The Russian Defense Ministry announced this morning that it had shot down 51 Ukrainian drones overnight over its territory. Eighteen were intercepted in the Tambov region, around 400 km from the border, and 16 in the sector border of Belgorod. Follow the latest information on the conflict.
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10:43
RUSSIAN ADVANCE
The Russian Defense Ministry announced the capture of the village of Izmailivka, in eastern Ukraine, where Russian troops have been advancing for several months. The Russian army “liberated Izmailovka”, according to the ministry, which uses the village’s Russian name.
08:53
VLADIMIR POUTINE
Russian President Vladimir Putin hopes that the West has “heard” his warnings against a possible green light that would be given to Ukraine to strike deep into Russian territory with Western weapons, in an interview broadcast on Telegram on Sunday. “They didn’t tell me anything about this, I hope they heard, because of course we will also have to make certain decisions” in return, warned Vladimir Putin in an interview broadcast on Telegram by a journalist from the Russian presidential pool.
Ukraine is demanding authorization to strike targets deep on Russian territory with missiles delivered by the West. The United States has so far refused to do so for fear of an escalation that could lead to direct conflict with Russia, both countries being nuclear powers.
Ramil Sitdikov / SPUTNIK / AFP08:23
FIVE DEAD IN DNIPRO
The death toll from the Russian strike on Dnipro on Friday evening has increased. According to the regional government of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on Telegram, five people lost their lives in the bombing, while a previous report reported four deaths. Around twenty people were also injured.
07:30
DRONES IN RUSSIA
The Russian Defense Ministry announced this morning that it had shot down 51 Ukrainian drones overnight over its territory. Eighteen were intercepted in the Tambov region, a town about 400 kilometers from the border with Ukraine, and sixteen in the area of the border town of Belgorod, the ministry said in a statement on Telegram. The rest were shot in the Oryol, Bryansk, Lipetsk and Voronezh regions. One was intercepted in the Kursk region, where Ukrainian troops have been carrying out a ground offensive since August. They control several hundred square kilometers of Russian territory there.
06:51
“MOSCOW WANTS TO CONTINUE ITS AGGRESSION”
In his traditional message on social networks, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky assured that “every day, this war only proves one fact: Moscow intends to continue its aggression.” He expressed concern that Russia was “trying to increase its defense production by circumventing sanctions.” “That is why they are increasingly involving North Korea – and in a few days, North Korean soldiers could join the battlefield against Ukraine,” warned the Ukrainian president, assuring that his country could “ soon to be forced to fight North Korean troops in Europe.
Each day of this war only proves one fact: Moscow is intent on continuing its aggression. This is why they’re attempting to increase their defense production by bypassing sanctions. It’s why they’re increasingly involving North Korea—and in a matter of days, North Korean soldiers… pic.twitter.com/VTEc9GeBIf — Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) October 26, 2024
06:47
CIRCUMVENTION OF SANCTIONS
G7 finance ministers promised yesterday to accelerate the fight against Russia’s evasion of sanctions imposed on it since the start of the invasion of Ukraine. The group said it was “determined to take additional initiatives in response to violations of the oil price cap,” according to a statement released after a meeting in Washington.
06:47
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A Russian missile attack killed five people, including a child, and injured around 20 others Friday evening in the city of Dnipro, in east-central Ukraine, regional authorities said Saturday (October 26), President Volodymyr Zelensky denouncing the “Russian murderers”.
Other nighttime strikes left one dead and one injured in the kyiv region, according to the regional military administration, while a drone attack on a residential building in the capital on Friday killed a teenage girl and injured five people, according to a new assessment.
Five people died in Dnipro, regional governor Serguii Lyssak said on Telegram. Earlier, he had claimed that a child had been killed. Around twenty people were also injured, including “girls aged 8 and 16 and two boys aged 17”during this missile attack which occurred Friday shortly before midnight, according to him. Residential buildings, houses and hospital buildings were damaged, according to the same source.
On Saturday, the Russian Defense Ministry again claimed responsibility for the capture of a small village in the Donetsk region, Oleksandropil.
G7 finance ministers promised on Saturday to accelerate the fight against Russia’s evasion of sanctions imposed on it since the start of the invasion of Ukraine. The group said “determined to take additional initiatives in response to violations of the oil price cap”according to a press release published after a meeting in Washington.
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