Employee of Russian-controlled Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine killed in car bomb attack Ukraine's military intelligence said it had punished “war criminals.” Russia's Investigative Committee for Serious Crimes said Andrei Korotkyi was killed Friday morning when a bomb placed under his car exploded near his home in Enerkhodar, where the factory is located. The commission said Korotky worked in the factory's security department, adding that a criminal case had been opened over his death. Ukraine's military intelligence released footage of his car exploding, called Korotkyi a “war criminal” and collaborator in a statement, cracked down on Ukrainians, handed over a list of factory workers to Russia, and in a statement called him a “war criminal” and collaborator. He accused him of naming people with pro-Ukrainian views. Authorities at the plant, Europe's largest with six reactors, accused Ukrainian authorities of orchestrating the killing.
Ukraine has announced that it has attacked an oil depot in Russia's Voronezh border region with a drone strike. caused a big fire. An SBU security official told Agence France-Presse that the warehouse containing 20 fuel and lubricant tanks was attacked by drones overnight and into Friday. “Enemy air defenses were active but failed,” the official said, adding there were also reports of “massive fire.” Russia's emergency services reported that the fire spread over 2,000 square meters (21,500 square feet) at a warehouse storing hydrocarbon products in the Voronezh region. Earlier, the governor of the Voronezh region acknowledged the Ukrainian drone attack.
Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday he visited the northern region of Sumy, where Ukraine has launched a major invasion of the Kursk region, which borders Russia.. “It is extremely important to understand that Operation Kursk is truly strategic, something that motivates our partners, motivates us to stand with Ukraine and pressure Russia to be more decisive. ” said the President of Ukraine. President Zelenskiy was seen visiting Ukrainian troops with Army Chief General Oleksandr Shirushkyi, thanking them and saying the invasion would go “a long way” in Kiev's efforts to secure the latest military aid package from the West. It was helpful.” Almost two months after the raid, Kiev's forces have controlled large swathes of Russia's border, but the pace of advance has slowed and Moscow's forces have launched a counterattack.
Romania recovers debris of Russian drone from canal in Danube Delta near Ukraine borderThe Ministry of Defense announced on Friday. Romania shares a 650-kilometer (400-mile) border with Ukraine, and debris from Russian drones has repeatedly fallen on the territory over the past year.
Ukrainian law enforcement authorities on Friday raided the home of a state employee suspected of helping him evade demobilization and claimed to have found a pile of cash worth about $6 million.. The raid was part of an investigation into an illegal scheme to register would-be draft dodgers as disabled. The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) raided the home of the head of the regional medical committee in western Ukraine's Khmelnytsky region and her son, the administrator of Ukraine's state pension fund. Separately, Ukraine's SBU security services announced that they had arrested 13 people in a similar plot in the eastern region of Kharkiv.
Belarus on Friday sentenced 12 people to up to 25 years in prison on terrorism charges over what pro-Ukrainian activists claimed was the sabotage of a Russian military plane in 2023.. In February last year, a group opposed to President Alexander Lukashenko's government said it had destroyed a Russian military spy plane at a base outside Minsk. Russia has not commented on the operation, and Minsk initially denied it, but later called it a terrorist act and blamed Ukrainian security services. The Belarusian prosecutor's office announced on Friday that the Minsk City Court has sentenced 12 people accused of involvement in a “terrorist attack” at the Maturischi air base to prison terms of between two years and three months to 25 years. Only five of this group are in Belarus.
Russia on Friday sentenced a Crimean man to 14 years in a penal colony for treason for supporting Ukrainian forces.. According to Russian media, the FSB security service has charged Igor Kopil, 47, a resident of Sevastopol, the Crimean port where Russia's Black Sea Fleet is based, with supporting Kyiv forces and preparing a “terrorist” attack. According to the FSB, Kopil is a former member of the Ukrainian Navy and was recruited to Kiev in 2022.
Ukrainian feminist activists staged a topless protest in front of the Iranian embassy on Friday.Kiev and the West claim this is arming Russia. The Femen Group of Ukraine is a feminist art collective that has been demonstrating in Ukraine and abroad for many years. Agence France-Presse reported that two activists were seen near the Iranian embassy in Kiev with their shirts off, chanting and holding up anti-Iranian and anti-Russian slogans written on their bodies.
