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New York Times
2 days ago
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- New York Times
Ukraine Says Russian Strike on Military Base Killed 12 Soldiers
A Russian missile attack on a Ukrainian military training base killed at least 12 soldiers and wounded more than 60 others on Sunday, the Ukrainian military said, in a rare statement acknowledging casualties within its ranks. Ukraine's military did not disclose where the strike occurred, saying in a statement only that there was not a mass gathering at the time of the attack. 'At the time the air raid alert was announced, all personnel were in shelters, except for those who may not have had time to reach it,' Vitalii Sarantsev, a spokesman for Ukraine's Ground Forces, said in an interview with Ukrainian news media. Ukraine's military does not typically disclose official casualty figures, which are treated as a state secret and are a highly sensitive topic in the country. The strike on the training base came after what Ukrainian officials said was Russia's largest combined overnight aerial assault on the country since the start of the war. Russia launched 472 drones and seven missiles overnight, according to Ukraine's Air Force. It said that the vast majority of the drones and three of the incoming missiles were intercepted, but that at least 18 targets were struck. The air force did not provide further details on what was struck.
Sky News
3 days ago
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- Sky News
Girl, 9, killed in Russian missile attack - as Moscow continues advance on Ukrainian territory
Why you can trust Sky News A Ukrainian child has been killed after a Russian missile attack, as Moscow claims to have captured two villages in Ukraine. Russian troops launched some 109 drones and five missiles across Ukraine overnight on Friday and into Saturday, the Ukrainian air force said. A nine-year-old girl was killed by the strike on the front-line village of Dolynka in the Zaporizhzhia region. A 16-year-old was also injured, Zaporizhzhia's governor, Ivan Fedorov, said. He said "shockwaves" from the blast also damaged houses, cars and outbuildings. The air force said three of the missiles and 42 drones were destroyed by air defences, while another 30 drones failed to reach their targets without causing damage. Meanwhile, 14 people were injured, including four children, after Ukrainian drones struck apartment buildings in the Russian town of Rylsk and the village of Artakovo in the western Kursk region, local acting governor Alexander Khinshtein said. It comes as Russian forces have reportedly captured two villages in Ukraine's Donetsk and Sumy regions. Russian state news agency RIA reported that Novopil in the eastern Donetsk region and Vodolagy in the northeastern Sumy region were captured on Saturday, citing the Russian defence ministry. Sky News could not independently verify the battlefield report. Earlier this week, Moscow claimed to take multiple other settlements in the same two regions, as well as Stroivka in Ukraine's Kharkiv region. As a result of Russian gains, Ukrainian authorities in Sumy ordered mandatory evacuations in 11 more settlements - bringing the total number of settlements under evacuation orders in Sumy, which borders Russia's Kursk region, to 213. 0:44 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Friday some 50,000 Russian troops had amassed in the area with the intention of launching an offensive to carve out a buffer zone inside Ukrainian territory. Russia currently controls almost all of Ukraine's Luhansk region, more than 70% of Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson and a small part of the Kharkiv and Sumy regions. The barrage of Russian aerial assaults has meant Ukraine's need for ammunition has become more urgent than ever. Russia has offered Ukraine a second round of peace talks on 2 June in Istanbul, Turkey. Andrii Yermark, a top adviser to Mr Zelenskyy, said Kyiv was ready to resume direct peace talks but that the Kremlin should provide a promised memorandum setting out its position on ending the more than three-year war, before the two delegations sit down to negotiate. Mr Zelenskyy added that Russia was "undermining diplomacy" by withholding the document. "For some reason, the Russians are concealing this document. This is an absolutely bizarre position. There is no clarity about the format," he wrote on Telegram.
Associated Press
3 days ago
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- Associated Press
A Russian missile strike kills a child and injures another, a Ukrainian official says
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian missile hit a front-line region in Ukraine on Saturday, killing a child and injuring another, a Ukrainian official said as uncertainty remains as to whether Kyiv diplomats will attend a new round of peace talks proposed by Moscow for early next week in Istanbul. Russian troops launched some 109 drones and five missiles across Ukraine overnight and into Saturday, the Ukrainian air force said. Three of the missiles and 42 drones were destroyed by air defenses, while another 30 drones failed to reach their targets without causing damage, it said. A 9-old girl was killed in a strike on the front-line village of Dolynka in the Zaporizhzhia region, and a 16-year-old was injured, Zaporizhzhia's Gov. Ivan Fedorov said. 'One house was destroyed. The shockwave from the blast also damaged several other houses, cars, and outbuildings,' Fedorov wrote on Telegram. Moscow did not comment on the latest attack. Meanwhile, 14 people were injured after Ukrainian drones struck apartment buildings on Saturday in the Russian town of Rylsk and the village of Artakovo in the western Kursk region, local acting Gov. Alexander Khinshtein said. Four children were among those injured in the two attacks, which also sparked several fires, he said. On Friday, Andrii Yermak, a top adviser to Ukraine's president said Kyiv was ready to resume direct peace talks with Russia in Istanbul on Monday but that the Kremlin should provide a promised memorandum setting out its position on ending the more than three-year war, before the two delegations sit down to negotiate. Speaking late Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia was 'undermining diplomacy' by withholding the document. 'For some reason, the Russians are concealing this document. This is an absolutely bizarre position. There is no clarity about the format,' Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram. Moscow previously said it would share its memorandum during the talks. ___ Follow AP's coverage of the war in Ukraine at
Yahoo
3 days ago
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- Yahoo
A Russian missile strike kills a child and injures another, a Ukrainian official says
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian missile hit a front-line region in Ukraine on Saturday, killing a child and injuring another, a Ukrainian official said as uncertainty remains as to whether Kyiv diplomats will attend a new round of peace talks proposed by Moscow for early next week in Istanbul. Russian troops launched some 109 drones and five missiles across Ukraine overnight and into Saturday, the Ukrainian air force said. Three of the missiles and 42 drones were destroyed by air defenses, while another 30 drones failed to reach their targets without causing damage, it said. A 9-old girl was killed in a strike on the front-line village of Dolynka in the Zaporizhzhia region, and a 16-year-old was injured, Zaporizhzhia's Gov. Ivan Fedorov said. 'One house was destroyed. The shockwave from the blast also damaged several other houses, cars, and outbuildings,' Fedorov wrote on Telegram. Moscow did not comment on the latest attack. Meanwhile, 14 people were injured after Ukrainian drones struck apartment buildings on Saturday in the Russian town of Rylsk and the village of Artakovo in the western Kursk region, local acting Gov. Alexander Khinshtein said. Four children were among those injured in the two attacks, which also sparked several fires, he said. On Friday, Andrii Yermak, a top adviser to Ukraine's president said Kyiv was ready to resume direct peace talks with Russia in Istanbul on Monday but that the Kremlin should provide a promised memorandum setting out its position on ending the more than three-year war, before the two delegations sit down to negotiate. Speaking late Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia was 'undermining diplomacy' by withholding the document. 'For some reason, the Russians are concealing this document. This is an absolutely bizarre position. There is no clarity about the format,' Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram. Moscow previously said it would share its memorandum during the talks. ___ Follow AP's coverage of the war in Ukraine at
The Independent
3 days ago
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- The Independent
A Russian missile strike kills a child and injures another, a Ukrainian official says
A Russian missile hit a front-line region in Ukraine on Saturday, killing a child and injuring another, a Ukrainian official said as uncertainty remains as to whether Kyiv diplomats will attend a new round of peace talks proposed by Moscow for early next week in Istanbul. Russian troops launched some 109 drones and five missiles across Ukraine overnight and into Saturday, the Ukrainian air force said. Three of the missiles and 42 drones were destroyed by air defenses, while another 30 drones failed to reach their targets without causing damage, it said. A 9-old girl was killed in a strike on the front-line village of Dolynka in the Zaporizhzhia region, and a 16-year-old was injured, Zaporizhzhia's Gov. Ivan Fedorov said. 'One house was destroyed. The shockwave from the blast also damaged several other houses, cars, and outbuildings,' Fedorov wrote on Telegram. Moscow did not comment on the latest attack. Meanwhile, 14 people were injured after Ukrainian drones struck apartment buildings on Saturday in the Russian town of Rylsk and the village of Artakovo in the western Kursk region, local acting Gov. Alexander Khinshtein said. Four children were among those injured in the two attacks, which also sparked several fires, he said. On Friday, Andrii Yermak, a top adviser to Ukraine's president said Kyiv was ready to resume direct peace talks with Russia in Istanbul on Monday but that the Kremlin should provide a promised memorandum setting out its position on ending the more than three-year war, before the two delegations sit down to negotiate. Speaking late Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia was 'undermining diplomacy' by withholding the document. 'For some reason, the Russians are concealing this document. This is an absolutely bizarre position. There is no clarity about the format,' Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram. Moscow previously said it would share its memorandum during the talks. ___
