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Drones strike Russian factories more than 1,000km from Ukraine
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The time in Kyiv and Moscow is coming up to 11am. Russia has reported drone attacks over 1,000 km from Ukraine, according to Agence France-Presse.
On Tuesday, Russia said factories in Tatarstan, more than 1,100 kilometres (690 miles) from Ukraine, had been attacked with people wounded in the strikes.
“Drone attacks took place against factories in Tatarstan at Yelabuga and Nizhnekamsk,” Tatar leader Rustam Minnikhanov’s press service said on Telegram.
The attacks “did not cause serious damage and the working of the factories was not affected,” the statement said, adding: “Unfortunately in Yelabuga, there were people wounded”.
There is a special economic zone near Yelabuga that houses chemical and mechanical engineering and metal treatment factories. Nizhnekamsk has a large petrol refinery. Ukrainian intelligence source told Reuters that its military carried out the attacks.
Meanwhile Russian drones targeted energy facilities in overnight raids on Ukraine‘s Dnipropetrovsk and Kirovohrad regions, hitting a target in the latter, Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday.
Separately, Ukraine‘s general staff said air defences had downed nine out of 10 drones that attacked the country overnight.
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Belarus holds military drills near Ukraine border
Belarus has kicked off military exercises on Tuesday in regions bordering Ukraine and European Union members Lithuania and Poland, the Belarusian defence ministry said.
The three-day drills in the Gomel and Grodno regions aim to train officers and territorial defence troops how to defend their respective regions and how to act in case martial law is enacted, the ministry said on the Telegram messaging app.
Belarus is Russia’s closest ally and was used as a launchpad for the invasion of Ukraine.
Ministers and officials from dozens of countries are gathering in the Netherlands on Tuesday for a conference on restoring justice in Ukraine, as the war reaches its third year.
The Dutch government said in a statement, “The Netherlands believes it is of vital importance that truth and justice be achieved both for Ukraine and for all victims of Russia’s aggression.”
Among speakers will be the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court, which has issued arrest warrants for President Vladimir Putin and military officials linked to the war.
During the conference, a register of damage caused by Russia’s invasion will formally open a process that will allow people to submit claims for compensation for damages, loss or injury suffered as a result of the invasion.
Drones strike Russian factories more than 1,000km from Ukraine
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The time in Kyiv and Moscow is coming up to 11am. Russia has reported drone attacks over 1,000 km from Ukraine, according to Agence France-Presse.
On Tuesday, Russia said factories in Tatarstan, more than 1,100 kilometres (690 miles) from Ukraine, had been attacked with people wounded in the strikes.
“Drone attacks took place against factories in Tatarstan at Yelabuga and Nizhnekamsk,” Tatar leader Rustam Minnikhanov’s press service said on Telegram.
The attacks “did not cause serious damage and the working of the factories was not affected,” the statement said, adding: “Unfortunately in Yelabuga, there were people wounded”.
There is a special economic zone near Yelabuga that houses chemical and mechanical engineering and metal treatment factories. Nizhnekamsk has a large petrol refinery. Ukrainian intelligence source told Reuters that its military carried out the attacks.
Meanwhile Russian drones targeted energy facilities in overnight raids on Ukraine‘s Dnipropetrovsk and Kirovohrad regions, hitting a target in the latter, Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday.
Separately, Ukraine‘s general staff said air defences had downed nine out of 10 drones that attacked the country overnight.