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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

Alexander Butler,Arpan Rai,Alex Croft
Tuesday 08 October 2024 10:42
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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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Watch: Putin wants to erase Ukraine by stealing our children, Ukrainian tennis pro Svitolina warns

Putin wants to erase Ukraine by stealing our children, Ukrainian tennis pro Svitolina warns
Alexander Butler7 October 2024 14:01
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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.

Alexander Butler7 October 2024 13:38
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Thousands of Jewish pilgrims make journey to Ukraine despite war warnings

Alexander Butler7 October 2024 13:30
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Ukraine says Russian missile strike damaged vessel carrying grain in Pivdennyi port

A Russian missile strike damaged a civilian Saint Kitts and Nevis-flagged vessel loaded with corn in Ukrainian port of Pivdennyi on 6 October, the Ukrainian restoration ministry said on Monday. The ministry said on Telegram the 15 members crew were not injured.

Alexander Butler7 October 2024 12:30
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Ukraine strikes a Russian oil hub as Zelenskyy says the war is in 'a very important phase'

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

Alexander Butler7 October 2024 11:38
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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.

Alexander Butler7 October 2024 10:03
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Vladimir Putin wants to wipe us off the map, Ukraine’s top tennis player warns

Vladimir Putin wants to wipe us off the map, Ukraine’s top tennis player warns

Exclusive: Kyiv’s top tennis player Elina Svitolina tells Alexander Butler the West must act to get Ukraine’s stolen children back from Russia

Alexander Butler7 October 2024 09:39
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‘Getting shot saved my life’: How I escaped hell of Vladimir Putin’s war

‘Getting shot saved my life’: How I escaped hell of Vladimir Putin’s war

Exclusive: After being forced to join the Russian army in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk, Azad Yousuf Kumar did not believe he would make it back alive to his home in Kashmir. He recounts his ordeal to Shweta Sharma

Alexander Butler7 October 2024 08:55
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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.

Alexander Butler7 October 2024 08:14
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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.

Arpan Rai7 October 2024 08:08

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