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UPI
09-06-2025
- Politics
- UPI
22 injured as Russia launches 499 drones, missiles at Ukraine
Russia mounted a huge airborne attack on Ukraine for the fifth night in a row, launching 499 drones and missiles at targets across the country that injured at least 22 people. Photo by Sergey Kozlov/EPA-EFE June 9 (UPI) -- Russia launched 499 drones and ballistic and cruise missiles against seven provinces across Ukraine, of which the Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have downed all but 22. At least 22 people were injured in provinces from the frontline regions of Sumy and Kharkiv in the east, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia in the south and Rivne in the northwest, which Gov. Oleksandr Koval said had sustained the heaviest bombardment since Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022. "According to preliminary information, one civilian was injured. Huge gratitude for the professionalism of our air defense forces, which destroyed a large number of enemy targets," Koval wrote in a post on X. Kyiv and the surrounding area also came under sustained attack with air raid warnings sounding for more than 10 hours, but no casualties were reported. The Ukrainian Air Force said Russian forces launched 479 attack and decoy drones from multiple directions, four ballistic missiles, 11 cruise missiles and five air-launched cruise and anti-radar missiles from above the Black Sea. The air force said its fighter aircraft, air defense and electronic warfare units and mobile fire groups were able to destroy or otherwise "neutralize" 460 of the drones and all but three of the missiles, two of which never made it to their targets. However, some made it through with explosions heard in at least 10 locations and debris from downed projectiles falling in 17 places. Most of the cruise missiles came from Russia's Saratov region, where air bases have twice sustained attacks from Ukrainian UAV assaults in the past week. Ukrainian special forces claimed another strike overnight on an airfield deep inside Russian territory in Nizhny Novgorod region, 260 miles east of Moscow, damaging two fighter jets on the ground. "According to preliminary information, two units of enemy aircraft were hit (probably MiG-31 and Su-30/34 aircraft). The results of the combat operation are being clarified," said the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Guardian said Savasleyka airfield was home to MiG-31K warplanes used to deploy air-to-surface ballistic missiles of a type that have been used to attack Ukrainian cities and Ukrainian forces. Footage was also circulating online of a drone strike even further afield in Cheboksary in the Chuvashia Republic on an industrial facility producing guidance systems parts used in motorized howitzers, short-range ballistic missiles and both loitering and attack drones. Regional Gov. Oleg Nikolayev, issued a statement confirming production at the VNIIR Progress factory had been paused but that there had been no injuries. The plant is under U.S., European Union and British sanctions targeting military industrial facilities and Russia's ability to evade Western efforts to target its war machine. The operating company was sanctioned by the United States in 2023, followed by the EU and Britain in 2024.
UPI
07-06-2025
- Politics
- UPI
Three dead as Ukraine hit with third-straight day of overnight attacks
A Russian missile and drone attack in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv early Saturday killed at least three people and injured more than 20 others, officials have confirmed. Photo by Sergey Kozlov/EPA-EFE June 7 (UPI) -- A Russian missile and drone attack in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv early Saturday killed at least three people and injured more than 20 others, officials have confirmed. Mayor Ihor Terekhov called the attacks in the country's second-largest city "pure terror," as Ukraine faced overnight bombardment for the third straight day. At least four people died and more than 50 were injured during overnight missile and drone attacks early Friday morning that marked one of Russia's largest aerial assaults of the year, involving almost 500 drones. President Volodymyr Zelensky said the Friday attacks affected nearly the entire country. Kharkiv faced "at least 40 explosions" during the overnight attacks, Terekhov said on his Telegram social media account. "Kharkiv is currently experiencing the most powerful attack since the start of the full-scale war," Terekhov wrote. "The enemy is striking simultaneously with missiles, (drones) and guided aerial bombs. This is outright terror against peaceful Kharkiv." A 14-year-old girl and a boy under the age of two were among those injured in the latest Russian attacks carried out by over 50 drones and four guided aerial bombs, the Kharkiv regional prosecutor's office. Ukrainian officials said 18 apartment buildings and an additional 13 residential buildings were damaged in the attacks. "The strikes achieved their objectives. All designated targets were destroyed," Russia's Defense Ministry wrote on Telegram. The attacks came as the two countries were set to carry out a prisoner exchange that would see hundreds of soldiers on both sides repatriated, including the bodies of thousands of those killed in the conflict. Russian officials on Saturday said Ukraine "unexpectedly postponed both the acceptance of bodies and the exchange of prisoners of war for an indefinite period," following the latest round of attacks.
Asharq Al-Awsat
30-05-2025
- General
- Asharq Al-Awsat
Saudi King Receives Written Message from Putin
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received a written message from Russian President Vladimir Putin on bilateral relations. The message was delivered to Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Walid ElKhereiji by Russian Ambassador to the Kingdom Sergey Kozlov during talks held on Thursday at the ministry's headquarters in Riyadh. During the meeting, the two sides reviewed relations between the two countries and discussed regional and international developments.
Arab News
18-05-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
Saudi deputy minister receives Russia, Ukraine envoys
Saudi Deputy Minister for International Multilateral Affairs Abdulrahman Al-Rassi received Ambassador of Russia to the Kingdom Sergey Kozlov in Riyadh on Sunday. In a separate meeting, Al-Rassi received Ambassador of Ukraine to the Kingdom Anatolii Petrenko, the Foreign Ministry wrote in a post on X. During the meetings, all sides discussed bilateral relations as well as prominent developments in regional and international arenas.
Arab News
30-04-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
Saudi deputy foreign minister receives Russia's envoy in Riyadh
Saudi Arabia's Deputy Minister for Political Affairs Saud Al-Sati received Russian Ambassador Sergey Kozlov in Riyadh on Wednesday. The pair discussed relations between their countries and other topics of common interest, the Foreign Ministry wrote on X. Also on Wednesday, Saudi Ambassador to Pakistan Nawaf bin Said Al-Malki met Digital Cooperation Organization Secretary-General Deemah Al-Yahya in Islamabad, the diplomat wrote on X. They discussed the importance of digital transformation and other topics of interest.
