Russia Ukraine war latest news: Putin launches fresh strikes on Kyiv as explosions rock Ukrainian cities

Air raid alerts had been sounded for all of Ukraine within the early hours as we speak and the navy warned of potential Russian missile strikes in a large arc extending from Kyiv to central areas and the south.

Even an hour after the warnings had been issued, the residents in Kyiv had been requested to stay in shelters by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Telegram channel. Warnings had been issued for a variety of different areas, together with Zhytomyr west of the capital and Kirovohrad, Cherkassy and Dnipropetrovsk in central Ukraine.

Individuals in Kyiv reported listening to anti-aircraft models in motion. There have been additionally stories of explosions in different main cities, but it surely was unsure whether or not these had been from missile impacts or anti-aircraft exercise.

The warnings additionally prolonged north of Kyiv and to the south and west to Vinnystia, Khmelnitskyi and Chernivtsi areas.

Different Telegram channels warned of potential strikes within the central area of Poltava and additional south in Mykolaiv area.

In an announcement posted on Telegram, the area’s Russian-backed governor Sergei Aksyonov stated that wagons loaded with grain had been derailed and that there have been no accidents within the Crimea blast.

Earlier, the Baza Telegram channel, which has hyperlinks to Russian safety providers, had reported an explosion on a railway line within the area, which was annexed by Russia in 2014.

Japan is about to obtain injured Ukrainian troopers at a Tokyo hospital run by its navy, a senior member of Japan’s ruling coalition stated on Thursday.

It could be the primary time the Self-Defence Pressure Central Hospital has handled overseas troopers, a lawmaker informed Reuters, requesting anonymity as a result of the deal will not be but public.

Particulars will likely be determined at a gathering between Japanese defence minister Yasukazu Hamada and Ukrainian ambassador to Japan Sergiy Korsunsky in a while Thursday, however prices will seemingly be shouldered principally by the Japanese facet, the lawmaker stated.

Rail visitors has been suspended between Simferopol, the capital of the Crimean peninsula, and town of Sevastopol, a Russian-installed official within the space stated on Thursday.

Earlier, the Baza Telegram channel, which has hyperlinks to Russian safety providers, had reported an explosion on a railway line within the area, which was annexed by Russia in 2014.

The Russian state is probably going successfully banning senior officers from resigning from their jobs whereas the ‘Particular Navy Operation’ continues, the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) stated as we speak.

“The measures seemingly lengthen to a minimum of regional leaders, safety officers and members of the highly effective Presidential Administration,” it stated.

It added: “In personal circles of Russia, many officers are seemingly extremely sceptical concerning the struggle, in addition to typically experiencing work stress inside the dysfunctional wartime equipment. The ban is probably going enforced with robust hints that resignees will face trumped up legal prices.”

“In addition to worrying about functionality gaps resignees would go away, the authorities are seemingly additionally making an attempt to forestall any impression of defeatism, and to bolster a way of collective duty for the struggle,” the ministry claimed.

Falling particles throughout an air raid triggered two fires within the japanese districts of Kyiv, officers stated as we speak.

One hearth had damaged out in a storage facility within the Darnitsya area of the capital and particles additionally fell within the Dnipro area of Kyiv, mayor Vitaly Klitschko stated. He added there have been no casualties from both of the incidents.

The pinnacle of Kyiv’s navy administration, Serhiy Popko, stated on Telegram {that a} hearth had damaged out in non-residential premises within the Desnyansky district, simply east of the capital. He offered no info on casualties.

Ukraine, it claims, continues to be holding on to a big space of Bakhmut after taking some again from Russian troops and persevering with to advance in some elements.

“Virtually 20 sq. kilometers liberated within the suburbs in latest days haven’t been misplaced. We’re transferring on. We’re advancing in some areas,” stated Ukraine’s deputy defence minister Hanna Maliar.

She did nevertheless add the “fierce combating” continues to be ongoing within the space, and Russian troops are additionally advancing.

China and Ukraine agreed they need to work collectively to proceed their mutual respect and hold their mutually useful cooperation transferring ahead, the Chinese language overseas ministry stated as we speak.

“China has all the time performed a constructive function in assuaging the humanitarian state of affairs in Ukraine in its personal method and can proceed to supply help to Ukraine inside its capability,” the overseas ministry stated.

The assertion comes after China’s particular envoy of eurasian affairs Li Hui met with the president of Ukraine.

No less than one particular person was killed by a Russian missile strike on an industrial facility within the southern Ukrainian metropolis of Odesa as we speak.

Two extra folks had been wounded within the Odesa assault, navy administration spokesman Serhiy Bratchuk wrote on Telegram.

Officers stated the falling particles throughout an air raid triggered two fires within the japanese districts of Kyiv.

Kyiv was attacked with cruise missiles for the second evening in a row however all of them had been downed by air defences, the pinnacle of Kyiv’s navy administration Serhiy Popko stated.