Military says no casualties immediately apparent, while strike on industrial site in Kremenchuk sparks fire
Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 704
Russia launched drone and missile attacks targeting civilian and critical infrastructure across wide areas of Ukraine, Kyiv’s air force said on Sunday.
Reuters reports it said preliminary information did not show any casualties in the attacks.
A Russian “reconnaissance and sabotage group” shot dead two people – a brother and sister – in a Ukrainian village on Saturday during a cross-border incursion, local officials said. The attack in Andriivka occurred in Ukraine’s Sumy region inside a 5km (three-mile) buffer zone along the border with Russia – an area where Kyiv had asked residents to evacuate. The victims were a 54-year-old man and a 68-year-old woman who were killed while driving in an SUV, Ukraine’s prosecutor general said.
At least three other civilians were killed in Russian attacks in the east and south of the country, local officials said on Saturday. In Beryslav, in the southern Kherson region, explosives dropped from a drone killed one person, the governor said. Two were killed by Russian artillery shelling in the eastern Donetsk region, Ukraine’s national police said.
Ukraine’s SBU security service said it had uncovered a corruption scheme in the purchase of arms by the country’s military totalling the equivalent of about $40m (£31.5m/€37m). Saturday’s announcement of mass procurement fraud, confirmed by Ukraine’s defence ministry, will have a huge resonance in the country amid Russia’s invasion, with the fight to root out corruption remaining a major issue as Kyiv presses its bid to secure membership in the European Union, reports Reuters.
Ukrainian counterattacks were holding Russians back from taking full control of Avdiivka, the UK Ministry of Defence said. Russian forces had suffered heavy personnel and armoured vehicle losses, frequently caused by Ukrainian uncrewed aerial vehicle munitions, the ministry outlined in an intelligence update. The forces continued to attempt to bypass Ukrainian fortifications by entering the city edges via service tunnels but “Ukrainian counterattacks are holding Russian forces from progressing further within the city”.
Continue reading…Military says no casualties immediately apparent, while strike on industrial site in Kremenchuk sparks fireRussia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 704Russia launched drone and missile attacks targeting civilian and critical infrastructure across wide areas of Ukraine, Kyiv’s air force said on Sunday.Reuters reports it said preliminary information did not show any casualties in the attacks.A Russian “reconnaissance and sabotage group” shot dead two people – a brother and sister – in a Ukrainian village on Saturday during a cross-border incursion, local officials said. The attack in Andriivka occurred in Ukraine’s Sumy region inside a 5km (three-mile) buffer zone along the border with Russia – an area where Kyiv had asked residents to evacuate. The victims were a 54-year-old man and a 68-year-old woman who were killed while driving in an SUV, Ukraine’s prosecutor general said.At least three other civilians were killed in Russian attacks in the east and south of the country, local officials said on Saturday. In Beryslav, in the southern Kherson region, explosives dropped from a drone killed one person, the governor said. Two were killed by Russian artillery shelling in the eastern Donetsk region, Ukraine’s national police said.Ukraine’s SBU security service said it had uncovered a corruption scheme in the purchase of arms by the country’s military totalling the equivalent of about $40m (£31.5m/€37m). Saturday’s announcement of mass procurement fraud, confirmed by Ukraine’s defence ministry, will have a huge resonance in the country amid Russia’s invasion, with the fight to root out corruption remaining a major issue as Kyiv presses its bid to secure membership in the European Union, reports Reuters.Ukrainian counterattacks were holding Russians back from taking full control of Avdiivka, the UK Ministry of Defence said. Russian forces had suffered heavy personnel and armoured vehicle losses, frequently caused by Ukrainian uncrewed aerial vehicle munitions, the ministry outlined in an intelligence update. The forces continued to attempt to bypass Ukrainian fortifications by entering the city edges via service tunnels but “Ukrainian counterattacks are holding Russian forces from progressing further within the city”. Continue reading…