Ukraine-Russia warfare newest: Four useless after Putin launches main assault on Ukraine’s two largest cities | EUROtoday

Britain’s envoy to the UN stated Russia’s use of hypersonic ballistic missile on Ukraine final week that killed 4 and injured a number of others ought to be “universally condemned”.

“This hypersonic missile capable of travelling at over Mach 10, is reported to have hit a site in the region of Lviv, just 50 miles from the Polish border,” ambassador James Kariuki, UK Chargé d’Affaires to the UN, stated yesterday.

“Such action is reckless – it threatens regional and international security, and carries significant risk of escalation and miscalculation,” he stated.

The UK at present has no plan for learn how to mobilise medical doctors, nurses and hospitals within the occasion of all-out warfare, the UK’s high navy chief has admitted, in yet one more signal of Britain’s unpreparedness for a attainable battle.

Sir Richard additionally admitted there’s not sufficient cash to proceed all deliberate navy programmes on high of doing every little thing outlined within the strategic defence assessment (SDR), however turned visibly irritated when MPs steered the navy could need to make cuts.

Ukraine’s grid operator Ukrenergo stated it was rolling out emergency energy cuts in Kyiv right now after important infrastructure suffered damages in an in a single day Russian assault.

Ukrenergo didn’t share particulars on the dimensions of the harm from Russian strikes.

It was not instantly clear how lengthy the outages would final.

Ukraine’s peace negotiators will finalise a doc on safety ensures with the US and submit it for assessment “at the highest level”, Volodymyr Zelensky stated.

Ukraine, he stated, is “coordinating meeting schedules with US president Trump’s representatives – our documents are largely ready for signing”.

Zelensky didn’t share extra particulars on the ensures doc.

If Russia doesn’t agree to finish its warfare then stress on Moscow should be maintained in different methods, he stated.

“We understand that the American side is in contact with Russia regarding the political framework for ending the war. We have defined our vision, and there must be clear feedback from Russia – whether they are willing to end the war on real terms,” Zelensky stated.

“If there is no such willingness, pressure on the aggressor must continue to increase.”

The U.Ok. and the U.S. have condemned Russia’s use of the nuclear-capable Oreshnik ballistic missile in Ukraine, calling it a “dangerous and inexplicable escalation” at an emergency assembly known as by the UN Security Council (UNSC).

Russia Friday claimed it fired the hypersonic missile at a important goal in Ukraine in response to what it described as an tried drone strike on one in every of President Vladimir Putin’s residences, a declare refuted by Kyiv.

At least 4 individuals have been killed in Russia’s most intense in a single day aerial bombardment of the yr to this point, in line with Ukrainian officers and media.

Ukraine’s capital Kyiv got here underneath a brief however intense assault from Russian missiles, head of Kyiv’s navy administration Tymur Tkachenko stated.

Reuters reported its witnesses heard explosions within the metropolis, however there was no quick phrase on casualties or harm.

In Kharkiv, 30km (18 miles) from the border and in addition a frequent Russian goal, regional governor Oleh Syniehubov stated 4 individuals had died in a strike on the outskirts of town.

Syniehubov stated six individuals had been injured.

Telegram channels monitoring Ukraine stated about 20 ballistic missiles had been launched inside about an hour in a single day, in what they described as essentially the most sustained strike on Ukraine to this point in 2026.

Russian forces are utilizing African residents as “meat for the meat grinder” of their warfare towards Ukraine, in line with a Ukrainian official.

Videos from the warfare frontline present Russia’s troops allegedly strapping a landmine to an African mercenary’s chest and asking him to run as a human bomb by no man’s land and goal Ukraine’s positions, reported The Telegraph.

An unseen man, believed to be a Russian soldier, makes use of racist insults and tells the mercenary that he’s getting used as a “can opener” who will blow himself as much as “open” an enemy bunker.

The Independent has not verified the authenticity of the video independently.

Ukraine’s ambassador to South Africa, Olexander Scherba, confirmed participation of a number of African nationals in Moscow’s warfare on Ukraine who’re being utilized in Vladimir Putin’s meat grinding warfare.

Scherba stated a number of members of a South African political celebration with shut ties with Russia embroiled in a current scandal had been compelled into fight.

“There might be all kinds of charm offensives on the African continent, but once an African person comes to this war, they just become meat for the meat grinder,” he instructed The Telegraph.

The scandal reveals Russia “looks at Africa through imperial eyes, he said.

Ukraine has attacked Russia’s Taganrog city in the southern Rostov region, officials said this morning.

Rostov governor Yuri Slyusar said Russian air defence systems were trying to repel a Ukrainian air attack.

“Details on the impact on the ground are being clarified,” he stated on his Telegram channel.

The Russian metropolis hosts a variety of navy amenities and has come underneath frequent assaults all through the warfare.

In November, Ukraine’s armed forces reported profitable strikes on a number of strategic Russian targets, together with the Taganrog Aircraft Repair Plant and the Atlant Aero drone manufacturing facility in Rostov oblast.