Dozens of people have been injured in Ukraine after a Russian glide bomb hit a high-rise building on Monday morning.
At least 30 people, including three children, were injured in the attack on Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine, as Vladimir Putin continued his daily attacks on the country.
Soon after the strike, Ukrainian president Volodoymyr Zelensky again urged the West to allow his military to fire long-range US ATACMS and British Storm Shadow missiles inside Russian territory.
“The only way to counter this terror is through a systemic solution—long-range capabilities to destroy Russian military aviation at its bases,” Zelensky said on X.
Britain has supplied Ukraine with Storm Shadow missiles, which have a range of about 155 miles, three times the range of the missiles Ukraine has used up to now, but it cannot use them to fire at key targets inside Russia.
Meanwhile, the US has provided Ukraine with the longest-range version of ATACMS, a ballistic missile that can travel 190 miles – but has so far remained hesitant over allowing Kyiv to use them inside Russia.
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Alexander Butler16 September 2024 09:00
Watch: Zelensky calls for long range missiles to be made available to fire into Russian bases
Alexander Butler16 September 2024 08:32
What is the Storm Shadow cruise missile? The British weapon banned from use in Russia by Ukrainian troops
The US is considering easing restrictions on long-range missiles being used by Ukraine so that they can hit targets deep inside Russia, a decision which would also free up the use of British-made Storm Shadow cruise missiles.
Prime minister Keir Starmer and Joe Biden will “no doubt” talk about the use of long-range missiles, including more Storm Shadow cruise missiles, in Washington, Mr Blinken said.
Arpan Rai16 September 2024 07:53
Russian drone barrage injures one in Kyiv region
A Russian overnight drone barrage injured one person and damaged five homes in Kyiv region, the regional authorities said today.
Governor Ruslan Kravchenko reported no damage to critical infrastructure in the region surrounding the capital.
Air defence units destroyed nearly 20 drones that were heading towards Kyiv itself, the Ukrainian military said.
“Russian attack drones were heading to Kyiv from different directions and in different groups,” Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv’s military administration, said on Telegram. “According to preliminary information, there were no casualties or damage in Kyiv.”
Overall, during the attack over the central, northern and southern regions of Ukraine, the air force shot down 53 out of 56 Russian drones, it said in a statement.
Arpan Rai16 September 2024 07:44
Ukrainian troops advance in Kursk, Russian milbloggers say
Ukrainian forces reportedly advanced in Kursk’s Glushkovsky and Russian forces reportedly recently recaptured territory in the area in the past 24 hours, reports cited by a US-based think tank said.
The Institute for the Study of War, monitoring the biggest incursion in Russia since the Second World War, cited a Russian military blogger’s report that Ukrainian forces advanced towards the southeastern outskirts of Volfino (southwest of Glushkovo).
It added: “Russian milbloggers claimed on 15 September (yesterday) that Russian forces recaptured Veseloye (southwest of Glushkovo), but ISW is unable to confirm this claim.”
Several Russian regiments are continuing to be in the defensive combat in Kursk fighting where Russia reportedly launched a counterattack last week.
Arpan Rai16 September 2024 07:30
‘Tug of war’ talks over long-range missiles helping Putin’s war on Ukraine, warns former defence secretary
Jabed Ahmed16 September 2024 07:00
North Korea’s foreign minister leaves for Russia, embassy in Pyongyang says
North Korean foreign minister Choe Son Hui has flown to Russia to attend the fourth Eurasian Women’s Forum and the BRICS Women’s Forum in Saint Petersburg, Russia’s embassy in North Korea said today.
“Russian ambassador (Alexander Ivanovich) Matsegora saw off North Korean foreign minister Choe Son Hui at the Pyongyang International Airport,” the embassy said in a post on its Vkontakte social network.
The embassy said that the minister’s speeches and participation in discussions are planned at the forum, which will take place 18 to 20 September.
Valentina Matviyenko, speaker of the Federation Council, Russia’s upper house of parliament, said in June that delegations from almost a hundred countries were expected at the forum.
“We will strive to ensure a record foreign representation in the entire history of the Forum,” Matviyenko said in June, according to a transcript provided on the Council’s website.
Vladimir Putin has attended previous meetings of the forum, but the Kremlin is yet to announce his participation in this year’s forum.
Warming ties between the countries reached a new high this year when Putin signed a deal with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that included a mutual defence pledge during a visit to Pyongyang.
Arpan Rai16 September 2024 06:54
BREAKING: Ukraine downs 53 out of 56 Russian drones overnight
Ukraine air force has downed 53 out of 56 Russian drones fired overnight, officials said.
Russia launched its eighth air attack in September on Kyiv overnight, with air defence units destroying nearly 20 drones that were heading towards the country’s capital, Ukrainian military said this morning.
“Russian attack drones were heading to Kyiv from different directions and in different groups,” Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv’s military administration, said on Telegram. “According to preliminary information, there were no casualties or damage in Kyiv.”
The scale of the attack, which kept Kyiv under air raid alerts for about 3.5 hours, will only be known later today, he added.
Arpan Rai16 September 2024 06:32
Watch: West will not be bullied by Putin as talks continue on long-range strikes, says Lammy
UK won’t be bullied by Putin’s shameless grandstanding, says Lammy
The West will not be bullied by Vladimir Putin’s threat of all-out war with Nato if Ukraine is given permission to use Western weapons to strike inside Russia, David Lammy said. The Foreign Secretary said talks were continuing with the US and allies about giving Kyiv permission to use UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles to hit Russian airbases and military sites which are being used to launch attacks on Ukraine. Mr Lammy told Sky News’s Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips programme (15 September) : “Putin said ‘don’t send tanks’. We sent them. “Putin said ‘don’t send any missiles’. We sent them. “Putin threatens every few months to use nuclear weapons. “What he should now do is cease his aggression and leave Ukraine.”
Jabed Ahmed16 September 2024 06:00
Fears rise in UK and US of a secret nuclear deal between Iran and Russia
Prime minister Keir Starmer and US president Joe Biden discussed the fact that Iran and Russia are strengthening their military cooperation during a summit in Washington on Friday, which also covered other key issues around Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine, including Kyiv’s use of Western long-range missiles to hit targets deep inside Russia.
Mr Starmer and Mr Biden discussed intelligence pointing to a deal that would see the Kremlin providing Iran nuclear technology, sources on the British side told The Times.
If confirmed, such a deal would be especially alarming as Tehran is advancing its programme of uranium enrichment – a step towards developing a nuclear weapon.
Arpan Rai16 September 2024 05:09