Zelensky says China trying to undermine Ukraine peace summit
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The Ukrainian air force said it shot down all 23 drones and five out of six missiles launched by Vladimir Putin’s forces in the early hours of Thursday.
Khmelnytskyi regional governor Serhii Tiurin said the air defence shot down nine aerial targets over his region. Local authorities have not received any reports of casualties or property damage, he added.
Governor Vitaliy Kim said the military destroyed six drones and three cruise missiles over the southern region of Mykolaiv.
It comes as the Russian navy missile cruiser Varyag has carried out drills in the Mediterranean Sea, the state-owned TASS news agency reported on Thursday, citing the navy command.
The drills focused on repelling a mass sea drone attack, the navy command said. It also involved simulated engagements with an enemy vessel and a submarine.
Earlier this month a Russian naval frigate conducted drills in the Atlantic Ocean searching for submarines while on its way to Cuba.
Key pointsUkraine’s president urges EU leaders to make good on their arms promises
Alexander Butler27 June 2024 16:00
Poland’s Tusk and Ukraine’s Zelenskiy to hold talks in Warsaw
Polish prime minister Donald Tusk will hold talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Warsaw before a NATO summit that starts on July 9 in Washington.
“We agreed with President Zelenskiy to talk in Warsaw before the NATO summit,” Tusk said in a post on social media platform X.
Joe Middleton27 June 2024 15:01
Zelensky calls on EU to make good on their pledges to provide military equipment
Ukraine‘s president has called on European Union leaders to make good on their pledges to provide military equipment to his war-ravaged country, just days after the bloc launched membership talks with his government.
“We have to work on next steps,” Volodymyr Zelensky told reporters in Brussels as he arrived to attend a summit of EU leaders.
He said he and the leaders would discuss “the urgent things – air defence, that is one”.
Mr Zelensky thanked countries that have promised equipment, weapons and ammunition, but underlined that “we need them urgently on the battlefield”.
Russian forces are seeking to press their advantage in troop numbers and weaponry before Ukraine‘s armed forces are bulked up by promised new western military aid, some of which is trickling to the front line, analysts say.
The EU launched membership talks with Ukraine on Tuesday, a decade after Russian troops seized the Crimean Peninsula to deter the country from moving closer to the West, part of a chain of events that set the two neighbours on the path to war.
Joe Middleton27 June 2024 13:45
Volodymyr Zelensky arrives in Brussels to sign security agreements
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Brussels today where he plans to sign three security agreements, including one with the European Union.
“For the first time, this agreement will enshrine the commitment of all 27 member states to provide Ukraine with extensive support, regardless of any internal institutional changes,” he said on X.
Joe Middleton27 June 2024 12:20
Russia claims it has carried out missile strikes on Ukrainian airfields hosting Western aircraft
Russia claims it has carried out missile strikes on Ukrainian airfields which it believes have been designated to host Western military aircraft, Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Thursday.
Russia used sea-based long-range precision weapons, the Kinzhal hypersonic missile and drones in the attack, it said.
All designated targets were hit, the ministry added, without naming the list of targets.
Joe Middleton27 June 2024 11:47
Kremlin considering downgrading of diplomatic relations with the West
The Kremlin said that Russia is considering a possible downgrading of diplomatic relations with the West due to the deeper involvement of the United States and its allies in the Ukraine war, though no decision has yet been made.
“The issue of lowering the level of diplomatic relations is a standard practice for states that face unfriendly or hostile manifestations,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters when asked about the possibility of such a move.
“Due to the growing involvement of the West in the conflict over Ukraine, the Russian Federation cannot but consider various options for responding to such hostile Western intervention in the Ukrainian crisis.”
Mr Peskov said that no decision had yet been made on the matter and that Russia was considering different ways to respond to the West.
Joe Middleton27 June 2024 10:43
Two dead and one missing after train derails in northern Russia
A passenger train derailment in northern Russia has killed at least two people and left one other missing, a state-run railway company said.
The 14-carriage train derailed in Russia’s northern republic of Komi on Wednesday night, Russian Railways said, with nine carriages coming off the tracks.
Up to 50 people were injured, Russia’s news agency Interfax reported, citing emergency officials.
The train, carrying 232 passengers, was headed to the southern city of Novorossiysk from Vorkuta, a coal mining town in the north of Komi, Russian Railways said.
Authorities said that heavy rainfall, which washed out parts of the track, was the likely cause of the derailment.
Joe Middleton27 June 2024 09:47
Russian navy missile cruiser carries out drills in the Mediterranean Sea
The Russian navy missile cruiser Varyag has carried out drills in the Mediterranean Sea, the state-owned TASS news agency reported on Thursday, citing the navy command.
The drills focused on repelling a mass sea drone attack, the navy command said.
It also involved simulated engagements with an enemy vessel and a submarine.
Earlier this month a Russian naval frigate conducted drills in the Atlantic Ocean searching for submarines while on its way to Cuba.
Joe Middleton27 June 2024 08:58
Ukraine downs 23 drones overnight
Ukrainian air force said it shot down all 23 drones and five out of six missiles launched by Russia in the early hours of Thursday.
Khmelnytskyi regional governor Serhii Tiurin said the air defence shot down nine aerial targets over his region. Local authorities have not received any reports of casualties or property damage, he added.
Governor Vitaliy Kim said the military destroyed six drones and three cruise missiles over the southern region of Mykolaiv.
Two drones were shot down over the southern region of Kherson and one more was short down over Dnipropetrovsk region, local authorities said.
Joe Middleton27 June 2024 08:41
China says it firmly opposes EU sanctions against its firms over Russian links
China firmly opposes the European Union’s inclusion of some Chinese firms in a 14th package of sanctions on Russia, its commerce ministry said on Wednesday.
The move has a negative impact on China-EU economic and trade relations, the ministry said, adding it urges the bloc to “unconditionally” stop sanctioning Chinese firms.
Alexander Butler27 June 2024 07:00
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