Polish and allied aircraft were activated early this morning to ensure the safety of Polish airspace after Russia launched air strikes targeting western Ukraine, the Operational Command of the Poland’s armed forces said.
All of Ukraine was under air raid alerts as of 2am GMT today after the Ukrainian Air Force warned of Russian missile attacks.
At least three people were injured and several fires broke out in Kyiv early today following a Russian missile attack, the mayor and military administration of the Ukrainian capital said.
This comes as Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the lack of US response to the drone strike on Kryvyi Rih which has killed 18 people, including nine children.
“Such a strong country, such a strong people, and yet such a weak reaction. They are afraid to even say the word ‘Russian’ when speaking about the missile that murdered children”, he said on X.
“Yes, the war must end”, he added. “We must not be afraid to pressure the one who continues this war and ignores all the world’s proposals to end it.”
One person killed in Kyiv attack as at least three people left injured
One man has died in Russia’s attack on Kyiv, according to officials.
Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko, said in a Telegram message: “The body of a man killed in an enemy attack was found in the Darnytsia district. He was found on the street, near the epicenter of the explosion. The man’s identity is being established.”
At least three people were injured in the attack on Ukraine’s capital.
Ukraine downs 53 of 132 air attack vehicles following Russian strike
Ukraine’s air force has said they downed 53 of 132 enemy air attack vehicles.
They said that Russia carried out a combined strike on Ukraine with air, ground and sea-based missiles and strike UAVs. They detected and escorted a total of 132 enemy air attack vehicles – 23 miles and 109 strike UAVs.
They were able to down 53 air targets, while a further 53 were lost in location without negative consequences.
As a result of the attack, Kyiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Khmelnytsky, Cherkasy and Mykolaiv all suffered damages, injuries and losses.
In pictures: Kyiv puts itself back together after Russian missile strike
Three women and one man injured in attack on Mykolaiv
Three women and one man were injured in an attack on the southern Ukrainian region of Mykolaiv on Saturday night.
The women were aged between 49 and 72, while the man was 57-years-old, said officials, As of now, all of them are in stable condition and being treated on an outpatient basis.
The attack saw two fires break out in private homes, which were quickly extinguished, and 13 private homes and a car were damaged.
Trump administration apologises for telling Ukraine refugees to leave the US
The Trump administration has backtracked after it said it accidentally informed some Ukrainian refugees fleeing their country’s invasion by Russia that they needed to leave the US because their legal status was being revoked.
CBS News reported that some resettled Ukrainians who came over on the Uniting for Ukraine – U4U – program had received emails telling them that the US Department of Homeland Security would be terminating their legal protections.
These people have now been told in a statement: “The U4U parole program has not been terminated.”
A follow-up message said: “No action will be taken with respect to your parole.”
British and French military chiefs discuss plans to build on ‘formidable capabilities’ of Ukrainian army in peacekeeping talks
Archie Mitchell reports:
Hungary is on ‘Putin’s team,’ says Estonian foreign minister
Hungary is on the team of Russian president Vladimir Putin, Estonian foreign minister Margus Tsahkna has said amid talks on Ukraine.
“To be divided, you would need two major parties. We have Hungary, a very weak country, that’s on Putin’s team. Not on our European team,” he told German outlet Rheinische Post yesterday.
Stripping Hungary of its voting power in the EU “is getting closer and closer,” Mr Tsahkna said.
He added: “Article 7 of the Treaty on European Union provides for the possibility of withdrawing a member state’s voting rights if membership endangers the security of Europe and that of the other members…. (T)hat’s exactly what (Hungarian prime minister Viktor) Orban is doing,” Mr Tsahkna said.
Mr Orban, widely seen as having the warmest relations with Mr Putin among EU leaders, has routinely blocked, delayed or watered down EU efforts to assist Kyiv and impose sanctions on Moscow for its actions in Ukraine.
Nato chief says Kyiv’s allies need to keep working peacekeeping forces ideas
Nato secretary general Mark Rutte has said it is best to wait to deploy peacekeepers to Ukraine until after the conclusion of a peace agreement but that countries need to keep developing ideas now to implement after peace is achieved.
Talking to Ukrainian news outlet, the Nato chief also said that the “first level” of security guarantees for Ukraine should be the Ukrainian military, which will ne the “first line of defense in deterrence.”
Mr Rutte added that Ukraine’s European partners, including France, the United Kingdom, and Italy, are also looking for ways to provide security guarantees to Ukraine following the conclusion of a peace agreement.
MI6 boss says Britain must get ready for war as Putin threatens Europe
Sir Alex Younger said people in the UK must realise that the threat from Russia – and its closeness to the US – is real, adding: “Putin and Trump together have done their best to persuade us that the rules have changed.”
Reflecting on whether Britain has the mettle for a full-scale war, he told Independent TV: “I worry – we have disarmed militarily, self-evidently. We’ve largely dismantled our military and industrial base, which is a big problem.
“We have, for many years, been completely free of any form of existential threat.
Russia says it downs 11 Ukrainian drones overnight
Russian air defence units intercepted and destroyed 11 Ukrainian drones overnight, the Russian defence ministry said this morning.
Drones were destroyed over the Kursk and Belgorod border regions and over the southern Russian Rostov region, the ministry said in a post on Telegram.
Yuri Slyusar, acting governor of the Rostov region, said earlier in a Telegram post that there were no injuries reported in the attack, but there were reports of drone debris falling on administrative buildings in one of the region’s districts.
Source: independent.co.uk
