According to Russian officials, Ukraine launched drone attacks targeting Moscow and several other parts of Russia between Saturday night and Sunday morning. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said the drone heading for Moscow was shot down in the region surrounding the Russian capital. At least 12 drones were shot down over Bryansk Oblast, a border region in southwest Russia, said Bryansk Oblast Governor Alexander Bogomaz. Two were shot down over Kursk Oblast, an area partially occupied by Ukraine, said Kursk Oblast's acting governor Alexei Smirnov. Preliminary information showed there were no injuries or damage, the officials said. The official claims could not be independently verified and there was no immediate comment from Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is stepping up pressure on the United States to allow Kiev to attack military targets deep inside Russian territory after a delegation met with senior US officials in Washington on Saturday. The Ukrainian president said that guided bombs killed six people and wounded 97 in Kharkiv on Friday, with further attacks on Saturday. The president said these attacks could only be avoided “by attacking Russian military airfields, bases and the logistics of Russian terrorism.” Zelensky reiterated that removing Russian guided bombs from Ukrainian skies would be “a step to force Russia to end the war and seek a just peace.” “We need long-range capabilities and authorization for both long-range artillery shells and missiles,” Zelensky said. Washington has provided Ukraine with more than $50 billion in military aid since 2022, but has limited the use of its weapons to defensive operations on Ukrainian territory and beyond its borders.
a Russian guided bomb attack Saturday Two women were killed and 10 people, including children, were injured. Village Ukrainian Kharkiv regionThe governor said:. Ole Sinekhbov said Russian forces had attacked the village of Cherkaska Lozova with guided bombs, damaging homes.
Russia shelled Chashiv Yar in Donetsk Oblast on Saturday morning, killing five people. said Vadim Filashkin, military governor of the Donetsk region.
A day of mourning has been declared in Kharkiv after a Russian attack left seven people dead, including a 14-year-old girl. of Kharkiv mayors Igor Terekhov and Volodymyr Zelenskyy offered their condolences. “We express our condolences to all those who lost relatives and loved ones. A state of mourning has been declared in Kharkiv today,” Terekhov said. Zelenskyy promised: “Russia will be held accountable for all its misdeeds.”
Russian forces have seized the settlement of Kirove, known in Ukraine as Verezhamske, in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, the Defense Ministry in Moscow said. Donetsk is one of four regions of Ukraine that Russia claims to have annexed, although Russia does not fully control all four. The claims are rejected as illegal by all but Ukraine and a handful of other countries around the world, and Ukraine has vowed to revoke them by force. Separately, the Russian Defense Ministry said Russian forces had repelled attacks by Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region, including in the areas of Korenjevo and Malaya Lochnya.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said five people were killed and 46 were wounded in the attack in Belgorod on Friday. of Local governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said 37 people were taken to hospital, seven of them children. In a statement, the Russian Foreign Ministry called on “all responsible governments and relevant international organizations to strongly condemn this brutal terrorist attack.” Ukraine denies targeting civilians.
Ukraine said on Saturday that its air defenses had shot down 24 of the 52 drones launched by Russia. 25 aircraft came down under their own power, three of them flying towards Russia and Belarus. There have been no reports of injuries or major damage.
The United States Decided to oppose a proposal to send American contractors to Ukraine To maintain Western military equipment, Including F-16 fighter jets.
The invasion of Ukraine's Kursk region has led to growing discontent with President Vladimir Putin. Since the attack began on August 6th, Kiev claims to have seized dozens of settlements and more than 1,200 square kilometres of territory.
Lithuania's foreign minister said Russia is no longer as powerful as it was in the Soviet era, but NATO can “overpower” Russia. Gabrielis Landsbergis said the Russian invasion came as no surprise to the people of the Baltic states, but that “its brutality” had come as a shock.
