Ukrainian troops used cargo drones to bring four tons of food into the city. The city with 2,000 people has been cordoned off in Russian occupied territory for months.
According to authorities, Ukrainian troops brought four tons of food to Oleschky using cargo drones. The city in Russian occupied territory in the south has been sealed off for months. Russia is holding around 2,000 people in the city, including almost 50 children, the governor of the Ukrainian Kherson region, Olexander Prokudin, said on Telegram. “They are forced to survive without food, electricity and water.” In a video he showed the alleged dropping of the food.
Aid organizations have long complained about the humanitarian situation in the small town, which lies on the southern bank of the Dnipro. The regional capital Kherson, in Ukrainian hands, is only nine kilometers away, but the front runs in between. After years of mutual shelling, there are mines around Oleschky, and leaving them is life-threatening in all directions. According to the UN, the last store closed in January. No food has come into the town since May.
According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, Russia attacked Ukraine last week with more than 2,200 long-range combat drones. More than 1,640 glide bombs and 38 ballistic and cruise missiles were also used, Zelenskiy wrote on social networks.
On Sunday night alone, three people were killed in Zaporizhia and one man in Kiev. Particularly violent attacks hit the port city of Odessa. In Kyiv, a data center was shot at twice. The Russian Defense Ministry in Moscow also reported attacks on a data center in Kiev as well as on a logistics company near Kiev, a logistics company in Odessa and port facilities in the Danube port of Kilija.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov sees no progress in the talks with Federal Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul (CDU). This is reported by my colleague Sina-Maria Schweikle, who accompanied the German delegation to New York City. She comments on the historic meeting between the two politicians and writes: “After years of diplomatic silence, the federal government has decided to break the ice.” Yes, as my colleague writes, without any notable results.
Russia says it attacked targets in Ukraine with drones on Sunday night. The Russian Defense Ministry said the attacks were directed against logistics centers, port and transport infrastructure as well as communications centers and ships linked to the Ukrainian military.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said after the meeting with his German counterpart Johann Wadephul (CDU) that the conversation had brought no progress: "If you look at Berlin's daily public statements, I haven't heard anything else," Lavrov said at a press conference.
According to delegation circles, Foreign Minister Wadephul (CDU) called on the Russian Federation at the meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov to "leave the dangerous path of escalation towards Germany, Europe and NATO".
In the 20-minute meeting, Wadephul emphasized that the "regrettable state of relations" was not in Germany's interest. A return to more constructive relationships is possible at any time.
Foreign Minister Johan Wadephul (CDU) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met for talks on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. It is the first time that the two foreign ministers have met for bilateral talks.
According to Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Russian air strikes on Ukraine have once again caused deaths and injuries. Two people were killed in the large city of Zaporizhzhia, the Ukrainian president wrote on social networks. There were 14 injuries across the country.
Zelenskiy also confirmed Ukrainian drone attacks on the Ilski refinery in the southern Russian region of Krasnodar and a defense factory in the Rostov region.
Denmark's military intelligence service has warned of a "low but growing" risk that Russia could launch a limited attack on a neighboring NATO member state. Russia is also expected to increase its hybrid warfare against NATO countries.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has asked the European Commission to speed up the next payments from a 90 billion euro loan made available in April. Zelensky said he had received a positive response from EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
According to authorities, at least four people were killed when a Russian drone hit an office building in the Ukrainian capital Kiev. Another seven were injured, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram.
The US has proposed a three-way meeting with Ukraine and Russia in the United Arab Emirates to discuss an end to the four-and-a-half-year war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said this on Friday in a press conference via WhatsApp.
According to authorities, at least one person was killed and numerous others injured in Ukrainian drone attacks on several Russian regions. In the Rostov region, an attack damaged the Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery, which was forced to temporarily suspend operations.
