Ukraine-Russia warfare newest information: Blow for Putin’s forces as Crimea airfield hit and Russia drone particles present in Romania

Russia’s air defence methods destroyed seven drones launched by Ukraine in a single day, the Russian defence ministry mentioned this morning.

5 drones had been destroyed over the Belgorod area and two over the Kursk area, each bordering Ukraine, the ministry mentioned in an announcement on the Telegram messaging app.

Three tanks at an oil storage depot in Russia’s Kursk area caught fireplace on account of a Ukrainian drone assault, appearing regional governor Alexei Smirnov mentioned on Sunday.

Nobody was injured within the assault, and a hearth at one of many tanks was rapidly extinguished. A minimum of 82 firefighters had been concerned in making an attempt to place out fires on the different two tanks, Mr Smirnov mentioned on the Telegram messaging app.

Three Russian warships arrived in Cuban waters on Saturday, Moscow’s second such maritime voyage in as many months in a mirrored image of deepening ties between Russia and Cuba.

The naval group, consisting of a coaching ship, patrol frigate and refueling tanker, are anticipated to stay docked in Cuba’s port of Havana till 30 July.

The arrival of the vessels comes mere weeks after one other squadron of Russian warships, together with a strong nuclear-powered submarine, visited Havana as a part of deliberate army workouts final month.

American officers carefully tracked the mid-June army workouts, saying that the four-vessel group posed no actual risk. On the time, specialists described the warships’ Caribbean tour as a symbolic present of energy in response to continued US and Western assist for Ukraine.

Cuban protection officers introduced the most recent port name earlier this week, calling the arrival of the Russian warships a “historic follow” and present of “friendship and collaboration.” However neither authorities elaborated on the aim of this newest deployment.

Cuba greeted the Baltic fleet on Saturday with a booming cannon salute. The docking of the flotilla has sparked a flurry of pleasure among the many common public, with Cubans strolling the port avenue to get a greater glimpse of the warships Saturday and authorities saying guests could be admitted on board the Russian coaching ship, referred to as Smolniy, on Sunday and Monday.

“It’s a pleasant factor. A bond between Russia and the Cubans,” mentioned 29-year-old onlooker Maydelis Perez, pointing the hulking warships out to her three kids. “I’m taking a household outing.”

China’s international minister Wang Yi has denied serving to the Russian warfare effort in Ukraine.

“The US ought to cease indiscriminate unilateral sanctions and long-arm jurisdiction,” Mr Wang instructed US secretary of state Antony Blinken in response to Nato’s punitive motion in opposition to Chinese language corporations promoting tools to Russia.

Mr Wang met Mr Blinken on the sidelines of the Asean assembly in Laos.

“China is against being smeared and to false accusations being made in opposition to it, doesn’t settle for stress and blackmail, and can take resolute and forceful measures to safeguard its main pursuits and legit rights,” he mentioned.

“China’s place on the Ukrainian challenge is candid and we’ll proceed to advertise peace talks” between the 2 warring nations, Mr Wang mentioned.

Russian shelling killed a minimum of 5 civilians yesterday in separate areas of Ukraine, officers mentioned.

Within the Kherson area, in Ukraine’s south, officers mentioned three individuals had been killed, one within the administrative centre additionally referred to as Kherson, one exterior the town and one close to the town of Beryslav, to the north.

Kherson area was occupied within the first days of Russia’s February 2022 invasion, however Ukrainian troops recaptured massive swathes of it later within the yr. Russian troops proceed to shell Ukrainian-held areas from new positions.

Within the northeastern Sumy area, a border space ceaselessly underneath Russian assault, a 14-year-old boy was killed and 12 different individuals wounded in a rocket assault on the small city of Hlukhiv, the Ukraine prosecutor’s workplace mentioned.

The assault in town close to the Russian border hit house blocks, homes, an academic establishment, a store and autos simply after midday. Six of the wounded had been kids.

In Kharkiv area, one other frequent Russian goal additional east, governor Oleh Syniehubov mentioned one individual was killed when a personal residence close to the town of Chuhuiv got here underneath fireplace.

Over the border, in southern Russia’s Belgorod area, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov mentioned Ukrainian shelling and drone assaults had killed one individual, injured two and broken houses and different buildings.

Russia’s defence ministry mentioned air defence models had destroyed two drones over the area late on Saturday.