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President Vladimir Putin said Russia would use “a range of responses” if the US and its Nato allies allowed Ukraine to strike inside his country with Western long-range weapons.
The comments, published on Sunday, came as the Russian military claimed to have intercepted or destroyed 51 Ukrainian drones overnight.
At least 18 of the drones were intercepted over the Tambov region, nearly 450km southeast of Moscow, the ministry said on Telegram, 16 were destroyed in the Belgorod border region, and the rest over Voronezh, Oryol and Kursk in the south.
One woman was injured in Belgorod, said regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.
Russia, in turn, launched a multiwave drone attack on Kyiv for the second night running. It did not cause injuries or major damage, Serhiy Popko, head of the military administration, said.
An Estonian official claimed Russian casualties could reach 40,000 for October. “Russia’s losses are quite high. And this month seems to be one of the biggest in terms of losses for Russia,” Janek Kesselmann, deputy commander of the Estonian Military Intelligence Centre, told Estonian media outlet EER.
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Russia puts down wave of Ukrainian counterattacks in Kursk
Russian troops repelled eight new counterattacks by Ukrainian forces in Russia’s Kursk region, the Interfax news agency cited Russia’s defence ministry as saying on Sunday.
News agency Reuters could not immediately verify the battlefield reports.
Barney Davis27 October 2024 10:57
Russian artillery kills two, injures 14 in overnight strikes
Russia shelled eight towns and villages in Donetsk leaving two people killed, nine civilians and four police officers injured.
The National Police of Ukraine reported that the towns Kostiantynivka, Kurakhove, Mykolaivka, and Toretsk, as well as the villages of Kostiantynopil, Markove, Rozdolne, and Sontsivka were damaged, including 22 residential buildings.
“The Russian military dropped two FAB-250 bombs equipped with a guidance module on Kostiantynivka, killing one person and injuring three civilians.
In Mykolaivka, another civilian was killed with damage caused to a civilian car, a motorcycle, and a power line.
Kostiantynopil was hit by shelling from a Tornado-S multiple rocket launcher injuring two residents and causing damage to three civilian homes and a car.
Barney Davis27 October 2024 10:38
Russia claims victory over Donetsk village
Russia’s defence ministry said its forces had taken control of the village of Izmailivka in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, Russian state news agency RIA reported on Sunday.
News agency Reuters could not immediately verify the battlefield reports.
Barney Davis27 October 2024 09:38
Russia launches drone attack on Kyiv for second night, Ukraine says
Russia launched a multi-wave drone attack on Kyiv for the second straight night, the military administration of the Ukrainian capital said this morning.
“It seems that now every night, without long breaks, the Russian armed forces attack the peaceful city of Kyiv,” Serhiy Popko, head of the military administration said on Telegram messaging app.
“Last night, the enemy made another attack on the capital.”
He added that Russia launched around 10 drones in several waves, from different directions and at different heights, but Ukrainian air defence units destroyed all of the weapons on their approach to the city.
No injuries or major damage were reported, Mr Popko added. He said that the Air Force will release data on the full-scale of the overnight attack on Ukraine later on Sunday.
Reuters could not independently verify the report. There was no immediate comment from Russia on the overnight attack on Kyiv.
Namita Singh27 October 2024 07:15
Putin says Russia will respond if Ukraine permitted to strike with long-range weapons
Russia’s president Vladimir Putin said Moscow will use “a range of responses” if the US and its Nato allies allow Ukraine to use Western long-range weapons to strike inside Russia, according to remarks published on Sunday.
The Russian defence ministry “is thinking about how to respond to the possible long-range strikes on Russian territory, it will offer a range of responses”, Putin told state TV reporter Pavel Zarubin in video remarks published on Zarubin’s Telegram messaging account.
Namita Singh27 October 2024 06:57
Watch: Furious Vladimir Putin blasts BBC journalist Steve Rosenberg when challenged at press conference
Furious Vladimir Putin blasts BBC journalist when challenged at press conference
A furious Vladimir Putin blasted BBC journalist Steve Rosenberg when challenged at a post BRICS press conference. Putin was asked whether the Ukraine war went against the values put forward by the BRICS of justice, regional stability and security, and a fair world on Thursday (24 October). It was the final question introduced by Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov who smiled as he claimed the BBC was “a rare guest these days”. Putin hit back at the question saying: “Is it fair that for years our (Western) partners for years ignored our constant appeals not to expand NATO to the East? To lie to our face and violate all their obligations... to get into Ukraine and build military bases?”
Barney Davis27 October 2024 06:45
Russia says it downs at 51 Ukrainian drones overnight
Russia’s air defence units destroyed or intercepted 51 Ukrainian drones overnight, the Russian defence ministry said early this morning.
Eighteen of the drones were intercepted over the Tambov region, some 450km southeast of Moscow, the ministry said on the Telegram messaging app.
Another 16 were destroyed over the Belgorod border region and the rest over the Voronezh, Oryol and Kursk regions in Russia’s south.
One woman was moderately injured as a result of the drone attack on Belgorod, regional Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, said on Telegram. He added that a few cars were also damaged.
Tambov governor Maxim Yegorov said a Ukrainian drone fell onto the Michurinsky district, sparking a short-lived fire but causing no injuries or material damage.
The Russian defence ministry reports only how many drones its units destroy, not how many Ukraine launches. Russian officials also rarely disclose the full scale of damage inflicted by the attacks, especially when they involve military or energy infrastructure.
Reuters could not independently verify the reports. There was no immediate comment from Ukraine.
Namita Singh27 October 2024 06:01
Russian attacks prompts Ukraine's Zelensky to ask allies for more resolve
A string of Russian attacks killed and injured civilians in widely separated parts of Ukraine, prompting president Volodymyr Zelensky to issue a new call to Kyiv’s allies yesterday to intensify pressure on Moscow.
Rescue teams in the central city of Dnipro completed operations on Friday after Russian missile attacks that killed five people, including a child, and injured more than 20.
A Russian glide bomb killed one person and injured three yesterday in Kostiantynivka, near the front line in Donetsk region, the regional governor said. Russian shelling killed two people in a small town west of the Ukrainian-held southern city of Kherson.
And in Kyiv, a drone struck a high-rise apartment building on Friday west of the city centre, killing a teenage girl.
Mr Zelensky, in his nightly video address, said the assaults showed Russia was “determined to continue its aggression”.
“These are conditions in which the lack of stronger decisions from partners to support Ukraine only encourages (Russian President Vladimir) Putin to invest further in terror,” Mr Zelensky said.
“The world can stop the escalation of war. Abstractions and words are not enough for this. Concrete steps are needed.”
Namita Singh27 October 2024 05:00
Russia launches drone attack targeting Ukraine's Kyiv, mayor says
Ukraine’s air defence units were in operation early this morning trying to repel a wave of Russian drones headings towards Kyiv, the mayor of the Ukrainian capital said.
“Stay in shelters,” Vitali Klitschko, the mayor, said on the Telegram messaging app.
Namita Singh27 October 2024 04:15
Mapped: Where has Russia made advances on the frontline in Ukraine?
Mapped: Where has Russia made advances on the frontline in Ukraine?
Ukraine’s military say the hottest fighting along the roughly 640-mile frontline is taking place on the outskirts of the eastern city of Selydove
Barney Davis27 October 2024 04:01
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