Russia writes to the Alliance to denounce the exercises aimed at simulating the 'isolation' of Kaliningrad, warning that it is ready to use the 'entire arsenal' to defend its exclave, including nuclear weapons. NATO confirms that it has received the letter and that it has responded by in turn denouncing 'threats' to use force from Moscow. Lavrov accuses Europe: 'It is waging a war against us'. Meanwhile, a Russian Tu-95 strategic bomber crashed during a training flight in the far east of the country, causing the death of 6 crew members.
A child was found dead under the rubble of a destroyed house in Vyshhorod, Kiev region, after a new attack with missiles and drones.
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The Polish Air Force is operating in the country's airspace after Russian attacks on Ukrainian territory. This is explained by the Operational Command of the Armed Forces (RSZ) which, through the Air Operations Centre, has activated its forces while the ground-based air defense systems and radar reconnaissance means have reached a state of operational readiness. These actions, writes the command on To ensure the operational freedom of military aviation, the airports of Lublin and Rzeszów have temporarily suspended flight operations, the Polish Agency for Air Navigation Services added on X.
Ukrainian air defense forces have neutralized 5 ballistic missiles and 155 drones that Russian invaders had used to attack Ukraine starting last night. As reported by Ukrinform, the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces released the news via Telegram. According to the report, since 6pm yesterday, the Russians have attacked with Zircon/Onyx anti-ship missiles from the Kursk region, Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles from the Voronezh and Bryansk regions, 188 Shahed-type attack drones (86 of which are jet), Gerbera and Parody simulator drones from the following directions: Orel, Millerovo, Kursk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk (Russian Federation), Temporarily occupied Donetsk, as well as Gvardiyske and Chauda (Crimea).
The main direction of the raids was the Kiev region. The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units and unmanned systems, as well as mobile fire groups of the Defense Forces of Ukraine.
Missile warnings cost Ukraine approximately $45 million for each hour of disruption to economic activity. This was stated - as reported by The Guardian - by Oleksandr Kravchenko, Ukrainian minister of economy and environment, according to whom the intensification of Russian attacks on the infrastructure underlying the Ukrainian economy, hitting industrial sites, warehouses, logistics centers and data centers are an attempt to "practically destroy the entire economy". “What we didn't fully foresee,” he added, “was how quickly Russia would develop these jet-powered drones and use them to hit anything.”
Russian attacks on Kiev overnight caused the death of a child and a woman and the wounding of four other people, the local military administration announced on Wednesday. During the night, AFP journalists had heard about ten explosions in the Ukrainian capital, an almost daily target of attacks by Moscow. Last night, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that a rare meeting between the German and Russian foreign ministers on Saturday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York showed that Russia was "not at all interested in serious negotiations" over Ukraine, more than four and a half years after the Russian offensive began.
