Vladimir Putin’s forces have launched a hypersonic missile barrage at Ukraine as Kyiv attacked Moscow’s largest oil depot in occupied Crimea.
Ukrainian troops were forced to down at least two eight-metre long Kinzhal missiles fired at Kyiv while another hit an airfield 170 miles further west in Starokostyantyniv.
The Kh-47M2 Kinzhal is a nuclear-capable, Russian air-launched ballistic missile, revealed as a “next-generation” weapon by Putin in 2018.
Missile debris damaged the roof of a tower-block in Kyiv and a school was also hit by the falling wreckage after it was shot down by Ukrainian air defence on Monday morning.
Meanwhile, Kyiv’s authorities admitted one missile hit the “area” of the Starokostyantyniv airfield around the same time.
It comes as a Ukrainian drone strike has caused a major fire at the largest oil depot in occupied Crimea, forcing local Russian officials to declare an emergency.
The Ukrainian military confirmed it struck the Feodosia facility overnight and said it was being used to produce oil products for the invading Russian army.
Several fuel tanks were engulfed in fire after people in Feodosia heard a series of loud explosions, reported the Baza Telegram channel, which claims to have sources in Russia’s security services.
Key Points
- Russia launches hypersonic missiles at Ukraine
- Ukraine’s military says it struck Crimea oil terminal
- Kremlin critic Ildar Dadin killed fighting for Ukraine
- First F-16 jets from Netherlands arrive in Ukraine
- Putin receives wishes for 72nd birthday
Russia sentences 72-year-old American for fighting in Ukraine
04:37
Arpan Rai
A Russian court sentenced a 72-year-old American in a closed trial to nearly seven years in prison for allegedly fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine.
The American national, Stephen Hubbard, signed a contract with the Ukrainian military after Russia sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022 and he fought alongside them until being captured two months later, according to the prosecutors.
He is now sentenced to six years and 10 months in a general-security prison. Prosecutors had called for a sentence of seven years in a maximum-security prison.
Mr Hubbard, from the state of Michigan, is the first American known to have been convicted on charges of fighting as a mercenary in the Ukrainian conflict.
Russia launches hypersonic missiles at Ukraine during rush hour
04:09
Arpan Rai
Russia’s forces have launched hypersonic missiles at Ukraine as Kyiv’s military said it had struck a major oil terminal in occupied Crimea that provides fuel for Vladimir Putin‘s war effort.
Ukraine’s general staff said on social media that the oil terminal in Feodosia, on the south coast of the Russia-occupied Crimea Peninsula, has been supplying the Russian army with fuel and that the strike was part of an ongoing effort to “undermine the military and economic potential of the Russian Federation”.
Russian-installed authorities in the city of Feodosia on the coast of the Black Sea reported a fire at the terminal on Monday morning.
One killed in Russian missile attack on Odesa, says Ukraine
04:02
Arpan Rai
At least one person was killed and five crew members were injured yesterday in a Russian missile attack on a Palau-flagged vessel in Ukraine’s Odesa.
The man killed in the attack was a port worker, Odesa regional governor Oleh Kiper said, adding that the five injured men were foreign nationals and ship crew members.
The attack on Ukraine’s grain export hub on the southern port has also damaged two ships in the Black Sea, Ukrainian foreign minister Andrii Sybiha said on X.
“We must join forces of all responsible states and organisations to… ensure freedom of navigation in the Black Sea and global food security,” the minister said, condemning Russia’s actions.
Deputy prime minister Oleksiy Kuleba identified the vessel as the Optima and said it arrived in Odesa hours before the attack.
Russia “is attempting in this way to destroy shipping in the Black Sea guaranteeing food security. The consequences can only mean greater instability in sensitive regions dependent on food imports and tension in international relations,” Mr Kuleba said.
Russian forces reach another key frontline city, Ukraine’s military says
04:02
Arpan Rai
Russian forces have entered the outskirts of the eastern Ukraine frontline city of Toretsk, Ukraine’s military said last night. The Russian advance comes less than a week after the fall of the nearby bastion town of Vuhledar.
“The situation is unstable, fighting is taking place literally at every entrance (to the city),” Anastasiia Bobovnikova, spokesperson of the Operational Tactical Group “Luhansk” told Ukraine‘s national broadcaster.
“The Russians have entered the eastern outskirts of the city,” the military spokesperson said.
Russia, which now controls just under a fifth of Ukrainian territory, has been advancing towards Toretsk since August and has captured village by village with infantry aided by the increased use of the highly destructive guided bombs.
Volodymyr Zelensky has ordered his top brass to do “everything that can be done” to minimise Moscow’s advance along the frontline as Ukraine continues to lose more and more territory.
Kremlin prisoner-swap exclusive: How I survived 11 months in Putin’s gulag
04:00
Alexander Butler
The downfall of Putin is inevitable, says freed dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza
03:00
Alexander Butler
Vladimir Putin wants to wipe us off the map, Ukraine’s top tennis player warns
02:00
Alexander Butler
Ukraine strikes a Russian oil hub as Zelenskyy says the war is in 'a very important phase'
01:00
Alexander Butler
Huge hack shuts down Russian online state media on Putin’s birthday
Monday 7 October 2024 23:00
Alexander Butler
Ukrainian-linked hackers hit a Russian state media channel in an “unprecedented” cyberattack, according to reports.
Kyiv-based hacker group “sudo rm-RF” disabled Russian state broadcaster VGTRK’s online broadcasting and internal services on Monday morning, news outlet Gazeta reported.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov expressed support for the channel and said specialists were working to determine who was responsible for the attack.
“Our state media holding, one of the largest, has faced an unprecedented hacker attack on its digital infrastructure,” Mr Peskov said.
Russia launches hypersonic missiles at Ukraine
Monday 7 October 2024 21:00
Alexander Butler
Vladimir Putin’s forces launched hypersonic missiles at Ukraine on Monday as Kyiv attacked Moscow’s largest oil depot in occupied Crimea.
Ukrainian troops were forced to down at least two eight-metre long Kinzhal missiles fired at Kyiv while another hit an airfield 170 miles further west in Starokostyantyniv.
The Kh-47M2 Kinzhal is a nuclear-capable, Russian air-launched ballistic missile, revealed as a “next-generation” weapon by Putin in 2018.
Missile debris damaged the roof of a tower-block in Kyiv and a school was also hit by the falling wreckage after it was shot down by Ukrainian air defence. Meanwhile, Kyiv said one missile hit the “area” of the Starokostyantyniv airfield.
Watch: Putin wants to erase Ukraine by stealing our children, Ukrainian tennis pro Svitolina warns
Monday 7 October 2024 20:00
Alexander Butler
Trump ‘asked Putin for advice’ about whether the US should help arm Ukraine
Monday 7 October 2024 19:00
Alexander Butler
‘Getting shot saved my life’: How I escaped hell of Vladimir Putin’s war
Monday 7 October 2024 18:00
Alexander Butler
Russia launches hypersonic missiles at Kyiv as Ukraine hits major oil depot in Crimea
Monday 7 October 2024 17:00
Alexander Butler
Putin hailed tsar on 72nd birthday
Monday 7 October 2024 15:34
Alexander Butler
Russian president Vladimir Putin was hailed as a ‘tsar’ - referring to the old leader of the Russian Empire - as he turned 72 on Monday.
Putin, who took the Kremlin’s top job just eight years after the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union, is the longest serving Kremlin leader since Josef Stalin who died at his dacha outside Moscow in 1953 aged 74.
Ultra-nationalist Alexander Dugin said “God save the Tsar!,” and praised Putin for ruling Russia “confidently and unhurriedly”.
Watch: Putin wants to erase Ukraine by stealing our children, Ukrainian tennis pro Svitolina warns
Monday 7 October 2024 14:01
Alexander Butler
Russia launches hypersonic missiles at Ukraine
Monday 7 October 2024 13:38
Alexander Butler
Vladimir Putin’s forces launched hypersonic missiles at Ukraine on Monday as Kyiv attacked Moscow’s largest oil depot in occupied Crimea.
Ukrainian troops were forced to down at least two eight-metre long Kinzhal missiles fired at Kyiv while another hit an airfield 170 miles further west in Starokostyantyniv.
The Kh-47M2 Kinzhal is a nuclear-capable, Russian air-launched ballistic missile, revealed as a “next-generation” weapon by Putin in 2018.
Missile debris damaged the roof of a tower-block in Kyiv and a school was also hit by the falling wreckage after it was shot down by Ukrainian air defence. Meanwhile, Kyiv said one missile hit the “area” of the Starokostyantyniv airfield.
Thousands of Jewish pilgrims make journey to Ukraine despite war warnings
Monday 7 October 2024 13:30
Alexander Butler
Ukraine says Russian missile strike damaged vessel carrying grain in Pivdennyi port
Monday 7 October 2024 12:30
Alexander Butler
A Russian missile strike damaged a civilian Saint Kitts and Nevis-flagged vessel loaded with corn in Ukrainian port of Pivdennyi on 6 October, the Ukrainian restoration ministry said on Monday. The ministry said on Telegram the 15 members crew were not injured.
Ukraine strikes a Russian oil hub as Zelenskyy says the war is in 'a very important phase'
Monday 7 October 2024 11:38
Alexander Butler
Russian court jails US citizen on Ukraine mercenary charge
Monday 7 October 2024 10:03
Alexander Butler
Russia has sentenced a 72-year-old American citizen to nearly seven years in prison after convicting him of serving as a mercenary in Ukraine.
The Russian court said Stephen James Hubbard was paid £800 a month to serve in a Ukrainian territorial defence unit in Izyum, eastern Ukraine, where had had been living since 2014.
Hubbard was a native of Michigan, United States, and pleaded guilty to the charge, according to Russian state media.
Vladimir Putin wants to wipe us off the map, Ukraine’s top tennis player warns
Monday 7 October 2024 09:39
Alexander Butler
‘Getting shot saved my life’: How I escaped hell of Vladimir Putin’s war
Monday 7 October 2024 08:55
Alexander Butler
Ukraine repels Russian 'Kinzhal' missile strike on Kyiv during rush hour
Monday 7 October 2024 08:14
Alexander Butler
Missile debris came down in three districts of the Ukrainian capital during rush hour on Monday morning after air defences engaged and repelled a Russian strike, city authorities said.
No major damage or casualties were reported from the attack in which Russia fired hypersonic Kinzhal missiles at Kyiv, Serhiy Popko, head of the city military administration, said, citing a preliminary assessment.
Debris damaged the roof of a multi-storey residential building in the Solomianskyi district in the city’s west and one piece of debris came down on the territory of a school, Popko’s administration said.
Russia shot down its own stealth drone over Donetsk
Monday 7 October 2024 08:08
Arpan Rai
A Russian fighter jet has shot down its own first stealthy armed drone in combat over Ukraine’s Donetsk, reports said.
The rare Sukhoi S-70 Okhotnik, renowned as the Russian air force’s first stealthy armed drone was shot down after it apparently malfunctioned in Chasiv Yar town in eastern Ukraine.
Justin Bronk, senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, called the incident a “stunningly embarrassing failure” for Russia.
Ukraine’s military says it struck Crimea oil terminal
Monday 7 October 2024 07:08
Arpan Rai
The Ukrainian military said it struck an oil terminal in Russian-occupied Feodosia in Crimea overnight where a major explosion has been reported.
“The Feodosia terminal is the largest in Crimea in terms of transshipment of oil products, which were used, among other things, to meet the needs of the Russian occupation army,” Ukraine’s military said, claiming responsibility for the attack on the peninsula.
Russian fighter plane shot down over Donetsk is a Hunter S-70 combat drone, reports
Monday 7 October 2024 07:00
Jabed Ahmed
Ukrainian forces said they shot down a Russian fighter plane near the city of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk province.
It has now emerged that it was a prototype of Russia’s Hunter S-70 combat drone, according to local Ukrainian media.
According to reports, the drone was shot down either due to a loss of control or deliberately after it malfunctioned during the test flight.
Justin Bronk, senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, called the incident a “stunningly embarrassing failure” for Russia.
Russia announces ‘technical’ emergency over Crimean city
Monday 7 October 2024 06:42
Arpan Rai
Russian-appointed officials have announced a state of “technical” emergency has been introduced in Crimean’s Feodosia city this morning.
This comes within hours of a major explosion at an oil depot on the Crimean coast of the Black Sea. The authorities did not provide details on what had caused the fire.
Several fuel tanks were reported to be on fire in Feodosia after residents heard a series of loud explosions, reported the Baza Telegram news channel, which has sources among Russia’s security services.
The attack could likely be caused by a Ukrainian drone as Russia’s air defence units confirmed aerial activity over Crimea.
At least 21 Ukrainian drones were destroyed overnight, the Russian defence ministry said. Of these, 12 drones were destroyed over the Crimean Peninsula, six over the Kursk region and the rest over the Belgorod, Bryansk and Voronezh regions.
Exiled from Russia centuries ago, a religious group is on the edge of vanishing in Georgia
Monday 7 October 2024 06:00
Jabed Ahmed
Putin receives wishes for 72nd birthday: ‘God save the Tsar!'
Monday 7 October 2024 05:49
Arpan Rai
“God save the Tsar!” was one of the first public birthday wishes for President Vladimir Putin who turns 72 today and who has been Russia’s paramount leader for nearly quarter of a century.
The greeting came from ultra-nationalist Russian ideologue Alexander Dugin on his Telegram channel minutes after midnight.
Mr Dugin, 62, has long advocated for the unification of Russian-speaking and other territories in a vast new Russian empire, which he wants to include Ukraine, where Russia has been waging a war. Mr Dugin’s daughter was killed in a suspected car bomb in 2022.
The Russian president was also wished by his close ally and Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov. “Today, friends, is the birthday of our national leader,” Mr Kadyrov, the leader of Russia’s Chechen Republic who calls himself Putin’s “foot soldier”, wrote in a congratulatory message on Telegram at midnight today.
“This is a significant day for our entire Fatherland.”
Fire breaks out at oil depot in Crimea
Monday 7 October 2024 05:25
Arpan Rai
An oil depot is engulfed in a major fire after an explosion in Crimea’s Feodosia city, Russia-appointed officials in the peninsula said this morning.
Oleg Kryuchkov, advisor to the head of Crimea, said there were no casualties. Russian officials generally do not disclose the full extent of the damage suffered in strikes and explosions. He did not provide details on what had caused the massive explosion.
Unverified photos and videos of the fire in Crimea shared on social media showed a swathe of the oil depot ablaze. A thick cloud of smoke was billowing from the affected area and could be seen from kilometres away.
Watch: Putin wants to erase Ukraine by stealing our children, Ukrainian tennis pro Svitolina warns
Monday 7 October 2024 05:00
Jabed Ahmed
First F-16 jets from Netherlands arrive in Ukraine
Monday 7 October 2024 04:36
Arpan Rai
The Netherlands has sent its first batch of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, the Dutch defence minister said.
“For the first time, I can officially announce that the first Dutch F-16s have been delivered to Ukraine,” defence minister Ruben Brekelmans said on X. He did not mention how many planes have been shipped to the war-hit nation.
The first batch of planes from the Netherlands is already operating in Ukrainian airspace, according to the minister, while the others will be delivered “in the upcoming months and maybe beginning of next year.”
He paid a surprise visit to Kyiv yesterday and said that his country will invest €400m ($334m) in advanced drone development with Ukraine and deliver more F-16s in the coming months.
Kremlin critic Ildar Dadin killed fighting for Ukraine
Monday 7 October 2024 04:10
Arpan Rai
Well-known Russian opposition activist Ildar Dadin has been killed while fighting in Ukraine alongside Kyiv’s forces, officials and his family said.
“It is with deep regret that I must inform you that Ildar Dadin – call sign Gandhi – died yesterday in combat in the Kharkiv region” in northeast Ukraine, his friend and former Russian MP Ilia Ponomarev said on Facebook. His friend hailed Dadin as a “fearless and determined fighter” who had gone “to the front to fight Putinism”.
His death was also confirmed by the Ukrainian group that recruited him, stating that “he was, and he remains a hero”.
Dadin was imprisoned by the Kremlin authorities in 2015 for two and a half years in prison for organising peaceful solo protests against political repression.
He went on a hunger strike immediately after he was placed in a punishment cell. Dadin was then tortured by his prison guards in attempts to force him to end his hunger strike.
Kremlin prisoner-swap exclusive: How I survived 11 months in Putin’s gulag
Monday 7 October 2024 16:39
Alexander Butler
Pictured: Ukrainian investigators at wreckage of downed Russian S-70 ‘Hunter’ drone
Monday 7 October 2024 04:00
Jabed Ahmed
Russian strikes kill a man in Kharkiv as drone hits his car
Monday 7 October 2024 03:51
Arpan Rai
One person has died after Russian forces attacked Ukraine overnight with 87 Shahed drones and four different types of missiles, officials said yesterday.
A 49-year-old man was killed in the Kharkiv region after his car was hit by a drone, said regional governor Oleh Syniehubov. A gas pipeline was also damaged and a warehouse set alight in the city of Odesa, Ukrainian officials reported.
Ukraine’s air force said air defences had destroyed 56 of the 87 drones and two missiles over 14 Ukrainian regions, including the capital, Kyiv.
Another 25 drones disappeared from radar “presumably as a result of anti-aircraft missile defence,” it said.
ICYMI: Russia targets Kyiv and Odesa in latest drone attack
Monday 7 October 2024 03:00
Jabed Ahmed
Russia unleashed an overnight drone attack across Ukraine targeting the capital Kyiv and hitting infrastructure in the Black Sea port of Odesa, Ukrainian officials said.
The State Emergency Service said one person was wounded and warehouses and cargo trucks were damaged in Odesa during the multi-wave attack, which kept much of the country under air-raid alert for several hours.
The Ukrainian military shot down 56 out of at least 87 drones launched by Russia over various regions of the country, the air force said. It added that another 25 were “lost” due to electronic jamming but did not elaborate.
Kyiv city military administrator Serhiy Popko said air defences destroyed all the drones that had been aimed at the capital. No injuries were reported.
Air raid alerts for Kyiv and the surrounding region were announced three times throughout the night, totalling more than five hours, Popko added.
No prospect for Ukraine war negotiation ‘anytime soon’, say western officials
Monday 7 October 2024 02:00
Jabed Ahmed
There is no prospect for negotiation “anytime soon” over the war in Ukraine, western officials have said.
They added that Ukraine was unlikely to reverse recent gains by Russia with “relative stability on the front line” expected.
Russia captured the tactically significant town of Vuhledar on Wednesday, as officials said Moscow would now “seek to exploit opportunities in villages and towns in its vicinity in the coming weeks”.
However, they added that Russia would not be able to “fundamentally capitalise on these gains”.
Western officials said: “We’re not going to suddenly see a breakthrough and a rapid advance of Russia westwards.
“It will just continue to be this slow grind.”
Former Nato chief says he regrets not providing Ukraine with support earlier
Monday 7 October 2024 01:00
Jabed Ahmed
Former Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg has said he regrets the alliance did not provide military support to Ukraine earlier.
“If there’s anything I in a way regret and see much more clearly now is that we should have provided Ukraine with much more military support much earlier,” he told the Financial Times.
“I think we all have to admit, we should have given them more weapons pre-invasion. And we should have given them more advanced weapons, faster, after the invasion. I take my part of the responsibility.”
Mr Stoltenberg also said Nato had called Putin’s “bluff” after “crossing all those so-called red lines” the Russian President had put up.
Putin has constantly threatened Nato and Ukraine’s Western allies to not interfere with Russia’s invasion, often with nuclear threats.
Russian offensive to peak in 'months, if not weeks'
Sunday 6 October 2024 23:59
Jabed Ahmed
Vladimir Putin’s offensive in eastern Ukraine is likely to culminate in the coming months, a US-based think tank has said.
“Russian forces do not have the available manpower and materiel to continue intensified offensive efforts indefinitely, however, and current Russian offensive operations in eastern Ukraine will likely culminate in the coming months, if not weeks, as Ukrainian officials and ISW have previously assessed,” the Institute for the Study of War said in an assessment.
Ukrainian forces, it said, also face serious operational challenges and constraints, which are providing Russian forces with opportunities to pursue tactically significant gains.
But the current Russian offensive, which was started in autumn last year, has not yielded operationally significant gains for Russian forces and only offered gradual tactical gains in specific sectors of the front, the ISW said.
Ukraine’s “effective defence in depth along the frontline” has caused Russia significant losses and prevent Mr Putin’s troops from making more rapid gains on the battlefield, it said.
Full report: Russian prosecutors seek 7 year sentence for US man accused of fighting for Ukraine
Sunday 6 October 2024 23:00
Jabed Ahmed
British-French cruise missiles fired by Ukraine at Russian troops, reports
Sunday 6 October 2024 22:00
Jabed Ahmed
A Ukrainian aircraft fired British-French cruise missiles at Russian troops attempting to advance towards a city in Ukraine, Sky news has reported.
A Ukrainian security source shared drone footage with the broadcaster that reportedly shows strikes on Russian troops advancing towards Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine.
“The Ukrainian Armed Forces used Storm Shadow/Scalp missiles, gifted by Western nations,” the source said.
The Independent could not confirm the assertions or the drone footage.
Watch: HR McMaster says he doubts Trump can broker Ukraine peace
Sunday 6 October 2024 21:00
Jabed Ahmed
Thousands of Jewish pilgrims come to Ukraine for Rosh Hashana despite official warnings
Sunday 6 October 2024 20:00
Jabed Ahmed
Ukrainian forces down Russian bomber in Donetsk region
Sunday 6 October 2024 19:00
Jabed Ahmed
Ukrainian forces reported the downing of a Russian warplane in eastern Ukraine.
The bomber was shot down near Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region, according to Serhiy Horbunov, head of the local military administration, as cited by Ukraine’s public broadcaster, Suspilne.
Images revealed the charred wreckage of the aircraft after it crashed into a house, igniting a fire.
Full report: 1 dead as Russia strikes Ukraine with drones and missiles
Sunday 6 October 2024 18:00
Jabed Ahmed
ICYMI: Russia’s envoy to US ends his term at time of bilateral turmoil
Sunday 6 October 2024 17:00
Jabed Ahmed
Russia’s envoy to the US, a Kremlin hard-liner, has returned to Moscow, state media reported, with the end of his term coming at a time of the most hostile relations between the two nations in decades.
“Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Ivanovich Antonov is concluding his Washington assignment and heading to Moscow,” TASS state news agency cited the foreign ministry as saying.
The Siberia-born Antonov, 69, a career diplomat, was seen as a hawk who was still capable of striking compromises. Head of the Russian mission in Washington since 2017, he said in July his assignment was coming to an end.
There was no mention of who would replace the envoy, considered a military-style negotiator. His stance on Russia’s war in Ukraine has shown stalwart support of President Vladimir Putin’s actions.
Russia used more than 800 glide bombs in Ukraine in past week, Zelensky says
Sunday 6 October 2024 16:02
Jabed Ahmed
Russia has used more than 800 guided aerial bombs and almost 400 attack drones in the past week , according to Ukrainian president Vlodymyr Zelensky.
“Last night, air defense forces destroyed more than 50 Shaheds in Mykolaiv, Odesa, Kyiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Dnipro, Sumy, Chernihiv, Poltava, Vinnytsia, Khmelnytskyi, Zaporizhzhia, Zhytomyr, and Kharkiv regions. During the week, the enemy used about 20 missiles of various types, more than 800 guided aerial bombs and almost 400 attack UAVs of various types,” he said in a statement on Telegram.
Full report: Ukraine downs a Russian warplane and Russia claims gains in the east
Sunday 6 October 2024 15:00
Jabed Ahmed
Zelensky to present ‘victory plan’ at Ramstein meeting
Sunday 6 October 2024 14:00
Jabed Ahmed
Ukraine will present its “victory plan” at a regular meeting of its allies at Ramstein in Germany on 12 October, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
“We will present the victory plan, clear, specific steps for a just end to the war,” he wrote.
Ukraine, which has been fending off an invasion from much larger neighbour Russia for nearly 1,000 days, has in recent months teased a plan to end the war.
The details have not been made public, but Zelenskiy presented it to US President Joe Biden, as well as both major candidates running in the country’s presidential election, when he visited Washington last month.
The US State Department spokesman said the plan contained “a number of productive steps” which the US would engage with Ukraine on.
Russian fighter plane shot down over Donetsk is a Hunter S-70 combat drone, reports
Sunday 6 October 2024 13:01
Jabed Ahmed
Ukrainian forces said they shot down a Russian fighter plane near the city of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk province.
It has now emerged that it was a prototype of Russia’s Hunter S-70 combat drone, according to local Ukrainian media.
According to reports, the drone was shot down either due to a loss of control or deliberately after it malfunctioned during the test flight.
Justin Bronk, senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, called the incident a “stunningly embarrassing failure” for Russia.
In one of the most epic shoot down videos of the year, what was initially said to be a Russian Su-25, the jet downed this afternoon over Donetsk is now said to be either an Su-57 or an S-70, Russia's most advanced unmanned $15,000,000 drone. pic.twitter.com/8E3McuUUm7
— KyivPost (@KyivPost) October 5, 2024
One dead as Russia strikes Ukraine with drones and missiles
Sunday 6 October 2024 12:00
Jabed Ahmed
One person has died after Russian forces attacked Ukraine overnight with 87 Shahed drones and four different types of missiles, officials said.
A 49-year-old man was killed in the Kharkiv region after his car was hit by a drone, said regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov. A gas pipeline was also damaged and a warehouse set alight in the city of Odesa, Ukrainian officials reported.
Wach: Boris Johnson says Vladimir Putin is 'not mad, definitely bad'
Sunday 6 October 2024 11:03
Jabed Ahmed
Russia launches air attack on Kyiv, Odesa, Ukraine says
Sunday 6 October 2024 10:01
Jabed Ahmed
Russian air attacks on Ukraine kept the eastern half of the country under air raid alert for more than five hours, Ukraine‘s military said, with Moscow launching several waves of strikes targeting Kyiv and other cities.
“The enemy once again used its drones against Kyiv overnight!” Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv’s military administration, said on the Telegram messaging app. “Russian drones entered the capital of Ukraine in several waves and from different directions.”
All the air weapons were destroyed on their approach and, according to preliminary information, there were no reports of damage or injuries, Popko said. Details regarding the size of the attack will come later in the day, he said.
Air raid alerts for the capital and its region was announced three times during the night, totalling more than five hours, Popko said.
Hennadii Trukhanov, mayor of the Black Sea port of Odesa, said on Telegram that Russia targeted the southern city overnight, with several explosions reported.
There was no information on damages or injuries there.
Oleksandr Prokudin, governor of the southern region of Kherson, said on Sunday that one civilian had died and 15 were injured in Russia’s attacks on the region in the past 24 hours.
Russia launched 87 drones at Ukraine, Ukrainian air force says
Sunday 6 October 2024 09:15
Jabed Ahmed
Russia launched 87 attack drones and four missiles overnight targeting Ukrainian territory, Ukraine‘s air force said.
Ukraine‘s air defence units destroyed 56 of the drones and two of the missiles, the air force said on the Telegram messaging app.
Russia’s envoy to US concludes term amid bilateral tensions
Sunday 6 October 2024 08:00
Maroosha Muzaffar
Russia’s ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov, a staunch Kremlin hardliner, is ending his term and returning to Moscow amidst the worst US-Russia relations in decades.
“Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Ivanovich Antonov is concluding his Washington assignment and heading to Moscow,” TASS state news agency cited the foreign ministry as saying.
There was no mention of who would succeed the envoy, known for his military-style negotiation approach. His position on Russia’s war in Ukraine has demonstrated steadfast support for Vladimir Putin’s actions.
“It is obvious to us that the enemy will be defeated and victory will be Russia’s,” Antonov said on Saturday in an unrelated post on the Telegram messaging app, commenting on Russian forces capturing Ukraine’s mining town of Vuhledar.
Watch: Putin says West will be fighting directly with Russia if it lets Kyiv use long-range missiles
Sunday 6 October 2024 07:00
Jabed Ahmed
Ukrainian forces down Russian bomber in Donetsk region
Sunday 6 October 2024 05:46
Maroosha Muzaffar
Ukrainian forces reported the downing of a Russian warplane in eastern Ukraine on Saturday.
The bomber was shot down near Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region, according to Serhiy Horbunov, head of the local military administration, as cited by Ukraine’s public broadcaster, Suspilne.
Images revealed the charred wreckage of the aircraft after it crashed into a house, igniting a fire.
A roundup of events - 5 October
Sunday 6 October 2024 05:00
Alexander Butler
Here is a roundup of the events that happened on Saturday:
Ukraine will present ‘victory plan’ at Ramstein meeting
- Ukraine will present its "victory plan" at a regular meeting of its allies at Ramstein in Germany on October 12, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
Russia takes control of village in eastern Ukraine, reports say
- Russia's Defence Ministry has said that its forces had taken control of the village of Zhelanne Druhe in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, the Russian state-run TASS news agency reported.
Ukraine downs a Russian warplane
- Ukrainian forces have have shot down a Russian fighter plane in Donetsk, local officials said.
Russian prosecutor seeks 7-year sentence for US man over mercenary charges, IFX reports
- A Russian prosecutor has called for a seven-year prison sentence for a 72-year-old American man who Russia accuses of working as a mercenary for Ukraine, Interfax news agency reported.