Ukraine-Russia warfare newest: Dozens injured in Kharkiv residence strike as Lammy vows to not be ‘bullied by Putin’ | EUROtoday

North Korean international minister Choe Son Hui has flown to Russia to attend the fourth Eurasian Women’s Forum and the BRICS Women’s Forum in Saint Petersburg, Russia’s embassy in North Korea mentioned right now.

“Russian ambassador (Alexander Ivanovich) Matsegora saw off North Korean foreign minister Choe Son Hui at the Pyongyang International Airport,” the embassy mentioned in a submit on its Vkontakte social community.

The embassy mentioned that the minister’s speeches and participation in discussions are deliberate on the discussion board, which can happen 18 to twenty September.

Valentina Matviyenko, speaker of the Federation Council, Russia’s higher home of parliament, mentioned in June that delegations from virtually 100 nations have been anticipated on the discussion board.

“We will strive to ensure a record foreign representation in the entire history of the Forum,” Matviyenko mentioned in June, based on a transcript offered on the Council’s web site.

Vladimir Putin has attended earlier conferences of the discussion board, however the Kremlin is but to announce his participation on this yr’s discussion board.

Warming ties between the nations reached a brand new excessive this yr when Putin signed a take care of North Korean chief Kim Jong Un that included a mutual defence pledge throughout a go to to Pyongyang.

Ukraine air pressure has downed 53 out of 56 Russian drones fired in a single day, officers mentioned.

Russia launched its eighth air assault in September on Kyiv in a single day, with air defence items destroying practically 20 drones that have been heading in the direction of the nation’s capital, Ukrainian navy mentioned this morning.

“Russian attack drones were heading to Kyiv from different directions and in different groups,” Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv’s navy administration, mentioned on Telegram. “According to preliminary information, there were no casualties or damage in Kyiv.”

The scale of the assault, which stored Kyiv beneath air raid alerts for about 3.5 hours, will solely be identified later right now, he added.

Prime minister Keir Starmer and US president Joe Biden mentioned the truth that Iran and Russia are strengthening their navy cooperation throughout a summit in Washington on Friday, which additionally lined different key points round Vladimir Putin’s warfare in Ukraine, together with Kyiv’s use of Western long-range missiles to hit targets deep inside Russia.

Mr Starmer and Mr Biden mentioned intelligence pointing to a deal that may see the Kremlin offering Iran nuclear expertise, sources on the British aspect informed The Times.

If confirmed, such a deal can be particularly alarming as Tehran is advancing its programme of uranium enrichment – a step in the direction of growing a nuclear weapon.

Western arms are arriving too slowly to equip the armed forces correctly and inflicting Ukrainian troops to undergo excessive losses, president Volodymyr Zelensky informed CNN in an interview aired yesterday.

Russia has been gaining floor in elements of japanese Ukraine together with round Pokrovsk. Capture of the transport hub may allow Moscow to open new traces of assault.

Mr Zelensky mentioned the state of affairs within the east was “very tough”, including that half of Ukraine’s brigades there weren’t geared up.

“So you lose a lot of people. You lose people because they are not in armed vehicles… they don’t have artillery, they don’t have artillery rounds,” he mentioned in an interview performed on Friday.

The Ukrainian chief mentioned weapons support packages promised by the United States and European nations have been arriving very slowly.

“We need 14 brigades to be ready. Until now… from these packages we didn’t equip even four,” he mentioned.

White House nationwide safety adviser Jake Sullivan on Saturday mentioned Washington was engaged on a “substantial” new support bundle for Ukraine.

Two folks died in a missile assault on the Ukrainian Black Sea port metropolis of Odesa, native officers mentioned yesterday, as Moscow and Kyiv exchanged drone and missile assaults.

Oleh Kiper, Odesa’s regional governor, mentioned the 2 who died within the suburbs of Odesa on Saturday evening have been a married couple, and that one other particular person was wounded within the assault.

At least 41 folks have been wounded yesterday when a Russian aerial bomb struck a multistory residential constructing in Kharkiv, mayor Ihor Terekhov mentioned, including that the guided bomb hit the tenth ground of the constructing, with the fireplace spreading throughout 4 tales. Twelve different buildings have been additionally broken, he mentioned.

The Ukrainian air pressure mentioned Sunday it shot down 10 of the 14 drones and one of many three missiles Russia launched in a single day.

The suspect within the Donald Trump’s assassination try, Ryan Wesley Routh, had proven assist for Ukraine in some alleged social media profiles in his identify.

The 58-year-old resident of Hawaii was recognized because the suspect by the CNN, Fox News and The New York Times who cited unnamed regulation enforcement officers.

Some social media profiles by his identify have been discovered on X, Facebook and Linkedin by these information organisations.

The three accounts bearing Routh’s identify recommend he was an avid supporter of Ukraine in its warfare towards Russia. In a number of of the posts, the social media consumer gave the impression to be attempting to assist recruit troopers for Ukraine’s warfare effort.

Public entry to the mentioned Facebook profile was eliminated a couple of hours after the taking pictures.

Watch the transferring second a Ukrainian prisoner of warfare is reunited along with her household.

The freed lady mentioned: “I am so happy, I cannot express with words, I was waiting for this day for so long. I am so happy to see the Ukrainian flag. Thank you, friends.”

Ukraine noticed 49 folks returned from Russian captivity, President Volodymyr Zelensky introduced on Friday (13 September).

According to Zelensky, amongst these returned are servicemen of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, National Guard, National Police, State Border Service, and civilians.