Russia’s war in Ukraine
Kyiv was subjected to an overnight aerial attack as loud blasts were heard in Ukraine’s capital.
The attack, early on Sunday, reportedly lasted for two hours, with sightings of drone debris falling on several central districts of the city, and Ukrainian media showing a number of cars damaged in the attack.
Reuters reported its witnesses as hearing at least five blasts. The scale of the attack, however, is not yet known and no immediate injuries were reported.
“Drones came onto the capital in groups and from different directions,” Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv’s city military administration, said on the Telegram messaging app.
Ukrainian officials earlier said air defence systems destroyed 25 Iran-made drones launched by Russia.
Meanwhile, Vladimir Putin lost 600 of his troops in one day, according to Kyiv, while his conservative party’s headquarters in Ukraine was destroyed on Friday.
The general staff of Ukraine’s armed forces estimated 600 Moscow personnel were killed, bringing the total lost since February 2022 to 268,140.
The headquarters of the United Russia political party in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Polohy was destroyed in an attack on the same day, according to the mayor of Melitopol, reported the Kyiv Independent.
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Drones came ‘in groups from different directions’ in overnight attack on Kyiv, says military official
An overnight aerial attack launched in Ukraine capital Kyiv had drones coming in from “different directions” and “in groups”, according to a military official.
Ukrainian officials earlier said they destroyed 25 out of 32 Iran-made drones launched by Russia, most of which had targeted Kyiv and the Kyiv region.
Witnesses cited by Reuters said they heard at least five blasts overnight. Kyiv’s mayor had said one person was injured in the Podil neighbourhood and a fire had broken out near one of the city’s parks.
“Drones came onto the capital in groups and from different directions,” Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv’s city military administration, said on the Telegram messaging app.
The affected districts included Darnytskyi, Solomianskyi, Shevchenkivskyi, Sviatoshynskyi and Podil, according to the city’s military administration.
Anuj Pant10 September 2023 06:31
Russia ships Su-30 fighter jets to Myanmar junta
The Myanmar junta government has received its first shipment of Russian Su-30 fighter jets, the country’s trade minister told Russian state-run media.
Russia and Myanmar had signed a contract last year for the delivery of six Su-30SME fighter jets, according to Russian state-run RIA.
“Two aircraft have already been delivered,” Charlie Than, Myanmar’s trade minister, told the state-run news agency.
The minister was speaking on the sidelines of a Russian economic summit in Vladivostok. He also said a number of bilateral agreements will be signed at the East Economic Forum, including on developing tourism between the two countries.
Myanmar has seen the junta increase its grip on the country ever since it launched a military coup in 2021.
The US has also warned Russia against backing Myanmar’s military rulers and said its supply of weapons to the country is fueling a conflict that has become a catastrophe for Myanmar.
Anuj Pant10 September 2023 06:08
Just in: Ukraine says it downed 25 drones launched by Russia early on Sunday
At least 25 of the 32 drones launched by Vladimir Putin’s forces early on Sunday have been drowned, Ukraine’s land forces said.
The announcement comes as Kyiv was subjected to aerial attacks overnight, with witnesses hearing as many as five blasts, reported Reuters. The scale of the attack has not yet been ascertained.
Anuj Pant10 September 2023 05:47
India avoids condemnation of Russia to produce united G20 declaration
India has defied expectations to produce a New Delhi Declaration backed by all countries at this weekend’s G20 summit at the expense of any meaningful condemnation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi announced “the good news” shortly before 1600 local time [1000 GMT] on the first day of the G20 leaders’ summit in Delhi – much to the surprise of many observers and analysts, who felt that the Ukraine issue would stand in the way of a consensus on any joint statement at all, much less an early one.
Ukraine rejected the joint statement, saying “the G20 has nothing to be proud of in the part about Russia’s aggression against Ukraine”.
Ukraine does feature in the full 37-page declaration released by the Indian foreign ministry on Saturday, which says leaders “highlighted the human suffering and negative added impacts of the war in Ukraine” without directly mentioning Russia.
“There were different views and assessments of the situation,” it adds, in something of an understatement.
Anuj Pant10 September 2023 05:36
ICYMI: What are depleted uranium shells?
The depleted uranium anti-tank rounds soon to be in Ukraine’s military stockpiles have kicked up a debate over its use in the continuing Russian invasion.
Britain has already promised armour-piercing rounds containing depleted uranium to Ukraine in March. Prime minister Rishi Sunak had backed drawing out the rounds from the UK military’s stockpiles ultimately “to degrade and deter – primarily – Russian aggression”.
But what are these depleted uranium munitions?
Anuj Pant10 September 2023 05:30
Russia claims to have downed eight drones over Crimea
Vladimir Putin’s defence ministry has claimed it destroyed eight drones over the Black Sea near the Crimean Peninsula in the early hours of Sunday even as overnight drone attacks were launched on capital Kyiv.
The incident, reported by Reuters, could not be independently verified. Russia accused Ukraine of launching the drones.
The Russian defence ministry has also not said if there were any casualties. Ukraine’s officials have not commented on the incident yet.
Anuj Pant10 September 2023 05:15
Putin launches overnight aerial attacks on Kyiv
Air attacks were launched on Kyiv early on Sunday, with blasts heard across the capital. Drone debris fell on its central districts and the scale of the attack has not been ascertained yet.
Kyiv’s mayor Vitali Klitschko said one person was injured in the Podil neighbourhood and a fire broke out near one of the city’s parks.
The debris from the downed drones fell on the Darnytskyi, Solomianskyi, Shevchenkivskyi, Sviatoshynskyi and Podil districts, according to the city’s military administration and Mr Klitschko.
The debris also sparked a fire in the Shevchenkivskyi district, but this was immediately put out, according to officials.
Reuters cited its witnesses as saying they heard at least five blasts.
Anuj Pant10 September 2023 04:48
India avoids condemnation of Russia to produce united G20 declaration
India has defied expectations to produce a New Delhi Declaration backed by all countries at this weekend’s G20 summit, at the expense of any meaningful condemnation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi announced “the good news” shortly before 1600 local time [1000 GMT] on the first day of the G20 leaders’ summit in Delhi – much to the surprise of many observers and analysts, who felt that the Ukraine issue would stand in the way of a consensus on any joint statement at all, much less an early one.
Ukraine does feature in the full 37-page declaration released by the Indian foreign ministry on Saturday, which says leaders “highlighted the human suffering and negative added impacts of the war in Ukraine” without directly mentioning Russia. “There were different views and assessments of the situation,” it adds, in something of an understatement.
Joe Middleton10 September 2023 03:00
British man fighting in Ukraine found dead in water with his hands bound
A British man who fought in Ukraine was found dead in a body of water with his hands tied behind his back, his family have revealed.
Jordan Chadwick, 31, who travelled to Ukraine in early October 2022, was fighting in the International Legion.
His mother, Brenda Chadwick, told the BBC her family was “devastated” by her son’s death.
Mr Chadwick, known as Joe, was from Burnley in Lancashire. He served as a Scots Guard in the British Army from 2011 to 2015.
Joe Middleton10 September 2023 02:00
Elon Musk sparks fury by admitting he thwarted Ukrainian drone attack on Putin’s naval fleet
Elon Musk has admitted that his refusal to grant Ukraine permission to use his Starlink satellite network was an attempt to prevent a drone attack on a Russian naval fleet.
The Starlink satellite internet service, which is run by the technology billionaire’s SpaceX company, has been a digital lifeline both for Ukraine’s military and for civilians.
Elon Musk says his refusal to allow Kyiv to use his satellite network was an attempt to avoid complicity in an ‘act of war’
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In posts on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, the billionaire denied accusations that he had turned off the Starlink network in the area, but said that he had not agreed to a request from Ukraine to activate it all the way to the Crimean port city of Sevastopol, which is currently (as it was at the time) occupied by Russia and home to its Black Sea fleet.
“The Starlink regions in question were not activated. SpaceX did not deactivate anything,” Musk said.
“There was an emergency request from government authorities to activate Starlink all the way to Sevastopol,” he added, “the obvious intent being to sink most of the Russian fleet at anchor. If I had agreed to their request, then SpaceX would be explicitly complicit in a major act of war and conflict escalation.”
Lydia Patrick10 September 2023 01:09