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The Independent
01-07-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
Ukraine fights back against Russia with deadly drone strike
A Ukrainian drone strike on an industrial plant in Izhevsk, Russia, killed three people and injured 35 others. The targeted facility, identified as the Kupol plant, manufactures drones and air defense systems, and sustained direct hits, causing a fire. The audacious attack, occurring deep within Russian territory, underscores Ukraine 's focus on developing long-range weaponry and increasing domestic drone productio n. Both sides in the conflict are increasingly relying on sophisticated drone technology, with Russia having launched a record number of drones at Ukraine recently. The incident highlights the escalating drone warfare and occurs amid ongoing uncertainty regarding future US military aid to Ukraine.
Sky News
04-06-2025
- General
- Sky News
Would Putin go nuclear after Ukraine's daring attacks? Ukraine war Q&A with Michael Clarke
Putin 'disappeared for 48 hours' after Ukraine's bomber attacks Never the question: What psychological effect do the attacks have on Putin? Ukraine has pulled off three different attacks in the past few days that will have annoyed the Russian president, Michael Clarke says Those attacks were on two different bridges at the weekend, which collapsed, the drone strikes on Russia's bombers and the explosion on the Kerch Bridge linking Crimea to Russia yesterday. Watch: Ukraine strikes Moscow's bombers "They do affect him," Clarke says. "I was talking to somebody who keeps track on these things, and he said that Putin has disappeared in the last 48 hours. "He's just not made any appearances, which is unlike him." Clarke says the "more audacious" the attacks are, the more humiliating it is for Russian defence forces. "One of the reasons he [Putin] doesn't come on to TV immediately is because it would look as if the blame was his," he says. "And so he always makes sure that the blame is laid on the regional governor or somebody lower down in the air defence control." Clarke says Putin was shaken by Yevgeny Prigozhin's attempted coup in 2023, when Wagner's former chief staged an apparent insurrection and sent an armoured convoy towards Moscow. The Kremlin use words like "terrorist act" when attacks like these occur, Clarke says. Putin "makes sure to defect attention from these things", Clarke adds.
Reuters
27-05-2025
- General
- Reuters
Air defences down 112 Ukrainian drones over Russia, 8 headed to Moscow, officials say
May 28 (Reuters) - Russian air defences destroyed or intercepted 112 Ukrainian drones over a three-hour period, most of them over central or southern regions, the Russian Defence Ministry said early on Wednesday. A ministry statement on the Telegram messaging app said the incidents occurred between 9 p.m. and midnight Moscow time. Fifty-nine drones were downed over the Bryansk region on the Ukrainian border, the others were intercepted over five different regions. The ministry announcement made no mention of drones being downed in the region surrounding Moscow. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, in three separate notices posted in rapid succession on Telegram, said eight Ukrainian drones were repelled while heading for the Russian capital. Recovery crews were examining fragments on the ground, he said. Russia and Ukraine fired large numbers of missiles at each other over the past week. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that more than 900 had been fired at Ukrainian targets over a three-day period ending early on Monday. The numbers tapered off on Monday night to Tuesday morning.
Russia Today
27-05-2025
- General
- Russia Today
Kiev's actions harming peace process
The recent rise in the number of Ukrainian attacks on Russian soil is detrimental to the ongoing efforts to find a peaceful resolution to the conflict between the two countries, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has said. Over the past week alone, Russian air defenses have downed 1,465 Ukrainian drones over territories outside the active conflict zone, the Defense Ministry in Moscow reported on Tuesday. 'At the very least, we can say that these actions by Kiev… are clearly at odds with the pursuit of the peace process,' Peskov told a press briefing that same day. 'Of course we condemn these actions,' he said, adding that they 'do not contribute to the advancement of the peace process.' The Russian Defense Ministry stated on Tuesday that the 'Kiev regime, supported by certain European countries, has taken a number of provocative steps aimed at disrupting the negotiation process,' which was initiated by Moscow earlier in May. According to the ministry, there has been a spike in Ukrainian attacks on Russian territory involving drones as well as Western-made missiles. Military officials in Moscow estimated that between May 20 and May 27, air defense systems intercepted more than 2,300 Ukrainian UAVs, most of them operating outside frontline areas. The ministry added that Russian forces retaliated with high-precision missile and drone strikes aimed 'exclusively at Ukraine's military and defense industrial facilities.' The developments followed last week's telephone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Donald Trump, which both leaders characterized as productive. Earlier this month, Russia and Ukraine held their first direct talks since 2022 in Istanbul, Türkiye. The two sides agreed on a record prisoner swap and discussed a follow-up meeting. As part of the ongoing diplomatic process, Moscow has said it is working on a memorandum for settling the conflict, which will be presented to Kiev in the near future. It is expected to include Moscow's key terms for a potential ceasefire, conflict settlement, and a timeline for an eventual peace agreement.
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Russia says it downed 25 Ukrainian drones over two of its border regions, one woman reported killed
(Reuters) -Russian air defence forces destroyed 25 Ukrainian drones over two of its border regions overnight and on Sunday morning, the Russian Defence Ministry said, and the governor of another region said one woman had been killed in a drone attack. Twenty two drones had been downed over the Belgorod region and another three destroyed over the Bryansk region, the ministry said in statements. Both regions border Ukraine. Alexander Bogomaz, the governor of Bryansk, said the attempted attack did not inflict any damage or cause any casualties. Alexander Khinshtein, governor of Kursk, another region bordering Ukraine, said a 69-year-old woman had been killed by an explosive dropped from a drone overnight. Reuters could not independently verify the reports. Both sides deny targeting civilians, but thousands have been killed in the conflict, the majority of them Ukrainians. Ukrainian authorities said early on Sunday that the largest known Russian drone attack since President Vladimir Putin sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine in 2022 had killed a woman in the Kyiv region and injured at least three people.
