Kharkiv regional governor Oleg Synegubov raised the preliminary death toll from the attack to 24, including, he said, a pregnant woman and 13 children, alleging: "Russians fired on the civilians at close range." Ukraine on Saturday accused Russian forces of gunning down 24 civilians including children in an attack on a road convoy near the recently recaptured town of Kupiansk. 5:36pm: Death toll rises in attack on civilian convoy in eastern Ukraine
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It was the latest in a series of battlefield losses for Russia, after its forces were routed from Kharkiv region by a lightning Ukrainian counteroffensive last month. Russia's defence ministry on Saturday announced a withdrawal from Lyman, a major stronghold and logistical hub for its forces in Donetsk, saying that a Ukrainian advance had threatened its units with encirclement. He was speaking a day after President Vladimir Putin proclaimed the annexation of four Ukrainian regions – including Donetsk, where Lyman is located – and placed them under Russia's nuclear umbrella, saying Moscow would defend the lands it had seized "with all our strength and all our means". Other top Putin allies, including former president Dmitry Medvedev, have suggested that Russia may need to resort to nuclear weapons, but Kadyrov’s call was the most urgent and explicit.
Ramzan Kadyrov, head of Russia's region of Chechnya, said on Saturday that Moscow should consider using a low-yield nuclear weapon in Ukraine after a major new defeat on the battlefield.Īs Russia confirmed the loss of its stronghold of Lyman in eastern Ukraine, Kadyrov wrote on Telegram: "In my personal opinion, more drastic measures should be taken, right up to the declaration of martial law in the border areas and the use of low-yield nuclear weapons." 5:46pm: Chechnya’s Kadyrov calls for Moscow to use ‘low-yield nuclear weapon’ after loss of Lyman Fighting is still going on there," Zelensky said in a late night video address. "The Ukrainian flag is already in Lyman in the Donetsk region. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday said fighting was continuing in the key town of Lyman, which Russia said earlier in the day its troops had abandoned to avoid being trapped. "But we mustn't let ourselves be paralysed." 8:30pm: Zelensky says fighting ‘still going on’ in key Donetsk town of Lyman The system is reckoned among the world's most advanced.Įarlier, meeting her Moldovan counterpart Anatolie Nosatii in Chisinau, Lambrecht urged Western countries not to be deterred from arming Ukraine by threats that Russia could use nuclear weapons. It first emerged in May that Berlin was considering sending the IRIS-T surface-to-air defence system, which costs €150 million. Ukraine has been seeing more attacks from Iranian-made kamikaze drones in recent weeks, costing lives and causing serious damage to infrastructure. "It is very important for drone defence in particular." "In a few days, we will deliver the very modern IRIS-T air defence system," she told ARD television. Lambrecht had extended a visit to nearby Moldova for the meeting. Germany will deliver the first of four advanced IRIS-T air defence systems to Ukraine in the coming days to help ward off drone attacks, its Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht said during an unannounced visit to Odesa on Saturday.Īs air raid sirens sounded in the port city above, Lambrecht held talks with her Ukrainian counterpart Oleksii Reznikov in an underground bunker. 10:00pm: Germany to deliver advanced air defence system to Ukraine For more of our coverage of the war in Ukraine, click here.
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