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BreakingNews.ie
15 hours ago
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- BreakingNews.ie
Russian missile and drone attacks kill 11 and injure 124 in Kyiv
Russia attacked Ukraine's capital with missiles and drones overnight, killing at least 11 people including a six-year-old boy and wounding 124 others, authorities said. Ten children, the youngest being a five-month-old girl, were among the injured, Kyiv City Military Administration head Tymur Tkachenko said. Advertisement A large part of a nine-storey residential building collapsed after it was struck, he added. Residents at the scene of one Russian strike (Efrem Lukatsky/AP) Rescue teams are at the scene searching for people trapped under the rubble. Yana Zhabborova, 35, a resident of the damaged building, woke up to the sound of thundering explosions, which blew off the doors and windows of her home. 'It is just stress and shock that there is nothing left,' said Ms Zhabborova, a mother of a five-month-old baby and a five-year-old child. Advertisement Russia fired 309 Shahed and decoy drones and eight Iskander-K cruise missiles overnight, the Ukrainian air force said. Air defences intercepted and jammed 288 strike drones and three missiles, and five missiles and 21 drones struck targets. Russia's Ministry of Defence said it had shot down 32 Ukrainian drones overnight. Rescuers work in the rubble of a destroyed apartment building (Efrem Lukatsky/AP) A drone attack sparked a blaze at an industrial site in Russia's Penza region, local governor Oleg Melnichenko said, adding that there were no casualties. In the Volgograd region, some trains were halted after drone wreckage fell on railway infrastructure, state operator Russian Railways said. Advertisement Russia's Defence Ministry also said that its forces had taken full control of the strategically important city of Chasiv Yar in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region. Russian and Ukrainian troops have battled for control of Chasiv Yar for nearly 18 months. It includes a hilltop from which troops can attack other key points in the region that form the backbone of Ukraine's eastern defences. Victor Trehubov, a Ukrainian military spokesperson, told The Associated Press that Russia's claim was untrue. 'Just a fabrication, there wasn't even a change in the situation,' he said. Advertisement A report on Thursday from Ukraine's Army General Staff said there had been seven clashes in Chasiv Yar in the past 24 hours. An attached map showed most of the town under Russian control. Firefighters work to extinguish a fire in Kyiv (Efrem Lukatsky/AP) DeepState, an open-source Ukrainian map widely used by the military and analysts, showed early on Thursday that neighbourhoods to the south and west of Chasiv Yar remained uncontrolled by either side. The overnight drone attacks targeted the Kyiv, Dnipro, Poltava, Sumy and Mykolaiv regions, with Ukraine's capital being the primary target, President Volodymyr Zelensky said. At least 27 locations across Kyiv were hit, Mr Tkachenko said, with the heaviest damage in the Solomianskyi and Sviatoshynskyi districts. More than 100 buildings were damaged in the capital, including homes, schools, nurseries, medical facilities and universities, he added. Advertisement 'Today, the world once again saw Russia's answer to our desire for peace with America and Europe,' Mr Zelensky said. 'New demonstrative killings. That is why peace without strength is impossible.' He called on Ukraine's allies to follow through on defence commitments and pressure Moscow towards real negotiations. US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he was giving Russian President Vladimir Putin a shorter deadline — August 8 — for peace efforts to make progress, or Washington will impose punitive sanctions and tariffs. Western leaders have accused Mr Putin of dragging his feet in US-led peace efforts in an attempt to capture more Ukrainian land.
BreakingNews.ie
17 hours ago
- Politics
- BreakingNews.ie
Russian missile and drone attacks kill nine and injure 124 in Kyiv
Russia attacked Ukraine's capital with missiles and drones overnight, killing at least nine people including a six-year-old boy and wounding 124 others, authorities said. Ten children, the youngest being a five-month-old girl, were among the injured, Kyiv City Military Administration head Tymur Tkachenko said. Advertisement A large part of a nine-storey residential building collapsed after it was struck, he added. Residents at the scene of one Russian strike (Efrem Lukatsky/AP) Rescue teams are at the scene searching for people trapped under the rubble. Yana Zhabborova, 35, a resident of the damaged building, woke up to the sound of thundering explosions, which blew off the doors and windows of her home. 'It is just stress and shock that there is nothing left,' said Ms Zhabborova, a mother of a five-month-old baby and a five-year-old child. Advertisement Russia fired 309 Shahed and decoy drones and eight Iskander-K cruise missiles overnight, the Ukrainian air force said. Air defences intercepted and jammed 288 strike drones and three missiles, and five missiles and 21 drones struck targets. Russia's Ministry of Defence said it had shot down 32 Ukrainian drones overnight. Rescuers work in the rubble of a destroyed apartment building (Efrem Lukatsky/AP) A drone attack sparked a blaze at an industrial site in Russia's Penza region, local governor Oleg Melnichenko said, adding that there were no casualties. In the Volgograd region, some trains were halted after drone wreckage fell on railway infrastructure, state operator Russian Railways said. Advertisement Russia's Defence Ministry also said that its forces had taken full control of the strategically important city of Chasiv Yar in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region. Russian and Ukrainian troops have battled for control of Chasiv Yar for nearly 18 months. It includes a hilltop from which troops can attack other key points in the region that form the backbone of Ukraine's eastern defences. Victor Trehubov, a Ukrainian military spokesperson, told The Associated Press that Russia's claim was untrue. 'Just a fabrication, there wasn't even a change in the situation,' he said. Advertisement A report on Thursday from Ukraine's Army General Staff said there had been seven clashes in Chasiv Yar in the past 24 hours. An attached map showed most of the town under Russian control. Firefighters work to extinguish a fire in Kyiv (Efrem Lukatsky/AP) DeepState, an open-source Ukrainian map widely used by the military and analysts, showed early on Thursday that neighbourhoods to the south and west of Chasiv Yar remained uncontrolled by either side. The overnight drone attacks targeted the Kyiv, Dnipro, Poltava, Sumy and Mykolaiv regions, with Ukraine's capital being the primary target, President Volodymyr Zelensky said. At least 27 locations across Kyiv were hit, Mr Tkachenko said, with the heaviest damage in the Solomianskyi and Sviatoshynskyi districts. More than 100 buildings were damaged in the capital, including homes, schools, nurseries, medical facilities and universities, he added. Advertisement 'Today, the world once again saw Russia's answer to our desire for peace with America and Europe,' Mr Zelensky said. 'New demonstrative killings. That is why peace without strength is impossible.' He called on Ukraine's allies to follow through on defence commitments and pressure Moscow towards real negotiations. US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he was giving Russian President Vladimir Putin a shorter deadline — August 8 — for peace efforts to make progress, or Washington will impose punitive sanctions and tariffs. Western leaders have accused Mr Putin of dragging his feet in US-led peace efforts in an attempt to capture more Ukrainian land.
BreakingNews.ie
21 hours ago
- Politics
- BreakingNews.ie
Russian missile and drone attacks kill eight and injure 82 in Kyiv
Russia attacked Ukraine's capital with missiles and drones overnight, killing at least eight people including a six-year-old boy and wounding 82 others, authorities said. Ten children, the youngest being a five-month-old girl, were among the injured, Kyiv City Military Administration head Tymur Tkachenko said. Advertisement A large part of a nine-storey residential building collapsed after it was struck, he added. Residents at the scene of one Russian strike (Efrem Lukatsky/AP) Rescue teams are at the scene searching for people trapped under the rubble. Yana Zhabborova, 35, a resident of the damaged building, woke up to the sound of thundering explosions, which blew off the doors and windows of her home. 'It is just stress and shock that there is nothing left,' said Ms Zhabborova, a mother of a five-month-old baby and a five-year-old child. Advertisement Russia fired 309 Shahed and decoy drones and eight Iskander-K cruise missiles overnight, the Ukrainian air force said. Air defences intercepted and jammed 288 strike drones and three missiles, and five missiles and 21 drones struck targets. Russia's Ministry of Defence said it had shot down 32 Ukrainian drones overnight. Rescuers work in the rubble of a destroyed apartment building (Efrem Lukatsky/AP) A drone attack sparked a blaze at an industrial site in Russia's Penza region, local governor Oleg Melnichenko said, adding that there were no casualties. In the Volgograd region, some trains were halted after drone wreckage fell on railway infrastructure, state operator Russian Railways said. Advertisement Russia's Defence Ministry also said that its forces had taken full control of the strategically important city of Chasiv Yar in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region. Russian and Ukrainian troops have battled for control of Chasiv Yar for nearly 18 months. It includes a hilltop from which troops can attack other key points in the region that form the backbone of Ukraine's eastern defences. Victor Trehubov, a Ukrainian military spokesperson, told The Associated Press that Russia's claim was untrue. 'Just a fabrication, there wasn't even a change in the situation,' he said. Advertisement A report on Thursday from Ukraine's Army General Staff said there had been seven clashes in Chasiv Yar in the past 24 hours. An attached map showed most of the town under Russian control. Firefighters work to extinguish a fire in Kyiv (Efrem Lukatsky/AP) DeepState, an open-source Ukrainian map widely used by the military and analysts, showed early on Thursday that neighbourhoods to the south and west of Chasiv Yar remained uncontrolled by either side. The overnight drone attacks targeted the Kyiv, Dnipro, Poltava, Sumy and Mykolaiv regions, with Ukraine's capital being the primary target, President Volodymyr Zelensky said. At least 27 locations across Kyiv were hit, Mr Tkachenko said, with the heaviest damage in the Solomianskyi and Sviatoshynskyi districts. More than 100 buildings were damaged in the capital, including homes, schools, nurseries, medical facilities and universities, he added. Advertisement 'Today, the world once again saw Russia's answer to our desire for peace with America and Europe,' Mr Zelensky said. 'New demonstrative killings. That is why peace without strength is impossible.' He called on Ukraine's allies to follow through on defence commitments and pressure Moscow towards real negotiations. US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he was giving Russian President Vladimir Putin a shorter deadline — August 8 — for peace efforts to make progress, or Washington will impose punitive sanctions and tariffs. Western leaders have accused Mr Putin of dragging his feet in US-led peace efforts in an attempt to capture more Ukrainian land.
CBC
21 hours ago
- Politics
- CBC
Russian missile, drone attacks hit Kyiv, killing 7 people and wounding 82
Social Sharing Russia attacked Ukraine's capital with missiles and drones overnight, killing at least seven people, including a six-year-old boy, and wounding 82 others, Ukrainian authorities said Thursday. Ten children, the youngest being a five-month-old girl, were among the injured, Kyiv City Military Administration head Tymur Tkachenko said. A large part of a nine-storey residential building collapsed after it was struck, he said. Rescue teams were at the scene searching for people trapped under the rubble. Yana Zhabborova, 35, a resident of the damaged building, woke up to the sound of thundering explosions, which blew off the doors and windows of her home. "It is just stress and shock that there is nothing left," said Zhabborova, a mother of a five-month-old infant and a five-year-old child. Russia fired 309 Shahed and decoy drones, and eight Iskander-K cruise missiles overnight, the Ukrainian air force said. Ukrainian air defences intercepted and jammed 288 strike drones and three missiles. Five missiles and 21 drones struck targets. Russia says it shot down drones overnight Meanwhile, Russia's Ministry of Defence said Thursday that it had shot down 32 Ukrainian drones overnight. A drone attack had sparked a blaze at an industrial site in Russia's Penza region, local Gov. Oleg Melnichenko said. He didn't immediately give further details other than to say that there were no casualties. In the Volgograd region, some trains were also halted after drone wreckage fell on local railway infrastructure, state rail operator Russian Railways said. Russia's Defence Ministry also said that its forces took full control of the strategically important city of Chasiv Yar in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region. Ukrainian officials, who typically don't confirm retreats, didn't immediately comment. Zelenskyy calls on allies to pressure Moscow Russian and Ukrainian troops have battled for control of Chasiv Yar for nearly 18 months. It includes a hilltop from which troops can attack other key points in the region that form the backbone of Ukraine's eastern defences. A report on Thursday from Ukraine's Army General Staff said there were seven clashes in Chasiv Yar in the past 24 hours. An attached map showed most of the town as being under Russian control. DeepState, an open-source Ukrainian map widely used by the military and analysts, showed early Thursday that neighbourhoods to the south and west of Chasiv Yar remained as so-called grey zones, or uncontrolled by either side. WATCH | U.S. president to move up deadline he put on Putin over Ukraine: Trump says he's moving up the deadline he gave Putin over Ukraine 3 days ago U.S. President Donald Trump, appearing alongside U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday, told reporters he's going to move up a deadline he put on Russian President Vladimir Putin over Ukraine, adding: 'We just don't see any progress being made.' The attack targeted the Kyiv, Dnipro, Poltava, Sumy, Mykolaiv regions, with Ukraine's capital being the primary target, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram. "Today, the world once again saw Russia's answer to our desire for peace with America and Europe," Zelenskyy said. "New demonstrative killings. That is why peace without strength is impossible." He called on Ukraine's allies to follow through on defence commitments and pressure Moscow toward real negotiations. Plumes of smoke emanating from a partially damaged building and debris strewn on the ground. The force of the blast wave was powerful enough to leave clothes hanging limply from trees. At least 27 locations across Kyiv were hit by the attack, Tkachenko said, with the heaviest damage seen in the Solomianskyi and Sviatoshynskyi districts. More than 100 buildings were damaged in Kyiv, including homes, schools, kindergartens, medical facilities and universities, he said. U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he's giving Russian President Vladimir Putin a shorter deadline — Aug. 8 — for peace efforts to make progress, or Washington will impose punitive sanctions and tariffs. Western leaders have accused Putin of dragging his feet in U.S.-led peace efforts in an attempt to capture more Ukrainian land.
Yahoo
21 hours ago
- Yahoo
Two bodies recovered from cliffs below Whitby Abbey
Two bodies have been recovered from the cliffs below Whitby Abbey, police have said. An emergency service rescue operation was launched at 7.16pm on Wednesday after a member of the public spotted the man and woman on the rocks below, North Yorkshire Police said. The Coastguard helicopter was called in as the tide was coming in quickly, and the two people were taken to ambulance crews positioned near Whitby Abbey at 8.24pm. Paramedics confirmed the pair had died and the bodies were taken to hospital by ambulance. Officers are working to trace the man and woman's next of kin while an investigation into their sudden deaths has been launched for a coroner's report. Any witnesses or anyone with information is asked to call North Yorkshire Police on 101.
