This type of attack has become almost daily. A Ukrainian drone struck an administrative building in the center of the city of Kursk, in southern Russia, Russian authorities announced on Sunday September 24. “The roof was slightly damaged. Emergency services personnel are on site”clarified the regional governor on Telegram. Last month, a Ukrainian drone caused significant damage to Kursk station and injured five people.
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Russia accuses the West of “fighting it directly”. The Westerners “fight directly” Russia in Ukraine, the Russian Foreign Minister accused on Saturday at the UN, at a time when kyiv claims to have killed Russian military leaders in the strategic Crimean peninsula. Sergey Lavrov notably mentioned financial aid, armaments and “mercenaries” from Western countries.
A second cargo of Ukrainian wheat has arrived in Türkiye. A Ukraine’s second cargo of wheat arrived in Istanbul via the Black Sea on Sunday, despite threats from Moscow to attack boats entering and leaving Ukraine. This is the second ship to use a maritime corridor set up by Kiev, along the western coast of the Black Sea, to circumvent Russia’s blockade after the expiration of the agreement on the export of Ukrainian grain .
Volodymyr Zelensky met with Sudanese general Abdel Fattah al-Burhane. The Ukrainian president announced on Saturday that he had met during a stopover in Ireland with the head of the Sudanese army, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhane, at war for five months against paramilitaries. Volodymyr Zelensky said he spoke with him “common security challenges, including the activities of illegal armed groups financed by Russia”.