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Russia mentioned Thursday that it repelled a missile assault within the Volgograd area however that particles ignited a hearth at a army facility and prompted the evacuation of a close-by village. Russia and Ukraine have accused one another of launching strikes that undermine ongoing negotiations to finish the almost four-year-long conflict. Follow our liveblog for the most recent updates.
Russia sends ‘a whole lot’ of missiles, drones at Ukraine
Russia pounded Ukraine with drones and ballistic missiles in a single day on Thursday, focusing on power methods and injuring at the very least seven folks within the capital Kyiv, and the cities of Dnipro and Odesa, officers mentioned.
“Hundreds of drones and ballistic missiles targeted energy systems, depriving people of power, heating, and water,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha mentioned in a put up on X.
Two folks had been damage in a “massive” assault on Kyiv, which additionally hit numerous buildings, Mayor Vitali Klitschko mentioned.
Russian assault damages substation in Ukraine’s southern Odesa area
A Russian assault has broken a substation in Ukraine’s southern area of Odesa, energy firm DTEK mentioned on Thursday.
“The damage is extensive. Repairs will take a long time to restore the equipment to working order,” DTEK mentioned on the Telegram messaging app.
It added that it was already the thirty first massive substation within the area that has been broken by Russia.
‘Ukraine will do all the pieces to be technically prepared for EU accession by 2027’, says Zelensky
WhatsApp says Russia ‘tried to completely block’ app
WhatsApp mentioned Wednesday that Russia “attempted to fully block” the messaging app within the nation to push customers to a competing state-controlled service, doubtlessly affecting 100 million folks.
Moscow has been attempting to nudge Russians to make use of a extra tightly managed home on-line service.
It has threatened a bunch of web platforms with pressured slowdowns or outright bans if they don’t adjust to Russian legal guidelines, together with these requiring information on Russian customers to be saved contained in the nation.
Russia says village evacuated after army facility hit by particles
Russia mentioned Thursday that it repelled a missile assault in Volgograd area however that particles ignited a hearth at a army facility and prompted the evacuation of a close-by village.
“Air defense units of the Russian Ministry of Defence repelled a missile attack on Volgograd region,” regional Governor Andrey Bocharov posted on Telegram.
“Falling debris caused a fire on the grounds of a Ministry of Defence facility near the village of Kotluban,” he added, with out elaborating on the location.
While there have been no had been no casualties, he mentioned evacuation orders had been being carried out within the close by village of Kotluban “to ensure civilian safety from the threat of detonation during firefighting”.
Yesterday’s key occasions:
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Ukrainian capital Kyiv got here below a “massive” assault from Russian missiles early on Thursday, with numerous buildings hit within the assault, officers mentioned.
- The EU parliament on Wednesday accepted a 90 billion euro mortgage for Ukraine, offering a monetary lifeline to cash-strapped Kyiv 4 years into Russia’s invasion.
- Ukrainian drones strike Lukoil oil refinery in Russia’s Volgograd area.
- Ukraine says will maintain a presidential election solely when the safety state of affairs within the conflict with Russia makes it possible.
- UK pledges $205 million to ship US weapons to Ukraine.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP, Reuters)
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