Four killed in Kyiv in new Russian aerial attack
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Euromillions €250m lottery winner in Ireland comes forward
€250m EuroMillions winning ticket holder comes forward. Winning ticket was sold by a retailer in County Cork. The name of the shop which sold the winning ticket will be announced on Friday.
The EuroMillions jackpot is capped once it reaches €250m
The holder of the winning ticket for a EuroMillions jackpot of €250m (£213m) has come forward, the Irish National Lottery has said.
It said the winning ticket was sold by a retailer in County Cork.
It added that the name of the shop which sold the winning ticket would be announced on Friday.
It is said to be the largest ever EuroMillions jackpot to be won in Ireland.
Ukraine still holds ground inside Russia’s Kursk, commander says
Ukraine’s commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrsky said 10,000 Russian troops are attempting to drive his forces back. In August 2024 Ukraine launched a surprise incursion into the Kursk region, capturing more than 1,000 sq km (386 sq miles) of Russian land. Russia has repeatedly insisted it has recaptured the entire region.
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Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images A Ukrainian serviceman looks through the scope of a rifle shortly after the incursion into Kursk
Ukraine’s top military commander says its forces are still defending a small area of territory inside Russia that it captured almost a year ago. In August 2024 Ukraine launched a surprise incursion into the Kursk region, capturing more than 1,000 sq km (386 sq miles) of Russian land. Ukraine’s commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrsky said 10,000 Russian troops are attempting to drive his forces back. While Russia has repeatedly insisted it had recaptured the entire region, Syrsky said on Sunday that Ukraine is still holding around 90 sq km (35 sq miles) in the Kursk region.
Speaking to reporters on Sunday, Syrsky vowed to increase the “scale and depth” of strikes on Russia. “Of course, we will continue,” he said. “Given that we are not fighting against the population, we are fighting and destroying purely military targets.”
Ukraine seized dozens of villages in the Kursk region shortly after its incursion started on 6 August 2024. President Volodymyr Zelensky said the Kursk operation established a buffer zone which prevented Russian forces from being deployed in key areas of the front in eastern Ukraine. But, Kyiv’s advances stalled after Russia rushed reinforcements to the area – including thousands of troops from its ally North Korea. In recent months Ukrainian forces have been in retreat in Kursk after facing 70,000 Russian troops and heavy drone attacks as part of Moscow’s drive to regain the territory.
Russia’s deadliest attack on Kyiv for months flattens part of apartment block
Death toll rises after Russia’s deadliest attack on Kyiv for months. At least 28 people have been killed and more than 100 injured, officials said, as the death toll increased on Wednesday after having been revised several times, both upwards and downwards. As part of the strikes, a drone smashed into an apartment block destroying dozens of flats. It is one of the largest bombardments of the capital since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Russia has intensified its air attacks against Ukrainian cities in recent weeks, with a tactic of sending large waves of drones and decoys designed to overwhelm Ukrainian air defences. Kyiv has launched attacks of its own, as direct talks between the warring sides failed to secure a ceasefire or significant breakthrough.
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Russian drone strikes Kyiv tower block and other sites in capital hit overnight
Ukrainian emergency services have continued to recover bodies from under rubble in Kyiv after Russia hit the city with a huge missile and drone attack overnight into Tuesday. At least 28 people have been killed and more than 100 injured, officials said, as the death toll increased on Wednesday after having been revised several times, both upwards and downwards. There were also two fatalities in Odesa. As part of the strikes, a drone smashed into an apartment block destroying dozens of flats. The attack was among the biggest on the capital since the start of Russia’s full-scale war, with Ukraine’s interior minister saying the country had been hit by 440 drones and 32 missiles.
Russia’s defence ministry said it had targeted Ukraine’s military-industrial complexes and that all its targets had been hit. The strikes on Kyiv lasted more than nine hours – sending residents fleeing to underground shelters from before midnight until after sunrise. Officials said a ballistic missile hit a nine-storey apartment building in the southwestern Solomyanskyi district – bodies continued to be recovered from the site on Wednesday. A total of 27 locations in the city came under fire, according to authorities. A 62-year-old US citizen was among those killed in Solomyanskyi, Kyiv’s Mayor Vitali Klitschko said early on Tuesday. US State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce later confirmed the “tragic death” of an American citizen.
Reuters It is one of the largest bombardments of the capital since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion
Standing in front of the remains of the building, Klitschko said more than 40 apartments had been destroyed and more people might be trapped under the rubble. He accused Russia of firing cluster bomblets filled with ball bearings to kill as many people as possible. “Waking up in utter nightmare: people trapped under rubble and full buildings collapsed,” Ukrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko wrote on X on Tuesday.
Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said that a variety of buildings had come under Russian attack, including residential, critical infrastructure and educational facilities. People were still under the rubble by late afternoon on Tuesday and rescue work was going on at two sites, he said. Klymenko explained that initial mistakes made in counting the dead often happened because body parts were wrongly identified. Loud explosions rocked the city in the early hours of Tuesday, along with the rattle of the machine guns used by mobile Ukrainian air defence units to shoot down drones. More sirens later in the morning disrupted rescue operations in the city, hampering emergency workers searching the rubble for survivors. Russia has intensified its air attacks against Ukrainian cities in recent weeks, with a tactic of sending large waves of drones and decoys designed to overwhelm Ukrainian air defences. Kyiv has launched attacks of its own, as direct talks between the warring sides failed to secure a ceasefire or significant breakthrough. Russia accused Ukrainian forces of launching a missile strike on a district in occupied Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, and Russia-appointed officials said at least 10 people had been hurt. A reported 147 Ukrainian drones were shot down over nine Russian regions overnight, Russian news agencies said.
Reuters Kyiv was hit by a barrage of strikes overnight into Tuesday
Four killed in Kyiv in new Russian aerial attack
Four killed in new Russian aerial attack on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv. Russian military has not commented on the incident. A woman was also injured in the attack, regional head Mykola Kalashnyk says.
Rescuers from Ukraine’s emergencies service DSNS tackle fire in a residential building destroyed in the latest Russian attack on Kyiv
At least four people have been killed in an overnight Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, the interior minister says.
In a post on social media, Ihor Klymenko says residential areas, hospitals and sports infrastructure were hit.
“An entire section of a residential high-rise building was destroyed” in the worst-hit Shevchenkivskyi district, he says, adding that some people are trapped under the rubble.
In the Kyiv region, a woman was killed and another two people injured in the Russian aerial attack, regional head Mykola Kalashnyk says.
The Russian military has not commented on the issue.
Russia fears another loss in Middle East from Iran’s conflict with Israel
Russia fears another loss in Middle East from Iran’s conflict with Israel. The longer Israel’s military operation goes on, the greater the realisation that Russia has much to lose from current events. Russia has relied heavily on Iran’s Shahed drones in its war in Ukraine, but now manufactures them locally. The prospect of regime change in Iran, the thought of losing another strategic partner in the region, will be of major concern to Moscow. The Russian-Iranian strategic partnership deal which Vladimir Putin and President Masoud Pezeshkian signed earlier this year is not a military alliance.
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AFP via Getty Images While Moscow has talked up its partnership with Iran, the deal does not require Russia to come to Iran’s military aid
When Israel launched Operation Rising Lion, officials in Russia described the current escalation in the Middle East as “alarming” and “dangerous.” Still, Russian media were quick to stress the potential positives for Moscow. Among them: A rise in global oil prices which is forecast to boost Russia’s coffers
The distraction of global attention away from Russia’s war on Ukraine. “Kyiv has been forgotten” was a headline in Moskovsky Komsomolets
And if the Kremlin’s offer to mediate in the conflict was accepted, Russia could portray itself as a key player in the Middle East and as a peacemaker, despite its actions in Ukraine However, the longer Israel’s military operation goes on, the greater the realisation that Russia has much to lose from current events. “The escalation of the conflict carries serious risks and potential costs for Moscow,” wrote Russian political scientist Andrei Kortunov in business daily Kommersant on Monday.
“The fact remains that Russia was unable to prevent a mass strike by Israel on a country with which five months ago [Russia] signed a comprehensive strategic partnership. “Clearly Moscow is not prepared to go beyond political statements condemning Israel, it’s not ready to provide Iran with military assistance.” The Russian-Iranian strategic partnership deal which Vladimir Putin and President Masoud Pezeshkian signed earlier this year is not a military alliance. It does not oblige Moscow to come to Tehran’s defence. At the time, though, Moscow talked it up. In an interview with the Ria Novosti news agency, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that the agreement paid “special attention to the strengthening of co-ordination in the interests of peace and security on the regional and global levels, and the desire of Moscow and Tehran for closer co-operation on security and defence”.
Reuters Russia has relied heavily on Iran’s Shahed drones in its war in Ukraine, but now manufactures them locally
In the last six months Moscow has already lost one key ally in the Middle East, Bashar al-Assad. After the Syrian leader was deposed last December he was offered asylum in Russia. The prospect of regime change in Iran, the thought of losing another strategic partner in the region, will be of major concern to Moscow.