Overnight, Ukrainian drones struck a logistics center in Ozon, in the Russian region of Samara, where a large fire broke out. Meanwhile, Russian air strikes have killed at least two people in Ukraine, particularly in Kiev. This was reported by local authorities. The military administration in the Ukrainian capital, after issuing a missile alert, reported a fire in a warehouse. "According to preliminary information, there is one dead and several injured," the same source said on Telegram. In Zaporizhzhia, a Russian drone killed one man and injured four others, the head of the regional military administration Ivan Fedorov said.
At least three people, including a teenager, have died and 13 others have been injured in Ukrainian drone strikes in the Donetsk region. This was reported by the pro-Russian governor Denis Pushilin.
Emmanuel Macron expressed his "horror" and "emotion" to Volodymyr Zelensky following the recent Russian attacks that hit a shopping center, announcing the dispatch of new "interceptor" missiles to "provide Ukraine with all the means necessary to defend its sky". "It is essential that all the countries that have such resources also join this effort" of support, the French president - who today had a conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky - underlined on In this context, the coalition of volunteers for Ukraine, which brings together Kiev's supporting countries, will meet on Monday mid-day; the meeting will be co-chaired by Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and, for the first time, the new British Prime Minister Andy Burnham.
In the Boryspil district of the Kiev region, two people died and eight others were injured following a Russian ballistic missile attack in broad daylight around lunchtime. The two victims are a man and a woman. Among the injured there is a child. As Ukrinform reports, the head of the regional state administration, Timur Tkachenko, announced this on Telegram. According to what he declared, the number of injured people and their conditions are being ascertained. Everyone is provided with the necessary medical care. The attack damaged a warehouse, a car park, vehicles, a private home and a petrol station. All operational services are working on site. During the night another attack killed one person in Kiev.
"The special military operation" in Ukraine "continues, and the more difficult the situation on the front becomes for the enemy, the more brutal and barbaric the attacks that the Kiev regime is committing." This is what Vladimir Putin said, greeted with standing ovations and chants of 'Russia, Russia', as he took the stage at the United Russia congress. "The Russian people are our strength and the foundation of political legitimacy," the Russian president said. “We will continue to hold elections throughout the territory of the Russian Federation.”
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul accused Vladimir Putin of intensifying the "brutal war of aggression" against Ukraine and announced new aid of 60 million euros to Kiev, during a visit to the Ukrainian capital. "Russia's brutal war of aggression has not abated at all. On the contrary, Putin has even increased its intensity", declared Wadephul at a press conference with his counterpart Andrii Sybiha. “It is deliberately terrorizing civilians, attacking civilian infrastructure with missiles and swarms of drones.” Berlin will allocate 50 million euros in additional humanitarian aid to UN agencies and non-governmental organizations committed to supporting the population in areas close to the front. Another 10 million will be paid to a NATO fund to strengthen Ukrainian energy networks and defense systems against drones.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed the attack against the Novokuybyshevsk refinery, one of the largest in Russia, located about a thousand kilometers from the front line. According to what the Ukrainian leader wrote on
Four people were injured in the drone attack on an Ozon logistics center in the Samara region, an emergency services spokesperson told the Tass agency. One of these is in critical condition after jumping from a second floor window.
Earlier this year, some Ukrainian officials approached President Volodymyr Zelensky with a new plan to end the war with Russia: launching waves of AI-equipped drones at Moscow's airports, in hopes of preventing international airlines from landing in and taking off from the Russian capital. This was revealed by The Atlantic, citing two sources with direct knowledge of the plan.
Two children have been killed following a Ukrainian-led drone attack on civilian infrastructure and residential buildings in the Yeysk district of the Krasnodar region in southern Russia. Governor Veniamin Kondratyev made this known in a post on Telegram, Tass writes.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will receive his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in Moscow on Monday. The meeting comes as Moscow is forced to import gasoline from India, the main buyer of Russian hydrocarbons, due to fuel shortages caused by Ukrainian attacks on the country's refineries.
Two explosions were heard in Boryspil, in the Kiev region, after the Ukrainian Air Force reported the arrival of ballistic missiles in the direction of the city. This was reported by Ukrainska Pravda, citing its correspondents on site and the notices of the Ukrainian armed forces.
Around 10 leaders, European and non-European, are expected in Kiev on Monday to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Ukraine's independence.
"In Kryvyi Rih, rescue and emergency operations are underway at the site of yesterday's Russian attack on a shopping center. The fire, which spread over 9,000 square meters, has been put out. Specialists from the State Emergency Service are removing the rubble and continuing to search for people." So on X the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky. "Unfortunately, the toll is 16 dead and 130 injured, including 23 children."
