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A Ukrainian drone strike ignited fires at one of Russia<\/a>‘s Black Sea ports, officials said on Sunday, ahead of fresh talks next week in Geneva aimed at ending the war.<\/a>
The two sides have resumed strikes on each other’s energy infrastructure in recent days<\/a>, after a US-brokered moratorium on such strikes expired.
On Saturday, drone strikes killed one person in Ukraine<\/a> and another in Russia, Ukrainian officials said.
An elderly woman died when a Russian drone hit a residential building in the Black Sea port city of Odesa, Ukraine’s state emergency service said.
Two people were injured in the attack on the port of Taman in the Krasnodar region, which damaged an oil storage tank, warehouse and terminals, according to regional governor Veniamin Kondratyev.
The attacks came ahead of another round of US-brokered talks on Tuesday and Wednesday in Geneva, just before the fourth anniversary of the all-out Russian invasion.
Earlier on Sunday, UK foreign secretary Yvette Cooper said the UK and its allies had exposed a \u201cbarbaric Kremlin plot\u201d to poison opposition leader Alexei Navalny<\/a> as she suggested new sanctions against Moscow could follow<\/a>.
The Russian embassy in London has denied Moscow was involved in Mr Navalny\u2019s death.
A Ukrainian drone strike ignited fires at one of Russia’s Black Sea ports, officials said Sunday, ahead of fresh talks aimed at ending the nearly four-year-old war.
Two people were wounded in the attack on the port of Taman in the Krasnodar region, which damaged an oil storage tank, warehouse and terminals, according to regional governor Veniamin Kondratyev.
Ukraine’s long-range drone strikes on Russian energy sites aim to deprive Moscow of the oil export revenue it needs to pursue its full-scale invasion.
Meanwhile, falling debris from Russian drones damaged civilian and transport infrastructure in Ukraine’s Odesa region, officials said, causing disruption to the power and water supply.
Russia wants to cripple the Ukrainian power grid, seeking to deny civilians access to heat, light and running water in what Kyiv officials say is an attempt to “weaponise winter.”
The attacks came ahead of another round of US-brokered talks between envoys from Russia and Ukraine on Tuesday and Wednesday in Geneva, just before the fourth anniversary of the all-out Russian invasion of its neighbour on 24 February.
North Korea announced completion of a new housing district in Pyongyang for families of North Korean soldiers killed while fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine, the latest effort by leader Kim Jong Un to honour the war dead.
State media photos showed Kim Jong Un walking through the new street \u2014 called Saeppyol Street \u2014 and visiting the homes of some of the families with his increasingly prominent daughter, believed to be named Kim Ju Ae, as he pledged to repay the “young martyrs” who “sacrificed all to their motherland\u201d.
In recent months, North Korea has intensified propaganda glorifying troops deployed to fight in Russia’s war against Ukraine, such as establishing a memorial wall and building a museum. Analysts see it as an effort to bolster internal unity and curb potential public discontent.
Speaking at the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Saturday, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky suggested there are still questions remaining over future security guarantees for his country.
He also questioned how the concept of a free trade zone – proposed by the US – would work in the Donbas region, which Russia insists Kyiv must give up for peace.
He said the Americans want peace as quickly as possible and the US team wants to sign all the agreements on Ukraine at the same time, whereas Ukraine wants guarantees for the country’s future security signed first.
Mr Zelensky’s concerns were echoed by Senator Jeanne Shaheen, a ranking member of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
“Unless we have real security guarantees on whatever peace agreement is ultimately determined, we are going to be here again, because one of the things we know is that Russia has geared up not just for Ukraine, but to go beyond Ukraine,” she told reporters in Munich on Sunday.
Russia has said Canada has \u201cno right to comment on Russia\u2019s internal affairs\u201d as condemnation grows over allegations that Moscow killed opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
Canada\u2019s foreign office posted on social media: \u201cRussian authorities bear full responsibility for the death of Alexei Navalny while in their custody. The findings surrounding his death are deeply disturbing.\u201d
Russia\u2019s foreign ministry responded: \u201cCanada has no right to comment on Russia\u2019s internal affairs. Russia does not interfere in Canada\u2019s domestic matters and calls on to adhere to the same principle.\u201d
A Ukrainian drone strike ignited fires at one of Russia’s Black Sea ports, officials said Sunday, ahead of fresh talks aimed at ending the nearly four-year-old war.
Two people were wounded in the attack on the port of Taman in the Krasnodar region, which damaged an oil storage tank, warehouse and terminals, according to regional Gov. Veniamin Kondratyev.
Meanwhile, falling debris from Russian drones damaged civilian and transport infrastructure in Ukraine’s Odesa region, officials said, causing disruption to the power and water supply.
Ukraine’s long-range drone strikes on Russian energy sites aim to deprive Moscow of the oil export revenue it needs to pursue its full-scale invasion. Russia wants to cripple the Ukrainian power grid, seeking to deny civilians access to heat, light and running water in what Kyiv officials say is an attempt to “weaponize winter.”
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