Volodymyr Zelensky has accused North Korea of supplying troops to Russia to aid its war in Ukraine.
The alliance between Russia and North Korea is “no longer just about transferring weapons”, the Ukrainian president said in his nightly video address. “It is actually about transfer of people.”
He sought an evolution of Ukraine’s relationship with its allies as he asked for support from Western partners and “more sustained supplies for our forces rather than a simple list of military hardware”.
He claimed that Russian forces were trying to oust Ukrainian troops from their positions in Russia’s Kursk region but Kyiv’s forces were holding strong.“Russia tried to push back our positions, but we are holding the designated lines,” the president said earlier on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Russia launched 68 drones and four missiles targeting Ukrainian territory, Ukraine’s air force said on Sunday.
Ukrainian forces hit a fuel depot supplying Russia’s army, with a fire detected at the facility which stores oil and oil products, Kyiv said.
Key Points
- Zelensky accuses North Korea of sending troops to Russia
- Ukrainian forces holding positions in Russia's Kursk region, Zelensky says
- Ukraine hit fuel depot in Russia-occupied Luhansk region
- Russia launches 68 drones and four missiles at Ukraine, Ukraine’s air force says
- Putin faced bloodiest month of war in September, says US
- Zelensky promotes ‘victory plan’ to allies in massive Europe visit
Zelensky accuses North Korea of sending troops to Russia
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Namita Singh
Ukrainian president has accused North Korea of supplying troop to Russia to aid Vladimir Putin in his war against Ukraine.
“We see an increasing alliance between Russia and regimes like in North Korea,” Mr Zelensky said, adding “it is no longer just about transferring weapons.
“It is actually about the transfer of people from North Korea to the occupier’s military forces.”
Seeking evolution of relationship with its Western partners “under such conditions” he demanded more front line support.
“We are talking about more long-range capabilities for Ukraine and more sustained supplies for our forces rather than a simple list of military hardware.”
Lammy to meet EU ministers to discuss UK co-operation on Ukraine and Middle East
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Namita Singh
Foreign secretary David Lammy is to meet with EU ministers to discuss the UK’s co-operation on the Middle East crisis and the war in Ukraine.
Mr Lammy will reinforce closer UK-EU cooperation on global issues by attending the Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg on Monday.
It is the first time in two years a foreign secretary will join the group of 27 EU ministers, with the government aiming to signal their reset of European relations.
The talks will focus on the main challenges facing European security, including discussions on how the UK and EU can work together to tackle continued Russian aggression and interference across the continent, as well as the escalating crisis in the Middle East, including the ongoing threat posed by Iran.
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Recap: Watch as Zelensky visits No 10 to ask Starmer for greater support for Ukraine
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Tara Cobham
Ukraine’s human rights envoy urges response to alleged killings of Ukrainian POWs in Kursk
03:00
Tara Cobham
Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman urged international organizations Sunday to respond to a claim that several Ukrainian prisoners of war were executed in Russia’s Kursk region, where Kyiv had launched an incursion in August.
DeepState, a Ukrainian battlefield analysis site close to Ukraine’s Defense Ministry, said that Russian troops shot and killed nine Ukrainian “drone operators and contractors” on Oct. 10 after they had surrendered.
Dmytro Lubinets said on Telegram that he sent letters to the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross regarding the case, calling it “another crime committed by the Russians.”
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Retreat of BBC World Service aids propaganda from Russia and China – Tim Davie
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Tara Cobham
BBC director-general Tim Davie will warn that the retreat of its World Service due to funding cuts has helped Russia and China broadcast “unchallenged propaganda”.
In a speech at the Future Resilience Forum, a non-partisan meeting attended by international political figures, Mr Davie will discuss the global importance of the BBC World Service, which operates across more than 40 languages.
While addressing the war in Ukraine and unrest in the Middle East, Mr Davie is expected to say: “This is a critical moment of challenge for stability and democracy worldwide.”
Hannah Roberts reports:
Russian Defence Ministry says 13 Ukrainian drones shot down over three regions of Russia
Monday 14 October 2024 00:30
Tara Cobham
The Russian Defence Ministry has said that 13 Ukrainian drones were shot down over three regions of Russia.
It said on Sunday that six drones were shot down in each of the Belgorod and Kursk regions, while one was in the Bryansk region – all of which border Ukraine.
Zelenskyy appeals to Ukraine’s allies to ‘provide necessary quantity and quality of air defense systems'
Sunday 13 October 2024 23:30
Tara Cobham
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appealed to Ukraine's allies to "provide the necessary quantity and quality of air defense systems" and "make decisions for our sufficient range".
In the post on X on Sunday, he added: “Time must not be wasted – a clear signal of resolve must be sent.”
Kyiv is still awaiting word from its Western partners on its repeated requests to use the long-range weapons they provide to hit targets on Russian soil.
This week alone, Russians have used around 900 guided aerial bombs, over 40 missiles, and 400 strike drones of various types against Ukraine.
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) October 13, 2024
No nation should have to endure such trials alone. Our partners have the ability to provide the necessary quantity and quality of air… pic.twitter.com/h4TSFrvyny
Russia launched 900 guided aerial bombs at Ukraine over past week, Zelenskyy says
Sunday 13 October 2024 22:30
Tara Cobham
Russia launched around 900 guided aerial bombs against Ukraine over the past week, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.
The Ukrainian President also said on Sunday that Moscow had launched more than 40 missiles and 400 drones at Ukraine.
Ukrainian air force says it shot down 31 of 68 drones launched at Ukraine by Russia overnight
Sunday 13 October 2024 21:30
Tara Cobham
The Ukrainian air force has said its air defenses shot down 31 of 68 drones launched at Ukraine by Russia overnight into Sunday in the regions of Kyiv, Poltava, Chernihiv, Sumy and Cherkasy.
A further 36 drones were "lost" over various areas, it also said on Sunday, likely having been electronically jammed.
The air force added that ballistic missiles struck Odesa and Poltava while Chernihiv and Sumy came under attack by a guided air missile. Local authorities didn't report any casualties or damage.
Ukraine’s human rights envoy urges response to alleged killings of POWs
Sunday 13 October 2024 20:30
Holly Evans
Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman has urged international organisations to respond to a claim that several Ukrainian prisoners of war were executed in the Russian region of Kursk, where Kyiv had launched an incursion in August.
DeepState, a Ukrainian battlefield analysis site close to Ukraine’s Defence Ministry, said Russian troops shot and killed nine Ukrainian “drone operators and contractors” on October 10 after they had surrendered.
Dmytro Lubinets said on Telegram that he sent letters to the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross regarding the claim, calling it “another crime committed by the Russians”.
Earlier this month, the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine said Russian troops had killed 16 captured Ukrainian soldiers in the partially occupied Donetsk region.
There was no immediate response from Russian officials.
Navalny’s prison diary: Guards slipped sweets in his pocket to ‘undermine’ hunger strike
Sunday 13 October 2024 19:30
Holly Evans
The late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was taunted by prison guards who hid sweets in his pockets in a bid to ‘undermine’ his hunger strike, his prison diaries have revealed.
Defiant journal entries from the 47-year-old, who survived Novichok poisoning in 2020 before he was imprisoned in Russia, have laid bare his final years – including 24 days spent on hunger strike over his access to medical treatment.
He died in February inside a remote Russian penal colony north of the Arctic Circle known as Polar Wolf.
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Ukraine say they are holding 100 settlements in Kursk region
Sunday 13 October 2024 18:30
Holly Evans
Ukraine caught Moscow by surprise on 6 August by bursting across the border into the Kursk region, in the first invasion of Russian sovereign territory since World War Two.
Russia has been trying for more than two months to eject the Ukrainian forces. Earlier on Sunday, the defence ministry in Moscow said it was pursuing offensive operations at several dozen locations in the region.
As of early September, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said his forces controlled more than 1,300 sq km (500 sq miles) of Kursk, including 100 settlements. On Saturday he said Russian forces had tried to oust Ukrainian troops “but we are holding the designated lines”.
Russia said its forces had taken back several villages last week.
Russian glide bombs strike Ukrainian troops
Sunday 13 October 2024 17:30
Holly Evans
Russian glide bombs have struck a concentration of Ukrainian troops near the border of Russia’s western Kursk region, the Russian defence ministry said on Sunday.
It said the attack was directed against “a strongpoint and concentration of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel”, and the bombs were delivered by a Russian Su-34 warplane.
Reuters could not independently verify the strike, and the defence ministry’s brief statement did not give any details on the impact.
Photos: Vigil held for Ukrainian journalist who died in Russian prison
Sunday 13 October 2024 16:30
Stuti Mishra
‘Bleak’ war film that has only ever been shown four times
Sunday 13 October 2024 16:00
Stuti Mishra
BBC iPlayer viewers are encouraging others to watch the nuclear war film Threads, often described as one of the most harrowing movies ever made.
The 1984 film was made for BBC TV by The Bodyguard director Mick Jackson and Kes writer Barry Hines, with Jackson wanting to focus on the scientific ramifications of a nuclear attack and its fallout.
Threads was first aired on BBC Two on 23 September 1984 at the height of the Cold War, when nuclear tensions were as prevalent a talking point as they are today.
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Voices: Can Zelensky’s plan for peace actually work?
Sunday 13 October 2024 15:30
Stuti Mishra
"Remember when an appearance, virtual or real, by the president of Ukraine was the hottest of hot-ticket events in London? When MPs and peers jostled for a standing-room-only place in parliament to see and hear him? When the one-time TV actor turned democratically elected president turned war leader drew rapt attention with his gritty determination and allusions to Churchill? Well, those heady days of Britain reliving its finest hour by association are over."
With the US election less than a month away, and his support dwindling across Europe, the Ukraine president is in a last-ditch race against time to shore up support, writes Mary Dejevsky.
Putin hails ‘very close’ relationship with Iran in first meeting with new president
Sunday 13 October 2024 15:00
Stuti Mishra
Russian president Vladimir Putin has hailed the country’s “very close” relationship with Iran in the first meeting with his newly-appointed counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian.
The sanctioned leaders held an inaugural meeting on the sidelines of a regional summit in Ashgabat, the capital of the Central Asian country Turkmenistan, to discuss - among other topics - the ongoing situation in the Middle East.
“We are actively working together in the international arena and our assessments of events taking place in the world are often very close,” Putin said during the meeting.
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52 UK-linked companies probed for breaching Russia oil sanctions
Sunday 13 October 2024 14:30
Stuti Mishra
The Treasury has investigated more than 50 UK-linked companies for breaching Russian oil sanctions, but is yet to hand out a single fine.
The government had opened 60 investigations into suspected breaches of restrictions on the sale of Russian oil since December 2022.
Some 52 of those investigations have involved companies with a link to the UK, of which 37 were still ongoing in August.
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UK could send British troops to Ukraine to train soldiers
Sunday 13 October 2024 14:00
Stuti Mishra
Military chiefs are considering sending British troops to Ukraine to train soldiers and boost Kyiv’s recruitment efforts, it has emerged.
Ministry of Defence (MoD) sources confirmed to The Independent that discussions are ongoing about whether to send troops to the country to support it amid Russia’s ongoing invasion.
There is already a small number of British medical personnel in Ukraine, delivering training and mentoring to the country’s armed forces.
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What is the mysterious advanced Russian weapon downed by Moscow’s own forces?
Sunday 13 October 2024 13:30
Stuti Mishra
Last week Russia’s air force was forced to shoot down one of its newest and most advanced models of attack drone, in an incident that is being seen as one of the biggest embarrassments ever suffered by the Russian Air Force.
On 5 October, videos showed a drone flying near Kostyantynivka in eastern Ukraine before it was shot down by another jet briefly flying alongside it. Initial reports suggested it was either a Russian jet taken down by the Ukrainian air force or a Russian jet losing control and being shot down by Moscow.
However, the drone that fell down was no ordinary weapon. It was later identified as a stealth S-70 Okhotnik-B, also known as “Hunter”, one of Russia’s most advanced stealth drones, designed to accompany an Su-57 fighter jet.
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Lukashenko says Russian nuclear shift will prompt West to 'cool down'
Sunday 13 October 2024 13:00
Stuti Mishra
Changes announced by Russia to its nuclear weapons policy were long overdue and will probably "cool the ardour" of its Western enemies, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said in an interview on Sunday.
Lukashenko, a close ally of president Vladimir Putin, said "hotheads" in the West had already heard Moscow's nuclear signals even before the Kremlin leader announced the changes last month.
Mr Putin on 25 September expanded the scenarios for Russia's potential use of nuclear weapons, including responding to a massive cross-border attack involving aircraft, missiles, or drones. He also warned that any attack on Russia involving a nuclear power would be treated as a joint assault.
"This doctrine should have been renewed long ago," said Mr Lukashenko, who agreed to host Russian tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus last year.
He told a Russian TV reporter that Western missiles would "already be bombing us, especially Russia" if the West had not paid attention to Mr Putin's earlier nuclear signals. But the change to the nuclear doctrine "probably cools their ardour", he added.
Ukraine has accused Russia of nuclear blackmail, with president Volodymyr Zelensky urging the West to ignore Mr Putin's "red lines."
Russia has warned that if Western allies allow Ukraine to launch ATACMS or Storm Shadow missiles into Russian territory, it will consider it direct involvement in the war.
Russian attacks kill two and wound 22 in Ukraine
Sunday 13 October 2024 12:30
Stuti Mishra
At least two people were killed and 22 others wounded in Russian attacks across multiple regions of Ukraine over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian authorities said on Sunday.
The fatalities were reported in the Donetsk region, where the settlements of Kurakhivka and Ulakla came under heavy shelling. Eleven others were injured in the same attack, according to regional governor Vadym Filashkin.
Russian forces also targeted the Kharkiv, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhya regions, damaging homes and essential infrastructure.
Kherson governor Oleksandr Prokudin stated on Telegram that a critical infrastructure facility, a cellular tower, and several residential areas were hit.
"A high-rise building and three private homes were damaged," he added.
One killed in Ukrainian drone strike on Russian village
Sunday 13 October 2024 12:00
Stuti Mishra
One person was killed when a Ukrainian drone struck the Russian village of Ustinka in the Belgorod region close to the border with Ukraine, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said in a statement.
Russia's defence ministry earlier said its air defence units shot down 13 Ukrainian drones overnight across three regions near the border with Ukraine.
Russia says its forces take control of Mykhailivka in eastern Ukraine
Sunday 13 October 2024 11:30
Stuti Mishra
Russia’s defence ministry said on Sunday that its forces had taken control of the settlement of Mykhailivka in eastern Ukraine, Reuters reported quoting the state-run RIA Novosti news agency.
The claim has not been independently confirmed yet.
Vigil held for Ukrainian journalist who died in Russian prison
Sunday 13 October 2024 11:00
Stuti Mishra
Friends, family and colleagues of Viktoriia Roshchyna, a Ukrainian journalist who died in Russian prison, gathered for a vigil this weekend in a square in Kyiv.
"Read and remember Vika," they asked, Ukrainska Pavda reported.
Roshchyna, who was covering the war as a freelance journalist for Ukrainska Pravda, disappeared in August 2023.
In May this year, Russia confirmed that she was detained. This week, her father was informed by the Russian defence ministry in a letter that she died in September, aged 27.
The document said her body would be returned in one of the swaps organised by Russia and Ukraine for soldiers killed on the battlefield.
Roshchyna was one of the very few people who was covering the war from a Russian-occupied territory. She provided crucial stories that weren't otherwise available, and despite the risk to her life she continued to report without a pseudonym.
She was earlier detained for 10 days, but she did not stop reporting, her colleagues said.
“Her parents used to call and tell us to stop deploying her, but we never did deploy her!” one of her former bosses told BBC News.
“All her editors tried to stop her. But it was impossible.”
Diary reveals Navalny’s final days in a Russian prison
Sunday 13 October 2024 10:35
Stuti Mishra
The late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was taunted by prison guards who hid sweets in his pockets in a bid to ‘undermine’ his hunger strike, his prison diaries have revealed.
Defiant journal entries from the 47-year-old, who survived Novichok poisoning in 2020 before he was imprisoned in Russia, have laid bare his final years – including 24 days spent on hunger strike over his access to medical treatment.
He died in February inside a remote Russian penal colony north of the Arctic Circle known as Polar Wolf.
The pro-democracy activist said he hoped his memoir would be his memorial if “they do finally whack me”, in extracts published in The Times Magazine.
"Let’s face it, if a murky assassination attempt using a chemical weapon, followed by a tragic demise in prison, can’t move a book, it is hard to imagine what would," he wrote.
The harrowing account of 24 days he spent on hunger strike in 2021 revealed how guards tried to undermine his protest as he lost an average of 1kg a day.
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Mapped: Where has Russia made advances in Donetsk?
Sunday 13 October 2024 09:40
Holly Evans
Russia has claimed further advances in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk as fears spread Moscow could capture a key city in the area.
The Russian defence ministry has claimed Moscow’s forces have captured the settlements of Zolota Nyva and Zhelanna Pershe.
The communities have an estimated population of a few hundred residents each but they lie to the north and south of the town of Kurakhove, one of the focal points of military activity on the eastern front.
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Lithuanians elect new parliament amid security concerns from Russia
Sunday 13 October 2024 08:55
Holly Evans
Lithuanians elect a new parliament on Sunday in a vote dominated by concerns over the cost of living and potential threats from neighbouring Russia, with the opposition Social Democrats tipped to emerge as the largest party but well short of a majority.
The outgoing centre-right coalition of Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte has seen its popularity eroded by high inflation that topped 20% two years ago, by deteriorating public services and a widening gap between rich and poor.
Results are expected after midnight local time.
African woman promised a life in Europe and duped into building Russia’s drone army
Sunday 13 October 2024 08:00
Stuti Mishra
Social media ads promise young African women a free plane ticket, money and a faraway adventure in Europe. Just complete a computer game and a 100-word Russian vocabulary test.
But instead of a work-study program in fields like hospitality and catering, some of them learned only after arriving on the steppes of Russia’s Tatarstan region that they would be toiling in a factory to make weapons of war, assembling thousands of Iranian-designed attack drones to be launched into Ukraine.
In interviews with The Associated Press, some of the women complained of long hours under constant surveillance, of broken promises about wages and areas of study, and of working with caustic chemicals that left their skin pockmarked and itching.
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Ukrainian men living in fear of being drafted
Sunday 13 October 2024 07:30
Stuti Mishra
A 27-year-old man said he left the concert as the last song was playing after he was told about the recruitment officers.
He said he saw soldiers and police talking to people but "didn't see anything super aggressive."
He said men felt in danger of being drafted whenever they ventured outside.
"That inner state of always being in danger, it's back again," he told The Associated Press, only giving his first name for fear of retribution.
He said his university draft waiver was taken away after Ukraine passed laws in April that both lowered draft-eligible age for men from 27 to 25 and did away with some draft exemptions.
Russia launches 68 drones, four missiles at Ukraine, Ukraine's air force says
Sunday 13 October 2024 07:28
Stuti Mishra
Russia launched 68 drones and four missiles targeting Ukrainian territory overnight, Ukraine's air force said on Sunday.
Two Iskander-M ballistic missiles struck Poltava and Odesa regions and two Kh-59 guided air missiles targeted the Chernihiv and Sumy regions, the air forces said on the Telegram messaging app.
Ukraine's air defence units destroyed 31 of the drones, while 36 were unaccounted for, most likely intercepted by Ukraine's electronic warfare, the air force said. The remaining drone was still in the air, it said.
Reuters.
Ukrainian military raids restaurants and bars in search for men to recruit
Sunday 13 October 2024 07:00
Stuti Mishra
Ukrainian military recruitment officers raided restaurants, bars and a concert hall in Kyiv, checking military registration documents and detaining men who were not in compliance, The Associated Press reported quoting media and witnesses.
Officers descended on Kyiv's Palace of Sports venue after a concert on Friday night by Ukrainian rock band Okean Elzy.
Video footage aired by local media outlets appears to show officers stationed outside the doors of the concert hall intercepting men as they exit. In the footage, officers appear to be forcibly detaining some men.
Checks were also conducted at Goodwine, an upscale shopping centre, and Avalon, a popular restaurant.
Local reports said raids were also conducted in clubs and restaurants across other Ukrainian cities, including Kharkiv and Dnipro in eastern and central Ukraine.
It is unusual for such raids to take place in the capital, the AP said, and reflects Ukraine's dire need for fresh recruits.
Ukraine has intensified its mobilisation drive this year. A new law came into effect this spring stipulating that those eligible for military service must input their information into an online system or face penalties.
All Ukrainian men aged 25-60 are eligible for conscription, and men aged 18-60 are not allowed to leave the country.
Two killed in Russian strikes near Kurakhove
Sunday 13 October 2024 06:30
Stuti Mishra
Prosecutors in Donetsk region on Saturday said two people were killed in Russian strikes on villages near Kurakhove.
The General Staff of Ukraine's military, in a late evening report, reported 47 clashes in the area around Kurakhove and 27 more in the Pokrovsk sector to the northwest.
Further to the northeast, in Toretsk, which both Ukrainian and Russian forces say has been partly occupied by Russian forces, the General Staff said Russian forces had launched 14 assaults, assisted by air strikes.
Russia says it destroyed 13 Ukrainian drones overnight
Sunday 13 October 2024 06:01
Stuti Mishra
Russia's air defence units shot down 13 Ukrainian drones overnight across three regions near the border with Ukraine, the defence ministry said in a statement on Sunday.
Six drones were downed over both the Belgorod and Kursk regions, while one drone was intercepted over the Bryansk region, according to the ministry's statement on Telegram.
Putin hails ‘very close’ relationship with Iran in first meeting with new president
Sunday 13 October 2024 05:00
Holly Evans
Russian president Vladimir Putin has hailed the country’s “very close” relationship with Iran in the first meeting with his newly-appointed counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian.
The sanctioned leaders held an inaugural meeting on the sidelines of a regional summit in Ashgabat, the capital of the Central Asian country Turkmenistan, to discuss - among other topics - the ongoing situation in the Middle East.
“We are actively working together in the international arena and our assessments of events taking place in the world are often very close,” Putin said during the meeting, according to Russian state media outlet Tass.
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Ukrainian forces holding positions in Russia's Kursk region, Zelensky says
Sunday 13 October 2024 04:12
Stuti Mishra
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that Russian forces had tried to oust Ukrainian troops from positions in Russia’s Kursk border region, but that Kyiv’s forces were holding their lines.
“Regarding the Kursk operation, Russia tried to push back our positions, but we are holding the designated lines,” Mr Zelensky said in his nightly video address.
Russia’s defence ministry said on Friday that its forces had recaptured two villages in the border Kursk region, where Ukrainian troops launched a mass incursion in August.
Mr Zelensky has acknowledged that the Ukrainian advance into Kursk was intended to draw Russian troops away from frontline positions in eastern Ukraine, where Russian forces have been making steady gains in recent months.
In his address, Mr Zelensky said that in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions, partly held by Russian forces, “there are very difficult conditions, with harsh enemy actions. But the resilience of our units is crucial. Everything depends on our resilience.”
Can Zelensky’s plan for peace actually work?
Sunday 13 October 2024 03:00
Holly Evans
Remember when an appearance, virtual or real, by the president of Ukraine was the hottest of hot-ticket events in London?
When MPs and peers jostled for a standing-room-only place in parliament to see and hear him?
When the one-time TV actor turned democratically elected president turned war leader drew rapt attention with his gritty determination and allusions to Churchill?
Well, those heady days of Britain reliving its finest hour by association are over.
Read the full article here:
Fake photos of Disney World flooded during Hurricane Milton spread online by Russian news agency
Sunday 13 October 2024 01:00
Holly Evans
Images spread online supposedly showing Disney World in Florida underwater as a result of Hurricane Milton appear to be fake and have been generated using artificial intelligence.
Disney World, located in Orlando, Florida, announced they would close their theme parks amid rare measures ahead of the dangerous Hurricane Milton directly hitting the area, bringing with it strong winds, heavy rainfall and hazardous storm surge.
As Milton made landfall on Wednesday, all three Orlando-based parks, including Universal Orlando and SeaWorld alongside Disney, ground to a halt and shut down operations that would have usually welcomed tens of thousands of tourists.
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UK could send British troops to Ukraine to train soldiers
Sunday 13 October 2024 00:00
Holly Evans
Military chiefs are considering sending British troops to Ukraine to train soldiers and boost Kyiv’s recruitment efforts, it has emerged.
Ministry of Defence (MoD) sources confirmed to The Independent that discussions are ongoing about whether to send troops to the country to support it amid Russia’s ongoing invasion.
There is already a small number of British medical personnel in Ukraine, delivering training and mentoring to the country’s armed forces.
Read the full article here:
What is the mysterious advanced Russian weapon downed by Moscow’s own forces
Saturday 12 October 2024 22:00
Holly Evans
Last week Russia’s air force was forced to shoot down one of its newest and most advanced models of attack drone, in an incident that is being seen as one of the biggest embarrassments ever suffered by the Russian Air Force.
On 5 October, videos showed a drone flying near Kostyantynivka in eastern Ukraine before it was shot down by another jet briefly flying alongside it. Initial reports suggested it was either a Russian jet taken down by the Ukrainian air force or a Russian jet losing control and being shot down by Moscow.
Read the full article here:
Navalny’s prison diary: Guards slipped sweets in his pocket to ‘undermine’ hunger strike
Saturday 12 October 2024 20:00
Holly Evans
The late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was taunted by prison guards who hid sweets in his pockets in a bid to ‘undermine’ his hunger strike, his prison diaries have revealed.
Defiant journal entries from the 47-year-old, who survived Novichok poisoning in 2020 before he was imprisoned in Russia, have laid bare his final years – including 24 days spent on hunger strike over his access to medical treatment.
He died in February inside a remote Russian penal colony north of the Arctic Circle known as Polar Wolf.
Read the full article here:
Military recruitment officers raid bars and restaurants in Kyiv
Saturday 12 October 2024 19:00
Holly Evans
