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08/25/2024August 25, 2024
Reuters journalists injured in Russian strike on Kramatorsk, news agency says
staged overnight strikes on Kramatorsk, a city in eastern , injuring two journalists and leaving another missing.
Ukrainian prosecutors said a Russian Iskander missile hit a hotel where the reporters were staying, causing damage to the building and a nearby high-rise.
“One of our colleagues is unaccounted for, while another two have been taken to hospital for treatment,” the Reuters news agency said, adding that it was “urgently seeking more information.”
Reuters said “three other colleagues have been accounted for” and said it was “working with the authorities in Kramatorsk, and supporting our colleagues and their families.”
Kramatorsk is the last major city under Ukrainian control in the region and lies around 20 kilometers (13 miles) from the frontline.
It is often used as a base for aid workers and foreign journalists.
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08/25/2024August 25, 2024
Zelenskyy open to India hosting second peace summit
Ukrainian President said he was open to hosting a second summit for peace to end invasion of its neighbor.
Zelenskyy said he had told Indian Prime Minister during on Friday that he hoped to find a host among countries in the Global South.
Although India was represented at the first conference in Switzerland in June, New Delhi declined a request to sign the joint communique at the end of the summit, which called for a “comprehensive, lasting and just peace” in Ukraine.
Several other, mostly nations — made up of the world’s fastest-growing economies — also refused to sign the communique.
“I want to be frank, and this applies not only to India but to any state that would be positive about hosting a second summit. We will not be able to hold a peace summit in a country that has not yet joined the peace summit communique,” Zelenskyy said.
More than 80 countries and international organizations endorsed Ukraine’s territorial integrity in the face of .
Talks are currently going on with Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey and Switzerland regarding hosting the second summit.
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Skip next section Ukraine strikes Belgorod, killing 6 people, Russian authorities say
08/25/2024August 25, 2024
Ukraine strikes Belgorod, killing 6 people, Russian authorities say
Six people were killed in Ukrainian strikes on border region of Belgorod, the local governor said.
A strike on the village of Rakitnoye left five people dead and wounded a dozen others, according to Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov
He said 13 others were wounded, with six in a “serious condition,” including a 16-year-old in intensive care.
Twelve residential buildings, two shops and seven cars were damaged in the bombardment.
Rakitnoye is just over 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the border with .
Gladkov later wrote on the Telegram messaging app that a man was killed by a Ukrainian drone attack in the village of Solovyevka further south.
mm/wd (Reuters, AP, AFP, dpa)
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