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Kyiv has targeted an oil facility in the Russian city of St Petersburg, more than 500 miles away from Ukraine, the Kremlin has claimed, in a rare long-range drone attack.
The alleged strike amounts to the first attack on Vladimir Putin’s hometown since the autocrat launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine nearly two years ago. It is roughly 550 miles from the northern tip of Ukraine.
Russian media claimed three drones were fired toward the city, two of which were downed in the Gulf of Finland, while one outlet claimed there had been a fire after a third drone exploded between two fuel tanks.
St Petersburg governor Alexander Beglov acknowledged the attack but said no one had been injured.
Russia’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) claimed that they intercepted a drone “over the territory of the Leningrad region”, a reference to St Petersburg’s old name prior to the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Russian authorities also reported a missile attack on the city of Belgorod, close to the border. Local governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said air defences had downed all 10 missiles but that one person had been injured.
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Show latest update 44 minutes ago Russia preparing to ban Britain from fishing for cod and haddock in Barents Sea
Russia is preparing legislation to ban British fishermen from the Barents Sea, one of the biggest fisheries for cod and haddock in the world, according to a major Russian newspaper.
Vladimir Putin’s government is in favour of draft legislation submitted by the agriculture ministry that would see Russia pulling out of a Soviet-era fishing agreement that allowed British vessels to operate in the sea, according to Izvestiya.
Russia preparing to ban Britain from fishing for cod and haddock in Barents Sea Vladimir Putin’s government is preparing to denounce Soviet-era fishing agreement with UK
Tom Watling 18 January 2024 09:35
1 hour ago Russia says Ukraine-UK security deal won't stop it achieving goals
Russia is not against a security agreement between Britain and Ukraine, but will continue to strive to achieve the goals of its “special military operation” in Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said.
He was referring to an agreement signed during a visit to Kyiv last week by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the agreement included help with weapons, intelligence, and cyber know-how for Ukraine, as well as sanctions and other punitive actions against Russia.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov holds an annual press conference in Moscow
(REUTERS)
Tom Watling 18 January 2024 09:03
1 hour ago Former Nato chief ‘sceptical’ about US aid for Ukraine continuing under Trump
A former Nato secretary general has said he was “sceptical” about the US continuing to provide military aid for Ukraine if Donald Trump was re-elected as president.
Anders Fogh Rasmussen told PBS Newshour on Wednesday that it was detrimental for America’s national security interests for Russia to win the war against Ukraine. “We cannot allow (Vladimir) Putin any success in Ukraine.”
He was asked about US aid for Ukraine that has been held up by Congress, as Republicans seek to force the Democrats into passing tougher immigration controls.
Former Nato chief ‘sceptical’ about US aid for Ukraine continuing under Trump Rasmussen says it would be detrimental for America’s national security interests for Russia to win war against Ukraine
Tom Watling 18 January 2024 08:40
2 hours ago Hungary says it is far from agreement with EU on Ukraine aid
Hungary is far from reaching an agreement with the European Union on aid for Ukraine, the Hungarian prime minister’s Chief of Staff Gergely Gulyas has said.
The country’s prime minister Viktor Orban has continually blocked further aid to Ukraine.
Tom Watling 18 January 2024 07:56
2 hours ago Ukrainian air force shoots down 22 out of 33 Russian drones, Kyiv says
Russia has launched 33 drones and two missiles at Ukraine, with air defences destroying 22 drones, the Ukrainian military has reported.
“The main areas of attack were the south and north. The Ukrainian Air Force and Defence Forces destroyed 22 enemy drones. Several more drones did not reach their targets,” Ukraine's Air Forces said on the Telegram messaging app.
Ukrainian military said Russian drones hit residential neighbourhoods in the southern city of Kherson where several buildings were damaged and a woman was wounded.
Drones also hit agribusiness facilities in the Beryslav community of Kherson region.
Oleksandr Prokudin, the governor of Kherson Oblast, said one 50-year-old woman had been injured as a result of the nighttime attack in the western Dnipro district of Kherson City.
In the Mykolaiv region, which was also hit, debris from downed drones caused damage to a warehouse of an agricultural enterprise. There were no casualties, military said.
Ukrainian firefighters tackle flames resulting from an Russian strike on Sumy, northeast Ukraine
(Ukraine’s state emergency service / Telegram )
Tom Watling 18 January 2024 07:23
3 hours ago Cameron plays down need for general election in Ukraine as war continues
Lord Cameron has played down any urgent need for Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky to hold an election in the country later this year.
The Foreign Secretary, who appeared alongside Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, also insisted that the best way to ensure peace was to continue supporting Ukraine.
The former prime minister downplayed the need for a presidential election this year, something hard-right Republicans in the US have pressed for amid wrangles in Congress over military funding for Ukraine.
(AP)
Maira Butt 18 January 2024 07:06
4 hours ago Polish lawmaker who extinguished Hanukkah candles loses immunity
Poland’s parliament has voted to remove the immunity from prosecution of a lawmaker who used a fire extinguisher to put out Jewish Hanukkah candles in the country’s parliament in December, an incident that caused international outrage.
The vote opens the way for prosecutors to press charges against Grzegorz Braun from the far-right Confederation party for seven acts committed during 2022 and 2023, including the incident involving the candles.
Braun, who has also made pro-Russian statements in the past, had gained notoriety even before the Hanukkah incident with stunts such as dumping a Christmas tree decorated in the colours of the European Union and Ukraine in the bin and damaging a microphone during a talk by a Holocaust historian.
(via REUTERS)
Maira Butt 18 January 2024 06:06
5 hours ago Russia says it killed French foreign mercenaries in strike on Ukraine’s Kharkiv
Russia said on Wednesday its forces had carried out a precision strike a day earlier on a building housing “foreign fighters” in Ukraine‘s second city Kharkiv.
The defence ministry said the fighters were mostly French mercenaries and the building was destroyed, with more than 60 people killed. It did not provide evidence, and Reuters could not verify the claims.
Local officials in Kharkiv said two Russian missiles struck a residential area in the centre of the city on Tuesday, injuring 17 people, two of them seriously, and badly damaging homes.
The French foreign ministry did not immediately respond for comment.
Maira Butt 18 January 2024 05:06
6 hours ago American dating coach turned Kremlin propagandist dies in Ukraine
The US State Department has confirmed the death of Gonzalo Lira, 55, an American dating coach in Ukraine.
In May 2023, Mr Lira had been charged with spreading Russian propaganda videos that supported Russian acts of aggression against Ukraine. He had been released on house arrest before being imprisoned again in July.
Mr Lira died of pneumonia and his father has blamed the Biden administration and the Ukrainian president for his son’s death.
Maira Butt 18 January 2024 04:06
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7 hours ago New doctrine in Russia ally Belarus for the first time provides for using nuclear weapons
The defense minister of Belarus said Tuesday that the country closely allied with Russia will put forth a new military doctrine that for the first time provides for the use of nuclear weapons.
Russia last year sent tactical nuclear weapons to be stationed in Belarus, although there are no details about how many. Russia has said it will maintain control over those weapons, which are intended for battlefield use and have short ranges and comparatively low yields.
It was not immediately clear how the new doctrine might be applied to the Russian weapons.
Maira Butt 18 January 2024 03:06
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