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New York Times
14 hours ago
- Politics
- New York Times
Russian Strike on Prison Kills 16, Ukraine Says
A Russian strike on a correctional facility in southern Ukraine killed at least 16 people and injured dozens more just before midnight on Monday, Ukrainian officials said. It appeared to be the deadliest attack on a Ukrainian prison since Russia launched its full-scale invasion more than three years ago. The attack was part of a wave of strikes directed at 73 Ukrainian cities and villages over Monday night and Tuesday morning, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said in a statement. It came only hours after President Trump renewed his call for the Kremlin to end the bloodshed. On Monday, Mr. Trump expressed frustration with Russia's persistent targeting of civilians and the staggering battlefield losses on both sides. He said he would give President Vladimir V. Putin 10 to 12 days to show a serious commitment to a cease-fire before imposing broad sanctions, including measures that would limit the Kremlin's ability to finance its war through oil exports. Previously, Mr. Trump gave Moscow 50 days to change course. Officials in Moscow largely waved off the threat, and the Russian military showed no signs of slowing its offensive campaign on the front or its increasingly deadly daily bombardments. Around the same time the prison was attacked, a ballistic missile struck a hospital complex and maternity ward in the Dnipro region, Ukrainian officials said. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Times
3 days ago
- Business
- Times
Elon Musk ‘ordered Starlink shutdown' during Ukraine counterattack
Elon Musk allegedly ordered Starlink to cut internet coverage in parts of Ukraine during a crucial counteroffensive during the early stages of the Russian invasion. The order led to a communications blackout while Ukrainian forces attempted to retake Kherson, a port city in southern Ukraine, in September 2022. The blackout ultimately caused the attack to fail. Staff at the American tech firm deactivated at least 100 Starlink terminals after they received the instructions, according to Reuters, which spoke to three people familiar with the instruction. While Ukraine was eventually able to reclaim Kherson, the decision was reported to have shocked Starlink employees and damaged Ukrainian trust in the technology. It enabled Musk to take 'the outcome of a war into his own hands', one of the three people said.
Telegraph
10-07-2025
- Politics
- Telegraph
One-year-old boy killed in ‘human safari' drone attack
A one-year-old boy was killed 'mercilessly and deliberately' in a Russian drone attack in southern Ukraine, local authorities said. The toddler was staying with his great-grandmother in the village of Pravdyne, in Kherson, according to Oleksandr Prokudin, a senior military official. Mr Prokudin said: 'These children's toys, scattered by the blast wave, belonged to Dmytryk. He was only one year and two months old. Today, he was killed by Russia – mercilessly and deliberately.' The attack was part of a wider assault on Kherson, where residents feel hunted and refer to repeated drone attacks against civilians as a 'human safari'. Attacks on Kherson this week focused on residential areas, critical infrastructure and social facilities, killing one person and injuring at least 17 more, authorities said. According to the United Nations, nearly half of the verified child deaths in Ukraine – 638 – come from explosive weapons used in populated areas. A recent UN report found that Russia is guilty of committing crimes against humanity in Kherson following a 10-month investigation into drone strikes in the region. Members of a UN Commission found that Russia was engaged in the deliberate targeting of civilians and concluded that the drone attacks were 'widespread, systematic and conducted as part of a coordinated state policy'. Attacks are so common that local authorities have strongly advised that civilians stay at home unless they are able to carry a tourniquet – a medical kit that is used to stop life-threatening bleeding. Drones regularly target supermarkets, cars and buses, according to those who live there. Anastasia, a 23-year-old aid worker, previously told The Telegraph that many residents feel unable to leave their homes. She said: 'More and more residents of the city cannot leave the house, even for food, because there is a great possibility that they will not return home.' Moscow has stepped up its attacks against civilians in recent months, regularly targeting major cities such as Kyiv and Dnipro. Russian forces fired a total of 741 missiles and drones on Tuesday night, breaking a record that had been set just the Friday before. On Wednesday night, Russia fired 400 drones and 18 missiles in an attack that lasted nearly 10 hours and killed two people in Kyiv, Volodymyr Zelensky said. The Ukrainian president said the attack showed the need to impose further sanctions against Russia. He said: 'This demands that we speed things up. Sanctions must be imposed faster, and pressure on Russia must be strong enough that they truly feel the consequences of their terror.' Mr Zelensky will be in Rome on Thursday to speak with Ukraine's allies about additional financing for drone interceptors and air defence systems. Sergei Lavrov, Russia's foreign minister, is preparing to meet Marco Rubio, his US counterpart, in Malaysia. Their meeting follows Donald Trump's recent rant about Vladimir Putin, who was accused by the US president of throwing around 'a lot of bulls--t'. Meanwhile, a recent US pause on military aid, which included crucial Patriot missile interceptors, has officially resumed, according to anonymous officials who spoke to AFP. The paused shipment included 30 Patriot missiles, 8,500 155mm artillery shells, 250 GMLRS rockets and 142 Hellfire air-to-surface missiles. Mr Trump claimed that he did not approve the pause, with CNN reporting that Pete Hegseth, the defence secretary, had not informed the White House of his decision.
Reuters
03-07-2025
- Reuters
Two children among five injured in Russia's air attack on Odesa, Ukraine says
July 3 (Reuters) - Five people were injured, including a 7-year-old boy and a 9-year-old girl, in a Russian attack on the southern Ukraine port of Odesa overnight, Ukrainian authorities said on Thursday. A multi-storey residential building and other civilian infrastructure were damaged, regional governor Oleh Kiper said on the Telegram messaging app. Six apartments were completely destroyed, another 36 were partially damaged, he said. "The children, who were poisoned by combustion products, were hospitalized," Kiper said. The other three injured people, all adults, received medical aid on the site. The full scale of the attack was not immediately known. There was no immediate comment from Russia about the attack. Both sides deny targeting civilians in their strikes during the war that Russia launched against Ukraine more than three years ago. But thousands of civilians have died in the conflict, the vast majority of them Ukrainian. The State Emergency Service of Ukraine posted on its Facebook page photos showing rescuers carrying children in the dark out of a multi-storey apartment building on fire and firefighters fighting the blaze. The Service said that 50 people were evacuated from the building. The fire has been extinguished since, Kiper said.
Yahoo
03-07-2025
- Yahoo
Two children among five injured in Russia's air attack on Odesa, Ukraine says
(Reuters) -Five people were injured, including a 7-year-old boy and a 9-year-old girl, in a Russian attack on the southern Ukraine port of Odesa overnight, Ukrainian authorities said on Thursday. A multi-storey residential building and other civilian infrastructure were damaged, regional governor Oleh Kiper said on the Telegram messaging app. Six apartments were completely destroyed, another 36 were partially damaged, he said. "The children, who were poisoned by combustion products, were hospitalized," Kiper said. The other three injured people, all adults, received medical aid on the site. The full scale of the attack was not immediately known. There was no immediate comment from Russia about the attack. Both sides deny targeting civilians in their strikes during the war that Russia launched against Ukraine more than three years ago. But thousands of civilians have died in the conflict, the vast majority of them Ukrainian. The State Emergency Service of Ukraine posted on its Facebook page photos showing rescuers carrying children in the dark out of a multi-storey apartment building on fire and firefighters fighting the blaze. The Service said that 50 people were evacuated from the building. The fire has been extinguished since, Kiper said.
