Skip next section Kuleba urges delivery of promised air defense missile system
08/29/2024August 29, 2024
Kuleba urges delivery of promised air defense missile system
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, arriving at a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, said he would urge allies to make good on .
“Some Patriot systems were announced and not delivered yet,” Kuleba said. “I will urge all partners who have made their pledges to finally deliver these systems.”
Several countries have promised to provide Ukraine with air defense missile systems, but Kuleba said the delays between announcement and delivery are “sometimes excessively long.”
He also called on EU states to pressure Britain and the United States to drop restrictions on the use of against “legitimate” targets deep inside Russia.
“Since the very beginning of the invasion the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union and other countries act as a coalition,” Kuleba said. “I’m calling on the European Union to play a role and to make their point very clearly and strongly that this is something that needs to be done now if we want to maintain the momentum.”
For fear of escalating the conflict with Russia, both Britain and the US have put limits on Kyiv’s use of donated long-range missiles.
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Skip next section EU foreign ministers to discuss Ukraine in Brussels
08/29/2024August 29, 2024
EU foreign ministers to discuss Ukraine in Brussels
EU foreign ministers are meeting in Brussels on Thursday to discuss the war in Ukraine, as well as the and the
The meeting is informal, meaning the ministers are not expected to make any official decisions. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell will chair the talks.
The meeting was originally scheduled to take place in Budapest, but ministers moved it to Brussels to protest Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in early July.
A discussion on the with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba is the first item on the agenda. Kuleba is expected to report on the latest wave of Russian airstrikes against his country.
Earlier, EU foreign affairs representative Josep Borrell had called on member states to provide more military aid to Kyiv and expressed concern about reports of .
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Skip next section Ukraine confirms it attacked oil facilities in Russia
08/29/2024August 29, 2024
Ukraine confirms it attacked oil facilities in Russia
An artillery depot and two oil storage facilities in Russia were attacked on Wednesday, causing a fire at the Atlas , the Ukrainian military confirmed.
The military said it also hit the Zenit oil facility in Russia’s Kirov region, about 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) northeast of the border with Ukraine. A field artillery depot in Russia’s Voronezh region was also hit, it added in the same statement.
Kyiv says its attacks aim to destroy energy, transport and military infrastructure key to Moscow’s war effort.
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Skip next section Ukraine says it shot down 2 Russian missiles, 60 drones
08/29/2024August 29, 2024
Ukraine says it shot down 2 Russian missiles, 60 drones
Ukrainian forces destroyed 60 of 74 Russian attack drones and two of three missiles launched overnight, the Ukrainian air force said.
“Aviation, anti-aircraft missile, electronic warfare and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Air Force and Defense Forces were involved in repelling the air attack,” it said in the social media post.
About 15 drones were shot down over the Ukrainian capital, said Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv’s military administration.
Drone debris damaged the windows and doors of an apartment building and caused a fire in a non-residential building, which was extinguished, Popko added.
Kyiv Regional Governor Ruslan Kravchenko said the drones caused no damage to critical infrastructure in the Kyiv region, and city and regional authorities reported no casualties.
Russia attacked energy facilities across Ukraine on Monday in airstrikes that Ukrainian officials said involved more than 200 missiles and drones. The renewed has forced Kyiv to rely on emergency and planned power cuts this week to try to stabilize the system.
dh/sms (AP, AFP, dpa, Reuters)
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