Ukraine-Russia war latest: Harris sets terms for Putin peace talks as Kyiv faces hypersonic missile attack
Kamala Harris was asked if she would consider one-on-one talks with Russian leader
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Kamala Harris has said Ukraine will need to be in the room for any peace talks to negotiate a solution to end the Russian invasion.
“Ukraine must have a say in the future,” she told CBS News during an interview on 60 Minutes.
Asked if she would meet Vladimir Putin one-on-one to negotiate peace, she Democratic presidential hopeful said: “Not bilaterally without Ukraine, no... There will be no success in ending that war without Ukraine and the UN charter participating in what that success looks like,” she said.
Putin’s forces yesterday launched a hypersonic missile barrage at Kyiv, hours after a Ukrainian strike started a fire at Moscow’s largest oil depot in occupied Crimea.
Ukrainian troops were forced to down at least two eight-metre long Kinzhal missiles fired at Kyiv while another hit an airfield 170 miles further west in Starokostyantyniv. The Kh-47M2 Kinzhal is a nuclear-capable, Russian air-launched ballistic missile, described as a “next-generation” weapon by Putin in 2018.
In the Donbas, Russian forces have entered the outskirts of the eastern Ukraine frontline city of Toretsk, Ukraine’s military said last night.
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Russia launches hypersonic missiles at Ukraine
Vladimir Putin’s forces launched hypersonic missiles at Ukraine on Monday as Kyiv attacked Moscow’s largest oil depot in occupied Crimea.
Ukrainian troops were forced to down at least two eight-metre long Kinzhal missiles fired at Kyiv while another hit an airfield 170 miles further west in Starokostyantyniv.
The Kh-47M2 Kinzhal is a nuclear-capable, Russian air-launched ballistic missile, revealed as a “next-generation” weapon by Putin in 2018.
Missile debris damaged the roof of a tower-block in Kyiv and a school was also hit by the falling wreckage after it was shot down by Ukrainian air defence. Meanwhile, Kyiv said one missile hit the “area” of the Starokostyantyniv airfield.
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Russian court jails US citizen on Ukraine mercenary charge
Russia has sentenced a 72-year-old American citizen to nearly seven years in prison after convicting him of serving as a mercenary in Ukraine.
The Russian court said Stephen James Hubbard was paid £800 a month to serve in a Ukrainian territorial defence unit in Izyum, eastern Ukraine, where had had been living since 2014.
Hubbard was a native of Michigan, United States, and pleaded guilty to the charge, according to Russian state media.
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Ukraine repels Russian 'Kinzhal' missile strike on Kyiv during rush hour
Missile debris came down in three districts of the Ukrainian capital during rush hour on Monday morning after air defences engaged and repelled a Russian strike, city authorities said.
No major damage or casualties were reported from the attack in which Russia fired hypersonic Kinzhal missiles at Kyiv, Serhiy Popko, head of the city military administration, said, citing a preliminary assessment.
Debris damaged the roof of a multi-storey residential building in the Solomianskyi district in the city’s west and one piece of debris came down on the territory of a school, Popko’s administration said.
Russia shot down its own stealth drone over Donetsk
A Russian fighter jet has shot down its own first stealthy armed drone in combat over Ukraine’s Donetsk, reports said.
The rare Sukhoi S-70 Okhotnik, renowned as the Russian air force’s first stealthy armed drone was shot down after it apparently malfunctioned in Chasiv Yar town in eastern Ukraine.
Justin Bronk, senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, called the incident a “stunningly embarrassing failure” for Russia.
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