Moscow reports downing five drones near the capital. Read more at straitstimes.com.
MOSCOW - Moscow said Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian territory would “not be possible” without US and Nato help, ratcheting up its rhetoric after reporting it had downed five drones near the capital on Tuesday.a Russian strike on the town of PervomaiskyiMoscow accused the West of enabling Ukraine to carry out the drone attacks, after earlier condemning what it called a “terrorist act”.
The Russian military said it had downed all five drones and that there was no damage or casualties from the early-morning attacks. “An attempt by the Kyiv regime to attack a zone where civil infrastructure is located, including an airport that receives international flights, is a new terrorist act,” Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said earlier on social media.Drone attacks have hit Russian cities throughout Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine, but have intensified in recent months.
The governor of the Kharkiv region, Oleg Synegubov, posted a video from the scene, showing smoke rising from burnt cars near a Soviet-era housing block.Authorities announced that Russian shelling on a residential area in the southern front-line city of Kherson had killed two people.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Moscow says 700,000 children from Ukraine conflict zones now in RussiaMoscow says it was protecting abandoned orphans and children, but Ukraine said they were forcibly taken. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Read more »
Russia says it thwarted Ukrainian plot to kill top Moscow-backed official in CrimeaRussian media reported that security has been stepped up in Crimea. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Read more »
Russia's Medvedev says standoff with West to last decades, Ukraine conflict 'permanent'LONDON: Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's former president, has warned that Moscow's confrontation with the West will last decades and that its conflict with Ukraine could become permanent. Medvedev, once seen in the West as a liberal moderniser, has emerged as one of Russia's most outspoken hawks since Moscow lau
Read more »
Papal envoy says Moscow visit focused on humanitarian issues, not peace planMILAN: Papal envoy Cardinal Matteo Zuppi said on Sunday (Jul 2) his mission to Moscow on the Ukraine war was focused on humanitarian issues and had not involved any discussions of a peace plan. Pope Francis had in May asked Zuppi, head of the Italian bishops' conference, to carry out a peace mission to try
Read more »
Jerebko seeking answers after Swedish ban for joining CSKA MoscowSTOCKHOLM : Swedish former NBA player Jonas Jerebko is still looking for answers about his future over a year after being suspended by his country's basketball association following his decision to join CSKA Moscow in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.Jerebko regrets his decision to join a club in
Read more »
The Big Read: With more seniors in Singapore needing care, is assisted living the answer?SINGAPORE: The last domestic helper who cared for Mr Christopher Tan’s wheelchair-bound 76-year-old mother packed her bags and took off without a word in the early hours one day in 2021, leaving her all alone in the small apartment. “(My mum) needs help to go to the toilet, to shower (and) to cha
Read more »