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Russia-Ukraine war – live: Kremlin declares state of emergency in border town after kamikaze drone attack

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Kyiv suffers largest ever drone attack by Russia leaving five wounded

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The mayor of a southern Russian city near the border with Ukraine has declared a state of emergency after what officials said was a Kyiv-launched drone attack that damaged several buildings and wounded a child.

Vadim Kstenin, the mayor of Voronezh City, claimed that nearly three dozen apartments had been damaged in a drone attack overnight.

Russian news outlet Shot reported on Telegram that at least 15 blasts were heard near an air base just outside the city, while some drone debris fell nearby onto an apartment building. Footage posted by the governor of Voronezh (pictured below) has since appeared to show that building.

The Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) claimed they destroyed five drones in the region, which is roughly 170 miles from the border with Ukraine, and intercepted three more.

“I ask Voronezh residents not to worry - we are introducing a state of emergency so that we can quickly make decisions,” wrote Kstenin. The governor of the region, Alexander Gusev, claimed an 11-year-old girl was injured in the attack.

Ukraine has not commented on the strike. The air base near Voronezh City is known host to some Sukhoi Su-34s bombers, according to Russian media. The Kremlin often deploys fighter-bomber aircraft during air strikes on Ukraine.

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Show latest update 31 minutes ago Zelensky sits down with Nato chief

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has sat down with Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg to discuss the war in Ukraine.

The pair met in the Swiss town of Davos ahead of the World Economic Forum.

In a statement on X, Mr Zelensky wrote: “We discussed the situation on the front lines. I informed the Secretary General of Russia’s recent mass air strikes and emphasized the need to further strengthen Ukraine’s air defense. We also talked about other defense needs.”

Tom Watling 16 January 2024 09:07

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived this morning in Davos, Switzerland, to attend a session with CEOs as part of the World Economic Forum.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrives to attend a session with CEOs during the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos

(AFP via Getty Images)

Tom Watling 16 January 2024 08:45

1 hour ago Here are some pictures from the Voronezh attack overnight

Below are some pictures appearing to show the aftermath of a drone attack on Voronezh City in Russia overnight. The city is roughly 170 miles from the Ukrainian border and sits next to an air base where Kremlin fighter jets are located.

A woman removes broken glass next to a damaged multi-storey apartment block following a reported drone attack in Voronezh

(REUTERS)

Elena Fedianinova checks her apartment damaged in a reported drone attack in Voronezh

(REUTERS)

A woman walks past a damaged multi-storey apartment block following a reported drone attack in Voronezh

(REUTERS)

Tom Watling 16 January 2024 08:26

1 hour ago Ukraine foreign minister muses about 'punching' Russia's Lavrov

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, in an interview made public on Monday, has said there have been times when he felt the urge to “punch in the face” his Russian opposite number Sergei Lavrov in talks during the early stage of Moscow’s invasion.

Mr Kuleba’s brief remarks were part of an hour-long informal interview with a Ukrainian video blogger focusing on topics ranging from cooking to hobbies and Ukrainian soccer.

When asked, as part of a series of rapid-fire questions, about his most difficult set of negotiations, Mr Kuleba said: “The most difficult talks are those in which you feel simply that you want to go and punch your opposite number in the nose, but you really can’t do that.

“And I can say that this occurred two or three times. One occasion was with Lavrov in (the Turkish resort of) Antalya in spring of 2022.”

Ukrainian and Russian negotiators met for several rounds of talks in the early weeks after the February 2022 invasion -- first near Ukraine‘s border with Belarus and later in Turkey.

Mr Kuleba said at the time that the talks in Turkey had been difficult and dealt with a ceasefire and arranging humanitarian corridors. No agreement was clinched in those talks and there have been no negotiations since.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky rejects talks with Moscow until Russian troops are withdrawn from the slightly less than 20 percent of Ukraine they now hold. Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin says Russia is ready for talks but has vowed to pursue what Moscow calls its “special military operation”.

In Moscow, Russia Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said Mr Kuleba’s latest remarks underscored the incompetence of Ukraine‘s leadership.

“And that is the problem: uneducated, aggressive people were recruited under the guise of serving as ministers to ruin Ukraine for American money,” Zakharova told the daily Izvestia.

“Perhaps he belongs in a no-holds-barred bout rather than the foreign ministry?”

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks to the media after a trilateral meeting with Dmytro Kuleba and Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Antalya, Turkey, Thursday, March 10, 2022

(AP)

Tom Watling 16 January 2024 07:47

2 hours ago Ukraine launches drone attack on Russia’s Voronezh, says Kremlin

Russia’s air defence systems destroyed three Ukraine-launched drones over the southwestern region of Voronezh that borders Ukraine, the Russian defence ministry said on Tuesday on its Telegram messaging channel.

The governor of the region, Alexander Gusev, said on his Telegram channel that according to preliminary checks there were no casualties or wounded, but windows were broken in several apartment buildings and residential houses in the city of Voronezh, which is the administrative centre of the region.

There was no immediate comment from Ukraine. Kyiv has intensified its air attacks in recent months on what it says are strikes targeting Russian military infrastructure to undermine Moscow’s war efforts.

Russia has an air base near Voronezh city, where some Sukhoi Su-34s bombers are based, according to Russian media. Russia often deploys the fighter-bomber aircraft during its air strikes on Ukraine.

Russian news outlet Shot reported on the Telegram that at least 15 blasts were heard near the air base and some drone debris fell nearby onto an apartment building.

The footage seen below was originally posted to Telegam by the local outlet Voronezh No. 1.

Tom Watling 16 January 2024 07:17

2 hours ago In case you missed it: Ukraine says it has shot down ￡250m Russian spy plane in costly blow to Putin

Tom Watling reports:

Ukraine has said it has shot down two prized Russian warplanes in what would amount to the most successful attack on Kremlin aircraft since the beginning of Vladimir Putin’s invasion.

General Valerii Zaluzhny, commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces, said on Monday morning that a Russian A-50 spy plane, worth more than ￡250m, had been destroyed in overnight strikes in the southern occupied territories, while an IL-22 command aircraft had been hit off the Crimean coast.

“Ukraine’s Air Force destroyed an enemy A-50 long-range radar detection aircraft and an enemy IL-22 air control centre,” Gen Zaluzhny wrote on the Telegram messaging app.

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Farmers are demanding faster subsidy payments, compensation for losses caused by imports from neighboring Ukraine, and more state aid for fuel costs, among other demands. Truck drivers are calling for lower tax and insurance rates, and have complained about lengthy waiting times at the borders.

Meetings between the protesters and the agriculture and transport ministries were held over the weekend, but no agreements were reached. The demonstrators on Saturday also caused brief blockades at the border with Ukraine in the northeast, Ukrainian border authorities said on Telegram.

(AP)

Maira Butt 16 January 2024 06:10

4 hours ago New images show Ukrainian drones dropping bombs on Russian military positions

Images obtained by Newsflash from the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine on Monday show Ukrainian drones attacking Russian military positions.

They were accompanied with a statement saying: “Two occupants killed, four wounded.

“The attack UAV of the border guards of the Steel Frontier Brigade of the Offensive Guard returned from a night hunt in Kharkiv region.”

Ukrainians are being encouraged to contribute to the “People’s Drone” project by assembling military drones at home.

The initiative offers a free engineering course, enabling participants to learn how to construct a 7-inch FPV (first-person-view) drone for military use.

(@DPSUkr/Newsflash)

Ukrainian drones drop bombs on Russian military positions in Kharkiv in Ukraine in undated footage

(@DPSUkr/Newsflash)

Maira Butt 16 January 2024 05:07

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In a post on social media he said: "Now - treatment, support, accompaniment, rehabilitation, socialization and a future for military personnel who have completely or partially lost the ability to see the light is reborn and will work systematically!

“The goal is to create the only working rehabilitation program that will help everyone feel that the light is in each of us!"

Maira Butt 16 January 2024 04:03

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