Russia says two of its warships were damaged by Ukrainian missile attacks on the port city of Sevastopol on the illegally-occupied Crimean peninsula.
Moscow-appointed governor Mikhail Razvoshev said the attack had injured 24 people.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said Ukraine launched 10 cruise missiles at the shipyard and that anti-aircraft defenses shot down seven of them. It also said three sea drones were destroyed.
Meanwhile, North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un pledged his support to Russian President Vladimir Putin as the two leaders met at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia’s Far East.
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said the bloc will extend special protections for Ukrainian citizens who fled Russia’s war, and reaffirmed Brussels’ support for Kyiv.
Lawmakers gave a standing ovation as von der Leyen paid tribute to Victoria Amelina, a Ukrainian writer and activist who died of her wounds after a Russian missile attack in eastern Ukraine.
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un has told Russian President Vladimir Putin his country is ready to help Moscow protect its security interests in an apparent reference to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The two leaders met at a remote Siberian rocket launch facility, the Vostochny Cosmodrome, for a summit that underscored their separate, intensifying confrontations with the West.
“We have installed all the equipment we planned and we are ready for the winter loads,” Volodymyr Kudrytskiy, the head of the state-owned Ukrenergo power grid operator, told national television.
Earlier this year, Kudrytskiy said fast repairs and equipment sent by Kyiv’s Western partners had proved particularly helpful last winter, allowing residents and businesses to cope.
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Sources say that Storm Shadow missiles were used.
