Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 237 of the invasion - The Guardian

Moscow stepped up attacks crossed Ukraine connected Monday, killing 4 radical and cutting disconnected power successful a bid of kamikaze drone strikes successful the capital. Ukraine’s premier minister, Denys Shmygal, said Russia launched 5 strikes successful Kyiv, arsenic good arsenic attacks against vigor facilities successful Sumy and the cardinal Dnipropetrovsk regions, knocking retired energy to hundreds of towns and villages.

Elsewhere, at slightest 3 radical were killed erstwhile a Russian warplane crashed adjacent the borderline with Ukraine. The level struck a residential country of Yeysk, a municipality successful southwestern Russia, quality agencies reported, citing the defence ministry. Both pilots managed to eject earlier the crash, but galore locals were taken to infirmary with injuries, section authorities said. Health curate Mikhail Murashko said 3 radical had died and 19 were injured, the state-run TASS quality bureau reported. The ministry of exigency situations had earlier fixed a toll of six dead. The crushed for the discrepancy was not instantly clear.

Ukraine announced that much than 100 prisoners person been swapped with Russia successful what it said was the archetypal all-female speech with Moscow aft astir 8 months of war. “The much Russian prisoners we have, the sooner we volition beryllium capable to escaped our heroes. Every Ukrainian soldier, each frontline commandant should retrieve this,” Zelensky said.

In the south, Ukrainian troops person been pushing person and person to the ample metropolis of Kherson, conscionable northbound of Crimea. Kherson is 1 of 4 regions successful Ukraine that Moscow precocious claimed to person annexed.

Ukraine’s overseas minister called connected the European Union to authorisation Iran for providing Russia with kamikaze drones that killed astatine slightest 4 civilians successful Kyiv connected Monday.

Iran said again connected Monday that it had not provided Russia with drones to usage successful Ukraine. “The published quality astir Iran providing Russia with drones has governmental ambitions and it is circulated by occidental sources. We person not provided weaponry to immoderate broadside of the countries astatine war,” Iran’s overseas ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said. The EU’s overseas argumentation main Josep Borrell said the bloc would look for “concrete evidence” astir the information of Iran successful Russia’s warfare connected Ukraine.

The European Union has agreed to make a ngo to bid 15,000 Ukrainian soldiers. It volition besides supply a further €500m to assistance bargain weapons. An EU overseas ministers gathering connected Monday approved the two-year grooming mission, which volition impact antithetic EU forces providing basal and specializer acquisition to Ukrainian soldiers, successful Poland and Germany. Officials anticipation the mission, which is expected to outgo €107m, volition beryllium up and moving by mid November.

Israeli officials refused to remark connected comments from Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s erstwhile president, that Tel Aviv is preparing to proviso subject assistance to Ukraine. In a Telegram connection connected Monday, Medvedev, presently lawman seat of Russia’s information council, warned Israel against arming Kyiv, calling it a “a reckless move” that would “destroy relations betwixt our countries”. Israel has tried to support a neutral stance, arsenic it relies connected Russia to facilitate its operations against Iranian-linked actors successful Syria.

Marina Ovsyannikova, the erstwhile Russian authorities TV writer who staged an on-air protestation against the warfare successful March, has fled the country, according to her lawyer.