- May 6, 2023
- Posted by: AliensFaith
- Category: OBJECTIVE PRESS
Ukraine launches more than 10 drones at the Crimean Peninsula overnight, including three on Sevastopol, says Russian-installed official
Welcome back to live coverage of Russia’s war in Ukraine. I’m Adam Fulton and here’s a roundup of the latest developments.
Ukraine launched more than 10 drones overnight on the Crimean Peninsula, including three on the port of Sevastopol, according to a Russian-installed official.
A prominent Russian nationalist writer, Zakhar Prilepin, was wounded in a car bombing that killed his driver. The attack took place on Saturday in the Nizhny Novgorod region, about 400km (250 miles) east of Moscow. Russia’s foreign ministry accused Ukraine, while Ukraine’s security services refused to confirm or deny involvement. A senior Ukrainian official accused Russia of staging the attack.
Ukrainian officials issued air raid alerts on Saturday evening for areas covering about two-thirds of the country. The alerts extended from the capital, Kyiv, and regions to the west of it through all regions in the east as well as south to Kherson region and Russian-annexed Crimea.
Ukraine hailed the return of 45 Azov battalion fighters captured during the battle for Mariupol while Russia said three of its pilots had been released by Kyiv. The freed Ukrainian prisoners included 42 men and three women from the Azov battalion, said Andriy Yermak, the head of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s office.
Russia has been accused of attacking the besieged city of Bakhmut with incendiary phosphorus weapons, BBC News reported. Ukraine’s military shared drone footage of what appeared to be fires in Bakhmut as white phosphorus rained down.
Ukraine’s air force claims to have downed a Russian hypersonic missile over Kyiv using newly acquired American Patriot defence systems, the first known time the country has been able to intercept one of Moscow’s most modern missiles. Air force commander Mykola Oleshchuk said the Kinzhal-type ballistic missile was intercepted over the Ukrainian capital during the week.
