14-05-2025
- Politics
- Free Malaysia Today
Ukrainian attacks on Russia's Belgorod injure 16
Russian defences say their units destroyed 12 drones. (EPA Images pic)
MOSCOW : A series of Ukraine drone attacks on the region of Belgorod injured at least 16 people yesterday, the governor of the region in Russia's southwest that borders Ukraine said today.
Among the injured were a doctor and a paramedic, Belgorod governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on the Telegram messaging app. Eight people were hospitalised, he added.
The Russian defence ministry said that its units destroyed 12 drones that Ukraine launched overnight, three of them over the Belgorod region. The ministry reports only the number of drones destroyed, not how many Ukraine launched.
Reuters could not independently verify the Russian reports. There was no immediate comment from Ukraine.
Both sides deny targeting civilians in the war that Russia started with an invasion of Ukraine 2022.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin called for direct talks with Ukraine tomorrow, while he called a proposal, issued at the weekend by Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and his European allies for a 30-day ceasefire, an ultimatum.
Zelensky said that he would attend the talks that are to take place in the Turkish city of Istanbul if Putin is also there, and urged US President Donald Trump, who offered to join the meeting, to come along as well.
