kyiv increases its strikes in Russia. One person was killed in the Belgorod region and a kyiv drone was intercepted near Moscow.
kyiv’s strikes are increasing in Russia. One person was killed in a Ukrainian strike against the Russian region of Belgorod, bordering Ukraine, announced the local governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov. “This morning, the Ukrainian armed forces hit the village of Ourazovo in the Valuysk district with Grad-type missiles“, he wrote on Telegram.
For its part, the Russian Defense Ministry said it had shot down three Ukrainian ballistic missiles over the Belgorod region on Saturday. A Ukrainian drone was also destroyed on Saturday morning in the Istrinski district of the Moscow region, according to the Defense Ministry.
kyiv supports Israel’s “indisputable right” to defend itself
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that Israel had the ” indisputable right” to defend itself against attacks launched by Hamas from the Gaza Strip. “Terrorism is always a crime, not only against a country or specific victims, but against humanity as a whole”said the head of state on Telegram. “Israel’s right to defend itself is indisputable”, he insisted. A special department has been created to help Ukrainians who may need help in Israel, according to his statement.
Moscow calls Washington’s expulsion of Russian diplomats “banal revenge”
The expulsion of two Russian diplomats by the United States is just one “banal revenge”said the Russian ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov. “In fact, it’s a banal revenge”he declared in a press release published on Telegram, ensuring that“no arguments” had not been provided by the American side on the reasons for this expulsion.
The United States announced on Friday the expulsion of two Russian diplomats, in retaliation for Moscow’s expulsion of two American diplomats. Russia announced on September 14 the expulsion of two American diplomats, accused of having served as agents of “connection” for Robert Shonov. This former Russian employee of the American consulate in Vladivostok arrested at the beginning of the year and suspected of having transmitted secret information to the United States on the conflict in Ukraine.