An F-16 fighter pilot crashed while repelling a Russian air attack. Ukraine has now lost three F-16s since it began operating the US-made jets last year.
Russia first used the Oreshnik intermediate-range hypersonic missile, against Ukraine in November 2024, when Putin said it had fired the missile at a defence enterprise in the Dnipro.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy condemned the attack—one of the deadliest strikes on Ukraine this year—and called for a tough international reaction against Moscow.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said use of the new missile amounted to “a clear and severe escalation” in the war and called for strong worldwide condemnation.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia fired more than 40 missiles, damaging residential and commercial buildings and infrastructure in five cities.
Oleksandr Filchakov, head of the Kharkiv prosecutor’s office, said in a video posted on Telegram, that 23 guests and eight staff were in the hotel when the missiles struck.
A video posted by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy showed smoke billowing from a gaping hole smashed in the side of a 9-storey building, and another 4-storey almost levelled.
Ukraine authorities said the impact was from shot-down cruise or ballistic missiles. The attack struck Desniansky region as well as Dniprovskiy district.
During Xi's visit to Moscow, China proposed a peace plan for Ukraine that the West largely dismisses as vague at best, and at worst a ploy to buy time for Putin to regroup his forces.
Fauja Singh, 114, died after being hit by a speeding car. His death renews questions about India’s deadly roads, rising accidents, and poor traffic discipline.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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