and under-gunned forces are facing Russian attacks along the 1,000-kilometre front line.
