Ukraine-Russia war live: Putin’s forces in glide bomb attack as Zelensky wants Trump-proof support for Kyiv
Zelensky again urged the West to allow Ukraine to strike Russian territory with long-range missiles
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At least 16 civilians, including a 15-year-old boy, were injured in Russian airstrikes on Zaporizhzhia, according to the Ukrainian interior ministry.
The strikes reportedly involved KAB guided aerial bombs, causing damage to several apartment buildings, news agency Reuters reported.
Zaporizhzhia governor Ivan Fedorov wrote on Telegram that Russia conducted a total of 363 air and ground strikes across 12 settlements in the region within a day.
Ukraine’s foreign minister Andriy Sybiha had earlier warned Moscow was planning strikes on Ukraine’s nuclear facilities before the winter.
It comes as Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky visited the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant in Pennsylvania to thank workers for producing 155 mm artillery shells, vital for Ukraine’s defence against Russia.
He is presenting his “victory plan” to the US president this week as well as meeting with Kamala Harris and Donald Trump during his trip to the US to rally support for Kyiv.
The Ukrainian president wants to “Trump-proof” American support for Kyiv after suggestions by Donald Trump and his vice-presidential choice JD Vance that the conflict could be ended by offering concessions to Russia.
Russia claims 31 civilians killed during Ukrainian offensive in Kursk region
Ukraine‘s offensive in Russia’s Kursk region has so far killed at least 31 civilians and wounded 256, the Russian foreign ministry has claimed.
In August, Ukraine launched the biggest foreign attack on Russia since World War Two, bursting through the border into the western Kursk region supported by swarms of drones and heavy weaponry, including Western-made arms.
Russia said 131,000 civilians had left the most dangerous areas of the Kursk region.
David Lammy says allies need ‘guts’ to allow Ukraine to use Storm Shadow missiles
UK foreign secretary David Lammy has announced ongoing negotiations with the White House regarding Ukraine’s request to use Storm Shadow missiles against Russian targets.
He also urged allies to show “nerve and guts” as he said that the challenges of the war are now escalating into 2025.
“So this is a critical time for nerve and guts and patience and for fortitude on behalf of allies who stand with Ukraine,” he said.
“I am not going to as foreign secretary, of course, comment on operational details, because that can only aid Putin,” Mr Lammy said “but there is a very real-time discussion across allies about how we can support Ukraine as we head into winter,” according to The Guardian.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has urged the US to permit Ukraine to conduct long-range strikes within Russia.
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West must show ‘guts and nerve’ in helping Ukraine, says Lammy
The Foreign Secretary warned it was a ‘critical time’ for allies to show ‘fortitude’ in bolstering Ukraine’s defence amid a missiles debate.
Glide bombs, missiles and drones: The aerial bombardment raining down on Ukraine’s troops around Kharkiv
Glide bombs, missiles and drones rain down on Ukraine’s troops around Kharkiv
Askold Krushelnycky speaks to a soldier relocated from another part of the front line to hold back an attack by Russia – and local residents being forced to evacuate because of the brutal fighting
Pictured: Severe damage after Russia strikes Kharkiv
ICYMI: NATO jets intercept six Russian aircraft flying over Baltic Sea
Russian aircraft were flying over the Baltic Sea without transponders or a flight plan, the Latvian Air Force reported on Saturday night.
Transponders are a device which helps air traffic in international airspace remain safe - and it is not uncommon for Russian jets to enter Baltic airspace with them turned off.
The jets were escorted by NATO Eurofighter jets as part of NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission, the Latvian Air Force said according to the Kyiv Independent.
In August, German pilots reported that Russian planes detected heading towards Latvian airspace were behaving “uncooperatively but not aggressively” when the Baltic Air Policing mission intercepted them.
In August, the German Air Force reported that Russian pilots who were detected heading toward Latvian airspace “behaved uncooperatively but not aggressively” when intercepted by NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission.
Report: Over 20 people wounded after Russia strikes apartment blocks in Ukraine’s Kharkiv
Russian strikes hit high-rise apartment blocks in Ukraine’s Kharkiv, leaving dozens wounded in a second consecutive nighttime attack this week.
The bombs fell Saturday night on the district of Shevchenkivsky, in Ukraine’s northeast, local Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said. Residential 16 and 9-storied buildings were destroyed, and seven more buildings were damaged, he added.
Twenty-one people were wounded, including an eight-year-old, two 17-year-olds and several older adults, according to Syniehubov and Kharkiv mayor Ihor Terekhov.
Samya Kullab reports:
Over 20 people wounded after Russia strikes apartment blocks in Ukraine’s Kharkiv
Russian strikes have hit high-rise apartment blocks in Ukraine’s Kharkiv, leaving dozens wounded in a second consecutive nighttime attack this week
Russians will officially recognise Putin as a criminal, says former Gazprom official
Ihor Volobuyev, a former chief spokesperson for Russian energy giant Gazprom has warned that Russians will repent for siding with Vladimir Putin.
The 53-year-old, who defected to Ukraine and is now fighting against Russia in the ongoing war, told Sky News: “The time will come, I really hope, when Russia will officially recognise him [Putin] as a criminal. And the Russians will repent for being with him, choosing him, listening to him, and for the time they spent in this war under his leadership. I hope they will be ashamed.”
He told the outlet: “I believe that until we kick Putin’s backside, we can’t think about anything else” adding that “I will serve in the armed forces of Ukraine for as long as I have the strength, opportunity and health - and I’m fine with that”.
Despite spending much of his life in Moscow, Mr Volobuyev, who was born in Ukraine, opposed Russia’s actions since the 2014 Crimea invasion and defected after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
He has now relinquished his Russian citizenship and gained Ukrainian citizenship. “I haven’t shared Russia’s policy since 2014... I had been looking for the inner strength to leave Russia.”
Moscow has issued a warrant for his arrest, but he said he remained committed to Ukraine.
Zelensky visits ammunition plant in Pennsylvania
On 22 September, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky visited the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant in Pennsylvania to thank workers for producing 155 mm artillery shells, vital for Ukraine’s defence against Russia.
Mr Zelensky expressed gratitude, emphasising the need for continued support from the US. “It is in places like this where you can truly feel that the democratic world can prevail,” he wrote on X.
“Thanks to people like these — in Ukraine, in America, and in all partner countries — who work tirelessly to ensure that life is protected.”
The factory recently increased production from 24,000 to 36,000 shells per month, and the US has supplied Ukraine with over three million of these munitions, according to the Kyiv Independent.
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