Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 250 of the invasion - The Guardian

Russia has launched a question of cruise missiles astatine hydroelectric dams and different captious infrastructure crossed Ukraine connected Monday morning, with explosions reported adjacent the superior Kyiv and successful astatine slightest 10 different cities and regions. Ukraine’s aerial bid said it changeable down 44 retired of 50 force rockets. Video footage suggested that respective missiles were intercepted successful the skies astir Kyiv, soon aft 8am section time. Air raid sirens went disconnected nationally, with citizens told to question shelter.

The politician of Kyiv, Oleksiy Kuleba, said “massive shelling successful the region” had damaged energy and vigor infrastructure. He said residents should adept exigency powerfulness cuts. He added: “There is presently 1 victim. We are clarifying the information.”

The cruise missiles were fired from Russian Tu-90 and T-60 craft flying northbound of the Caspian Sea and the Rostov region. They deed targets successful Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv oblasts, arsenic good arsenic successful the areas of Mikolaiv, Lviv, Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad and Chernivtsi. In a connection connected Facebook, Herman Halushchenko, Ukraine’s vigor curate described Monday morning’s attacks arsenic “barbaric” and said: “Electric substations, hydropower and vigor procreation facilities were deed by rockets.

Fragments from a Russian rocket, changeable down by Ukrainian aerial defence, landed successful Naslavcea, Moldova, damaging immoderate houses and buildings, according to Moldova’s interior ministry.

Twelve atom export ships person near from Ukraine today, contempt Russia pulling retired of the Turkey-UN brokered atom deal, according to Ukraine’s curate of infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov.

Turkey volition proceed its efforts to enactment the Black Sea atom export woody contempt Russian hesitancy, president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said connected Monday aft Russia suspended its information successful the inaugural astatine the weekend.

France is moving towards allowing Ukraine to export nutrient supplies via onshore routes alternatively than by the Black Sea done Poland oregon Romania, the French farming curate Marc Fesneau said connected Monday.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy claimed his forces repelled a “fierce offensive” by Russian troops successful the eastbound Donetsk region. “Today they stopped the fierce violative actions of the enemy,” Zelenskiy said successful his Sunday nighttime address. “The Russian onslaught was repelled.” The fiercest warring successful Donetsk portion has been astir the towns of Bakhmut and Avdiivka.

Russia’s Black Sea flagship vessel, the Admiral Makarov, was damaged and perchance disabled during an audacious Ukrainian drone attack implicit the play connected the Crimean larboard of Sevastopol, according to an introspection of video footage. Open-source investigators said the frigate was 1 of 3 Russian ships to person been deed connected Saturday. A swarm of drones struck Russia’s navy astatine 4.20am. Aides to Zelenskiy hinted the state was down the well-orchestrated raid, though his authorities has not claimed responsibility.

The UN caput general, António Guterres, said helium was “deeply concerned” by Russia’s suspension of the atom export woody and delayed his departure to be the Arab League acme successful Algiers for a time to effort to revive it. Russia requested a gathering connected Monday of the UN’s information assembly to sermon the issue. Guterres was engaged successful “intense contacts” to get the statement backmost and spoke to the EU’s apical diplomat, Josep Borrell.

Kyiv’s infrastructure ministry said connected Sunday that 218 vessels were present “effectively blocked” successful its ports – 22 loaded and stuck astatine ports, 95 loaded and departed from ports, and 101 awaiting inspections.

Russian overseas minister, Sergei Lavrov, expressed “hope” that Joe Biden volition callback the 1962 Cuban rocket crisis when dealing with the warfare successful Ukraine. In an interrogation for a Russian authorities tv documentary connected Sunday, Lavrov said determination were “similarities” betwixt the ongoing warfare successful Ukraine and the 1962 confrontation. “I anticipation that successful today’s situation, President Joe Biden volition person much opportunities to recognize who gives orders and how,” Lavrov said. “The quality is that successful the distant 1962, Khrushchev and Kennedy recovered the spot to amusement work and wisdom, and present we bash not spot specified readiness connected the portion of Washington and its satellites,” helium added.