Ukraine-Russia war latest: Biden deals blow to Zelensky’s ‘victory plan’ as Russia claims two more villages
Biden forced to pull out of Germany trip due to Florida hurricanes
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Joe Biden has been forced to pull out of what would have been the highest-level meeting yet of Ukrainian donors in Germany, as the US president cancelled his upcoming trip to focus on the hurricane approaching Florida.
The gathering, seen as critical to the “victory plan” Volodymyr Zelensky presented to allies last month, was supposed to underscore unwavering support for Kyiv and secure more pledges of assistance ahead of winter.
On the battlefield, Russia says its forces have taken control of two more settlements in eastern Ukraine. If confirmed it would represent the latest gains for Moscow in its offensive in the Donbas region.
Ukraine officials made no reference to control of either village being lost in their latest statements, but the Ukrainian military acknowledged that the Kurakhove sector was the scene of the heaviest battles on the eastern front.
Earlier, Nato secretary general Mark Rutte warned that Ukraine faces its toughest winter since Russia’s full scale invasion began in February 2022.
“Nato must and will do more to help Ukraine. The more military support we give, the faster this war will end,” Mr Rutte told a joint news conference in Brussels.
MI5 ‘alive’ to risk Middle East tensions pose to terror threat in UK, boss says
North Korea is ‘highly likely’ sending troops to fight for Russia in Ukraine, South Korea says
Putin said to have demolished holiday home out of fear for his life as Ukraine strikes region
Trump spoke with Putin at least seven times since leaving White House, Bob Woodward reports
Two killed in Kharkiv strike
Guided bombs sent by Russia have killed two people and injured at least three others in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.
Russian forces fired at least four guided bombs at the city, according to regional governor Oleh Syniehubov on Telegram.
Tough winter ahead after attacks on energy infrastructure - more from Nato secretary general
Moscow’s targeting of Ukraine’s critical energy infrastructure may leave the country facing its toughest winter yet, Nato secretary general Mark Rutte said on Tuesday.
“NATO must and will do more to help Ukraine. The more military support we give, the faster this war will end,” he told reporters in a joint news conference with Finnish president Alexander Stubb.
Russia on mission to cause 'sustained mayhem' on UK streets, MI5 warns
British intelligence is facing a “hell of a job” over rising threats from Iran and Russia, as well as the resurgence of Isis and Al-Qaeda, the head of MI5 has warned.
A day after Sir Keir Starmer called on the international community to focus on the “malign” regime in Iran, which supports proxies across the Middle East including Hamas and Hezbollah, Ken McCallum said British intelligence has thwarted 20 Tehran-backed plots that “presented potentially lethal threats to British citizens” since the start of 2022.
The Independent’s Tom Watling reports:
MI5: UK facing threat of ‘plot after plot’ from Iran, Russia and Isis
Ken McCallum says Russian intelligence agencies are also on a ‘sustained mission to generate mayhem on British and European streets’ with ‘arson, sabotage and more’
Ukraine faces toughest winter yet, NATO’s secretary general says
Mark Rutte, NATO’s new secretary general, says Ukraine faces its toughest winter since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in February 2022.
Rutte was speaking at a press conference in Brussels with the President of Finland, Alexander Stubb.
We’ll bring you more of his comments as they come in.
In pictures: Locals take in damage following Russian strike on city of Chornomorsk
Three killed and nearly 50 injured over past day, Ukraine says
Regional authorities in Ukraine have reported their daily total of casualties over the past day.
They say that at least three people were killed and 49 were injured over the past day - including children.
Russia struck a Palau-flagged vessel in Odesa on Monday, killing a 60-year-old Ukrainian national working on the boat and injuring five foreign citizens.
One person died and seven were injured in Sloviansk, in the region of Donetsk, when Russian forces struck a residential building. A 2-year-old girl was injured in the strike.
One person was killed and 24 injured in an attack on a library and administrative building in Kherson.
Ukraine strikes a Russian oil hub as Zelenskyy says the war is in 'a very important phase'
Ukraine’s military claimed it struck a major oil terminal Monday in Crimea that provides fuel for Russia’s war effort as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the war has entered a key phase.
Both sides are facing the issue of how to sustain their costly war of attrition — a conflict that started with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and that shows no signs of a resolution.
Ukraine strikes a Russian oil hub as Zelenskyy says the war is in 'a very important phase'
Ukraine’s military claims it struck a major oil terminal in Crimea that provides fuel for Russia’s war effort
Russia steal nearly 200,000 tonnes of Ukrainian grain through Mariupol
Russia has exported more than 180,000 tonnes of stolen Ukrainian grain through the temporarily occupied Mariupol port in the past year.
This is according to Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, who said the occupied territories in Ukraine are being robbed to finance Russia’s invasion with the stolen money.
"At the same time, Russia continues to use food as an element of aggression. This year, the enemy has smuggled more than 180,000 tonnes of stolen Ukrainian grain through the port of Mariupol alone,” Shmyhal said.
"Undoubtedly, Russian economic terror will be one of the areas of work of the special tribunal for the crime of Russian aggression against Ukraine," he added.
Report: Russia launches hypersonic missiles at Kyiv as Ukraine hits major oil depot in Crimea
Russia’s forces have launched hypersonic missiles at Ukraine on as Kyiv’s military said it had struck a major oil terminal in occupied Crimea that provides fuel for Vladimir Putin's war effort.
Ukraine's general staff said on social media that the oil terminal in Feodosia, on the south coast of the Russia-occupied Crimea Peninsula, has been supplying the Russian army with fuel and that the strike was part of an ongoing effort to "undermine the military and economic potential of the Russian Federation".
The Independent’s Alexander Butler reports:
Russia launches hypersonic missiles at Kyiv as Ukraine hits major oil depot in Crimea
Ukrainian troops down at least two of the eight-metre long Kinzhal missiles
PM will meet with allies for talks on Ukraine and Middle East
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will meet with leaders of the US, France and Germany in Berlin on Saturday, his spokesperson said on Tuesday.
They will discuss the war in Ukraine and the latest Middle East developments.
“The Prime Minister will travel to a meeting of the Quad in Berlin on Saturday. Leaders will discuss the situation in Ukraine as well as the concerning developments in the Middle East,” the spokesperson told reporters.
The spokesperson referred to the “Quad” grouping of Britain, the United States, Germany and France.
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