KYIV — A Russian drone hit Kyiv’s North Bridge on Saturday morning — the fifth strike on the Ukrainian capital’s bridges in three days. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko confirmed that two people had been injured in the attack and that the tram network running across the bridge had been damaged, in statements posted to the Telegram messaging app. As of Saturday noon, car traffic had resumed across the bridge. Source link
It could take Ukraine several years to start building Patriot air defence interceptors and doing so is not an immediate solution for Kyiv, Marco Rubio has said. “I mean, these are highly sophisticated weaponry,” the US secretary of state told Fox News. The US was negotiating with Ukraine over licensed production of Patriot missiles, Rubio said. “That may come to fruition, but it really won’t solve the short-term challenge that they’re pointing to,” he said, adding that “the whole world is asking for more air interceptors” but US needs came first. “It’s become the number one defence need on the planet, not just for Ukraine, but on the planet,” including in the Middle East because of the US-Israeli war against Iran. Source link
After four years of war, life in Lukianivka, the most frequently hit part of the Ukrainian capital, is a mix of adaptability and endurance, defiance and denial, resignation and resilience. Source link
Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged that the country was suffering from “a certain shortage” of fuel after repeated Ukrainian strikes in their four-year war. Moscow is now looking to increase anti-air defence capacity and ensure fuel supplies – which could even imply importing fuel. FRANCE 24’s Rochelle Ferguson-Bouyahi tells us more about the shortages, and what they reveal about Ukraine’s growing drone industry. Keywords for this article Source link
