Ukraine-Russia war live: Putin warns of retaliation if Ukraine strikes with Western long-range weapons
Russian military claims to intercept 51 Ukrainian drones overnight
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President Vladimir Putin said Russia would use “a range of responses” if the US and its Nato allies allowed Ukraine to strike inside his country with Western long-range weapons.
The comments, published on Sunday, came as the Russian military claimed to have intercepted or destroyed 51 Ukrainian drones overnight.
At least 18 of the drones were intercepted over the Tambov region, nearly 450km southeast of Moscow, the ministry said on Telegram, 16 were destroyed in the Belgorod border region, and the rest over Voronezh, Oryol and Kursk in the south.
One woman was injured in Belgorod, said regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.
Russia, in turn, launched a multiwave drone attack on Kyiv for the second night running. It did not cause injuries or major damage, Serhiy Popko, head of the military administration, said.
An Estonian official claimed Russian casualties could reach 40,000 for October. “Russia’s losses are quite high. And this month seems to be one of the biggest in terms of losses for Russia,” Janek Kesselmann, deputy commander of the Estonian Military Intelligence Centre, told Estonian media outlet EER.
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Russian forces “almost certainly” advanced towards Selydove, the military report found.
“The town remains contested, with fighting likely continuing to take place within the town centre,” it added, according to European Pravda.
Since the beginning of October, Russia’s advance towards Pokrovsk has slowed significantly, the military added.
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Watch: Vladimir Putin denies having any contact with Donald Trump
Vladimir Putin has denied having any contact with former US president Donald Trump.
Speaking after the BRICS summit in Kazan on Thursday (24 October), the Russian president said: “This is something that has been constantly discussed for more than one year.
“At one time, we were accused of this, and Trump himself of being somehow connected with Russia. Then, as a result of an investigation in the United States itself, everyone came to the conclusion, including in the Congress, as far as I know, that this was complete nonsense, that nothing like this had ever happened.
“It didn’t happen before, and it doesn’t happen now.”
Vladimir Putin denies having any contact with Donald Trump
Vladimir Putin has denied having any contact with former US president Donald Trump. Speaking after the BRICS summit in Kazan on Thursday (24 October), the Russian president said: “This is something that has been constantly discussed for more than one year. “At one time, we were accused of this, and Trump himself of being somehow connected with Russia. Then, as a result of an investigation in the United States itself, everyone came to the conclusion, including in the Congress, as far as I know, that this was complete nonsense, that nothing like this had ever happened. “It didn’t happen before, and it doesn’t happen now.”
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