North Korean weaponry believed to have been used in attack as Ukraine’s incursion into Kursk continuesGood morning and welcome to our blog covering developments in the Russia-Ukraine war as Ukraine says has it repelled a Russian missile attack on Kyiv.Agence France-Presse reports that air raid sirens sounded in the Ukrainian capital before dawn on Sunday.The UN’s nuclear watchdog warned on Saturday that the safety situation at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was “deteriorating” after a nearby drone strike. Earlier on Saturday, Russia accused Ukraine of dropping an explosive charge on a road near the occupied plant in southern Ukraine.Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy says his forces are “strengthening” their positions in Russia’s Kursk region where Kyiv has been mounting a major ground offensive. He said his army chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, had reported that Ukrainian troops continued their advance and also took more Russian servicemen as prisoners.Ukrainian drones attacked an oil storage facility in Russia’s southern Rostov region early Sunday morning, sparking a large fuel fire, the local governor said. Videos published on social media showed thick black smoke and bursts of flames coming from the site of the blaze, which the governor said was in the town of Proletarsk. There were no reported injuries. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/aug/18/russia-ukraine-war-live-ukraine-missile-attack-kyiv-kursk
Author : Sarah Haque
Publish date : 2024-08-18 09:49:09
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