Ukraine-Russia war latest: Blow to Putin’s forces as weapons destroyed while Zelensky demands battlefield wins
US president Joe Biden has pulled out of a Germany trip due to Florida hurricanes despite Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky hoping to discuss his ‘victory plan’
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Ukraine’s military says it has struck a Russian weapons depot which was holding North Korean missiles more than 60 miles from the border.
The military said the arsenal, in Karachev, Bryansk Oblast, stored ammunition for missile and artillery weapons, including those delivered from North Korea, as well as guided aerial bombs.
Footage emerged overnight of the aftermath of the attack, showing flames burning in the area as the munitions dump exploded.
A state of emergency was declared in a district of western Bryansk following the detonation, state media site Tass reported. Local residents said air raid alerts started sounding around 2am local time.
It comes as Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said the country needs to secure frontline results “faster” as he met with top commanders to discuss the development of domestically-produced weapons.
“In all of Ukraine’s missiles achievements, there must be more combat accomplishments both at the front and on Russian territory,” he said. “Results are needed faster. And all relevant tasks are now being carried out.”
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.
Russian military intelligence planning to cause ‘mayhem’ in Europe, MI5 chief says
The UK’s domestic spy chief said on Tuesday that Russian military intelligence is seeking to cause “mayhem” in Britain, adding that “MI5 has one hell of a job on its hands”.
Security Service (MI5) Director General Ken McCallum also said Iran is behind “plot after plot” on British soil.
He said the growing threat from al Qaeda and Islamic State is still his greatest terrorism concern.
State threat investigations were up 48 per cent in the last year as criminals, drug traffickers and proxies were tasked by Russia and Iran to do their “dirty work”.
"The GRU in particular is on a sustained mission to generate mayhem on British and European streets: we’ve seen arson, sabotage and more. Dangerous actions conducted with increasing recklessness," he said, without adding detail.
Since January 2022, MI5 and the police have responded to 20 Iranian-backed plots. "We’ve seen plot after plot here in the UK, at an unprecedented pace and scale," Mr McCallum said.
Meeting of Ukraine allies will send clear message to Putin, German government source says
US President Joe Biden will meet with other leaders of the Ramstein group, which supplies arms to Ukraine.
A German government source told Reuters ahead of Saturday’s summit that the meeting will send a strong signal of commitment to military support for Ukraine.
It will become clear to Putin that he cannot play for time and wait for Western support to cease, the source told reporters in Berlin on Tuesday.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron will join President Biden - who visits Germany from October 10-13 - for talks in Berlin before visiting a US air base in the western German town of Ramstein.
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