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11/17/2024November 17, 2024
Russian civilian killed in Belgorod
A Ukrainian drone strike on Russia’s border region killed one civilian on Sunday, according to local governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.
The attack came two days after a much larger Ukrainian drone attack which targeted several Russian regions, including the border regions of Bryansk (one drone) and Kursk (15 drones), as well as Lipetsk (one) and Oryol (one), deeper inside Russian territory.
On that occasion, Belgorod governor Gladkov had reported smashed windows in an apartment building but no casualties.
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Skip next section Precautionary power cuts
11/17/2024November 17, 2024
Precautionary power cuts
implemented emergency power cuts as a precautionary measure in several regions on Sunday morning in order to prevent the country’s already ailing energy grid from overloading in the event of direct hits from .
The country’s largest private energy provider DTEK said in a statement that Russian strikes had “seriously damaged” equipment at thermal power stations, where it said repairs were underway.
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11/17/2024November 17, 2024
Poland scrambles air force
Such was the severity of the Russian assault on Sunday morning that neighboring scrambled fighter jets, radar detection systems and air defense units to protect its southeastern border with Ukraine.
The Polish military said that “all necessary forces” had been mobilized for the protection of the state’s territory.
Poland is a major and member state, and a close ally of with which it shares a common history.
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11/17/2024November 17, 2024
Zelenskyy wants to end war in 2025
Sunday’s Russian attack came a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy,
said the conflict had to be resolved “by diplomatic means.”
Diplomacy between Kyiv and Moscow has at any rate been at a standstill, with Russian President Vladimir Putin saying he will accept talks with Ukraine only if Kyiv surrenders Ukrainian territory that Moscow currently occupies, something Zelenskyy has rejected outright.
The Kremlin said Putin repeated that demand in a on Friday.
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Skip next section ‘One of largest air attacks’ of the war so far
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‘One of largest air attacks’ of the war so far
Widespread Russian air strikes killed at least eight people across on Sunday morning in what Ukrainian officials described as “one of the largest air attacks” of the war so far.
The claimed the strikes targeted facilities that support Ukraine’s defense industry and military enterprises.
But local authorities reported civilian deaths in the southern cities of Mykolaiv and Odesa as well as in the usually quieter western city of Lviv.
Ukrainian President said 140 of around 210 missiles and drones launched by what he called “Russian terrorists” had been shot down.
mf/lo (AP, AFP, dpa, Reuters)
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