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Russia claims nuclear-powered Burevestnik cruise missile can \u2018pierce any defence shield\u2019
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Three people have been killed and dozens more injured in a Russian<\/a> drone attack on Ukraine’s<\/a> capital.
At least 29 people were injured, seven of them children, in the attack which took place overnight into Sunday.
Ukraine’s interior minister said a 19-year-old woman and her mother were among those killed in what was the second consecutive nighttime attack on Kyiv to claim civilian lives.
Russia<\/a> said it struck infrastructure serving Ukraine’s war effort on Saturday, but did not comment on strikes on Kyiv or civilian casualties.
Elsewhere, Vladimir Putin<\/a> said Russia has tested its nuclear-powered Burevestnik cruise missile, which he says can \u201cpierce any defence shield\u201d.
Moscow says the 9M730 Burevestnik is “invincible” to current and future missile defences, with an almost unlimited range and unpredictable flight path.
“It is a unique ware which nobody else in the world has,” Putin said in remarks released on Sunday, adding its “crucial testing” had been concluded.
Russia’s top general, Valery Gerasimov, told Putin that the missile travelled 14,000 km and was in the air for about 15 hours when it was tested on October 21.
Russia’s interior ministry said on Sunday that more than 80 people had been taken to police stations for questioning after a major street fight between migrants in a residential area of Moscow and that all foreigners involved would be deported.
Russian media published videos of people fighting on the street with clubs and spades and smashing windows amid parked cars near the Prokshino residential complex, though it was not immediately clear what the fight was about.
Russia’s interior ministry said 19 people had been arrested for hooliganism, adding that those migrants with Russian citizenship may have their citizenship revoked. Other foreigners involved would be deported, the ministry said.
“Those foreign citizens involved who are not imprisoned, will be deported and banned from re-entry,” said Irina Volk, a spokeswoman for the interior ministry.
Migration, especially from the former Soviet republics of Central Asia and the Caucasus, has become a major domestic political issue in Russia.
Migration has been restricted since a deadly attack at a Moscow concert hall in 2024 which Russian authorities said was carried out by Tajiks.
About 6.3 million migrants arrived in Russia in 2024, according to interior ministry figures, with about half of the total from Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.
While the domestic Russian economy is reliant on cheap labour from those republics, especially in the construction and consumer industry, there has been a backlash from many Russian citizens against what they say is such a large influx of people with little knowledge of Russian customs or culture.
Russia has faced acute labour shortages across multiple sectors since the start of the war in Ukraine, as hundreds of thousands joined the military.
The Independent\u2019s world affairs editor Sam Kiley spoke to Russian volunteers in Ukraine\u2019s army who have turned on Vladimir Putin:<\/em>
Russia has tested a new nuclear-capable, nuclear-powered cruise missile named the Burevestnik, Russia’s top general told President Vladimir Putin in remarks released on Sunday.
The missile travelled 14,000 km (8,700 miles) and was in the air for about 15 hours, General Valery Gerasimov, chief of the general staff of Russia’s armed forces, told Putin.
Putin has said the 9M730 Burevestnik (Storm Petrel) – dubbed the SSC-X-9 Skyfall by NATO – is “invincible” to current and future missile defences, with an almost unlimited range and unpredictable flight path.
In his remarks on Sunday, Putin, dressed in camouflage fatigues, told Gerasimov that the crucial Burevestnik tests have now been completed and that work should start on the final stage before deploying the missiles.
Donald Trump has said he will not meet with Vladimir Putin until he thinks a deal to secure peace between Russia and Ukraine is in place.
“You have to know that we’re going to make a deal, I’m not going to be wasting my time,” the US president told reporters in Doha on Saturday.
The leaders last met in Alaska in August, during a hastily organised summit which yielded no concrete results.
Three people have been killed and 29 were injured after the Ukrainian capital was targeted with drones overnight, the authorities said on Sunday morning.
Seven children were among those hurt of in the second consecutive nighttime attack on Kyiv to claim civilian lives.
Ukraine’s Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said a 19-year-old woman and her 46-year-old mother were among the killed.
Russian drones caused fires in two residential buildings in the capital’s Desnianskyi district. Emergency crews evacuated civilians from a nine-story and a 16-story building, put out flames and cleared the rubble.
Olha Yevhenivha, 74, said there was so much smoke from the fire that she couldn’t leave her apartment.
“Even until now our windows are totally black from the smoke, and it was impossible to go down, so that’s why we put wet blankets on our doors and balcony,” she said.
According to Ukraine\u2019s air force, the attack involved 101 drones, 90 of which were shot down.
The attack came a day after a Russian missiles and drones killed four people, including two in Kyiv, prompting fresh pleas from Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for Western air defence systems.
Russia’s defence ministry said its forces struck energy facilities and rail infrastructure serving Ukraine’s war effort on Saturday, as well as other military targets such as troop deployment points and a drone factory.
It did not comment specifically on strikes on Kyiv, or on the civilian casualties reported by Ukraine.
Sir Keir Starmer has urged allies to \u201cfinish the job\u201d on frozen Russian assets by using them to strengthen Ukraine\u2019s defences.
At a major press conference on Friday, the prime minister urged the so-called \u201ccoalition of the willing\u201d to help to take Russian oil and gas off the global market.
It comes after the UK targeted Russia\u2019s oil companies with tough sanctions earlier this month.
He said: \u201cLast week, the UK became the first country to sanction all of Russia\u2019s oil majors. On Wednesday, the US acted decisively and joined us.
\u201cTogether with further sanctions from the EU, we\u2019re choking off funding for Russia\u2019s war machine.
\u201cAnd I\u2019m urging others to take these steps, to go further to reduce their dependence and incentivise third countries to stop buying these tainted resources.\u201d
Other measures under consideration include seeking ways to use billions in frozen assets to fund Ukraine\u2019s defences.
Sir Keir met Ukrainian President Voloydmyr Zelensky for a bilateral meeting in No 10 on Friday ahead of the two leaders joining a call along with the wider coalition of the willing \u2013 a group of more than 30 countries pledging support for Kyiv.
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