Kyiv is stepping up its strikes in Russia. One person was killed in the Belgorod region and a Kiev drone was intercepted near Moscow.
Kiev’s strikes in Russia are increasing. One person was killed in a Ukrainian attack on the Russian region of Belgorod on the border with Ukraine, local governor Vyacheslav Gladkov announced. “This morning the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the village of Ourazovo in Valuisk District with Grad missiles,” he wrote on Telegram.
The Russian Defense Ministry said it had fired three Ukrainian ballistic missiles over the Belgorod region on Saturday. According to the Defense Ministry, a Ukrainian drone was also destroyed in the Istrinsky district of the Moscow region on Saturday morning.
Kiev supports Israel’s “indisputable right” to defend itself
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that Israel has the “indisputable right” to defend itself against Hamas attacks from the Gaza Strip. “Terrorism is always a crime, not just against a country or specific victims, but against humanity as a whole,” the head of state said in Telegram. “Israel’s right to defend itself is indisputable,” he stressed. According to him, a special department has been created to help Ukrainians who may need help in Israel.
Moscow calls Washington’s expulsion of Russian diplomats “banal revenge”
The expulsion of two Russian diplomats by the USA is just “banal revenge,” said the Russian ambassador to the USA, Anatoly Antonov. “In fact, it is a banal revenge,” he said in a statement published on Telegram, assuring that “no argument” had been presented to him from the American side about the reasons for this expulsion.
The United States announced Friday the expulsion of two Russian diplomats in retaliation for Moscow’s expulsion of two American diplomats. Russia announced on September 14 the expulsion of two American diplomats accused of serving as “liaison agents” for Robert Schonow. This former Russian employee of the American consulate in Vladivostok was arrested earlier this year and suspected of providing classified information to the United States about the conflict in Ukraine.