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Russia has launched its most significant kamikaze drone attack on Ukraine in months according to the Ukrainian air force, firing nearly a hundred Iranian-made drones and forcing civilians into bomb shelters for most of the night.
The attack in the early hours of Saturday primarily targeted the capital Kyiv. Dozens of Russian kamikaze drones were heard circling over the city for a period of roughly six hours before many were intercepted by Ukrainian air defences.
It was the most significant attack since May this year, in which residents were targeted at least 15 times in a month. Last winter, Russia launched a brutal campaign targeting critical infrastructure across Ukraine for several months.
Two were reported injured in the attacks overnight that struck at least three Kyiv districts, said the city’s mayor Vitali Klitschko.
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s long-range precision strikes are inflicting mass casualties among Vladimir Putin’s forces “well behind” Russia’s frontline, the UK’s Ministry of Defence earlier claimed.
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Show latest update 22 minutes ago Swiss president arrives in Kyiv during Russian drone attack
The president of Switzerland has arrived in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv to meet Volodymyr Zelensky and attend an international summit on food security as Russian drones were intercepted over the capital.
Alain Berset posted a picture of his arrival at Kyiv’s main train station this morning.
He had written earlier that he had arrived in the capital.
“Arrival in Kyiv where I will be attending the international summit on food security today and meeting President Zelensky,” he wrote.
“The focus is on the impact of Russia’s war of aggression on global food security and Switzerland’s long-term support for Ukraine.”
Alain Berset arrives in Kyiv this morning ahead of a summit
(X / Alain Berset )
Tom Watling 25 November 2023 10:00
52 minutes ago Ukraine aims a major drone attack at Crimea as Russia tries to capture a destroyed eastern city
Ukraine launched one of the biggest drone attacks on the Moscow-annexed Crimean Peninsula since the full-scale war that started with Russia’s invasion 21 months ago, Russian officials said Friday.
At the same time, Ukrainian officials reported that the Kremlin’s forces escalated their weekslong and costly attempt to storm Avdiivka, a strategically important city in eastern Ukraine.
The stepped-up efforts came as both sides are keen to show they are not deadlocked as the fighting approaches 2024. Neither side has gained much ground despite a Ukrainian counteroffensive that began in June, and analysts predict the war will be a long one.
Ukraine aims a major drone attack at Crimea as Russia tries to capture a destroyed eastern city Russian officials say Ukraine has launched one of its biggest drone attacks on the Moscow-annexed Crimean Peninsula since the full-scale war began
Tom Watling 25 November 2023 09:30
1 hour ago Below are some photos from Kyiv following the Russian drone attack
Here are some of the latest photos from Kyiv after Russia’s six-hour drone attack.
A Ukrainian serviceman stands atop a damaged kindergarten following a Russian drone attack in Kyiv
(Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
Smoke rises in the sky over the city after a Russian drone strike in Kyiv
(REUTERS)
Tom Watling 25 November 2023 08:55
1 hour ago World’s focus must not leave Ukraine, warns former NATO chief
The world's attention must "stay on Ukraine" as the Russian invasion continues, a former Nato secretary-general has warned.
Lord George Robertson said Russian President Vladimir Putin would be emboldened to extend the attacks beyond Ukraine if foreign governments stop providing weaponry.
Lord Robertson, who was in the top Nato role between 1999 and 2003, said: “I think it is inevitable that because we're seeing the television from Gaza every day, that people are paying less attention to Ukraine, but that must change.
“We have got to keep the world's attention focused on Ukraine because they are involved in a fight with Russia that has got huge implications for all of us as well.
“Vladimir Putin is not simply interested in subjugating Ukraine. He has got a much bigger agenda in the future, and if he succeeds in Ukraine, who knows where he is going to stop.”
The conflict in Ukraine has now surpassed 640 days - the invasion began in February 2022 - and Lord Robertson urged Nato member states to continue to press Russia amid Mr Putin's "miserable failure".
Tom Watling 25 November 2023 08:26
2 hours ago Russia ‘proud of its ability to kill people’ - Zelensky
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of being “proud of its ability to kill people” after it launched a significant drone attack against Kyiv this morning during the remembrance day for those killed in the Holodomor genocide.
As the fourth Saturday of November, today marks the Day of Memory for Victims of the Holodomor in Ukraine, honouring those killed in a famine in Ukraine manufactured by Joseph Stalin and the Soviet Union in the 1930s.
Estimates suggest that more than three million people, many of whom were farmers and rural villagers, were killed by forced starvation.
Tom Watling 25 November 2023 07:58
2 hours ago At least 5 injured in drone strikes on Kyiv, local mayor says
At least five people have been injured as a result of Russian drone attacks on Kyiv, including an 11-year-old child, the local mayor has claimed.
Vitali Klitschko said all five were “receiving medical assistance on the spot or in the trauma centre, without further hospitalistion”.
He wrote on Telegram: “The enemy continues to terrorise. To intimidate us, sow panic and decay in our cities and towns.
“But it won’t be like that! We work for the livelihood of communities, we support each other, together we bring Victory closer!”
Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko shows a Kh-47 Kinzhal Russian hypersonic missile warhead, shot down by a Ukrainian Air Defence unit
(REUTERS)
Tom Watling 25 November 2023 07:48
2 hours ago Russia fire ‘record number’ of drones overnight
Russia has fired nearly 100 Iranian-made kamikaze drones overnight, mainly on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.
Local reports suggested air raid sirens began at around 3am. Mayor Vilati Klitschko wrote at 3.25: “It’s loud in the capital. Several more groups of ‘Shaheeds’ (Iranian drones) are going to Kyiv. Stay in shelters!”
Ukrainian air force commander Mykola Oleschuk said roughly 75 Shahed-131 and 136s were launched overnight, with at least 71 “destroyed by air defence”.
“On this night, November 25, 2023, the enemy released a record number of strike UAVs over Ukraine!” he wrote on Telegram. “The main direction of the attack is Kyiv!”
Ukrainian air defense intercepts a Shahed drone mid-air in May
(Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)
Tom Watling 25 November 2023 07:31
3 hours ago Explosions heard overnight in Kyiv as Putin launches biggest drone attack yet
Drone engines and explosions were heard overnight in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv in what the country’s air force said was Vladimir Putin’s biggest drone attack yet.
The air force said Iran-made Shahed drones were used in the assault that mainly targeted Kyiv, and hit at least three of the capital’s districts.
The mass drone attack struck apartment complexes and falling drone fragments set fire to a children’s nursery, said Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko.
Two people were also injured in the attack due to the falling drone fragments.
Anuj Pant 25 November 2023 07:11
3 hours ago Ukraine removes 3 Greek companies from 'international sponsors of war' list
Ukraine’s National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NAZK) fully removed three Greek shipping companies from the international sponsors of war list after they stopped shipping Russian oil, the NAZK announced on 24 November.
Thenamaris Ships Management Inc., Minerva Marine, and TMS Tankers Ltd ceased transporting Russian oil in recent weeks amid tightening U.S. sanctions.
“The National Agency is open to cooperation with international business and is ready to consult on the steps necessary to de-list each individual company,” the NAZK said.
Alexander Butler 25 November 2023 07:00
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4 hours ago Mass drone attack strikes Kyiv
A mass drone attack targeted many districts in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv on Saturday, reported Reuters, citing an eyewitness.
Mayor Vitali Klitschko on Telegram said two people were injured by fragments from downed drones that hit residential areas and other buildings in at least three Kyiv districts.
The fragments from one intercepted drone started a fire at a children’s nursery, said the mayor.
Anuj Pant 25 November 2023 06:18
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