Russia attacks several major cities with missiles. Air alert in almost all parts of Ukraine. The news ticker.
- the EU warns against the use of nuclear weapons Russia.
- The Kremlin speaks a threat to the United States out, should the country supply more multiple rocket launchers.
- Editor’s note: News about the military developments in the Ukraine conflict read in this news ticker. The information comes partly from warring parties in the Ukraine war and cannot be directly verified independently.
+++ 10.30 a.m.: Ukraine vows revenge for Russian rocket attacks on several cities. “The enemy will be punished for the pain and death brought upon our land! We will get our revenge!” the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense said in a statement.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called Russian President Vladimir Putin “a terrorist whose language is rockets.” Putin’s only tactic is terror against peaceful Ukrainian cities, Kuleba wrote on Twitter, but he will not destroy Ukraine. The rocket attacks are also Putin’s answer to all the pacifiers who wanted to talk to him about peace.
News about the Ukraine war: Authorities report five dead and twelve injured in Kyiv
+++ 10.10 a.m.: According to the authorities, at least five people were killed and twelve were injured in the Russian rocket attacks on Kyiv. “As of this writing, the deaths of five and the injuries of 12 Kievans have been confirmed,” Interior Ministry adviser Anton Gerashchenko said on his Telegram channel. A children’s playground was also hit.
+++ 9.40 a.m.: The center of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv was shaken by heavy explosions in the morning. Eyewitnesses reported three to four impacts. It was unclear how many people were injured or died. Mayor Vitali Klitschko emphasized that people should definitely stay in bunkers. The city center should be avoided. “The streets in the center are closed by security forces, rescue services are on duty,” said Klitschko.
“One of the rockets fell by the Grushevsky monument on Volodymyr Street. Rescuers are at work,” said Interior Ministry adviser Anton Gerashchenko. Volodymyr Street is right in the center of Kiev. Kyiv has been hit by Russian missiles several times since the beginning of the Russian war of aggression. It was the worst incident of its kind and the first attack on the city in months. Rocket attacks were also reported in other parts of Ukraine (see update from 9:10 a.m.).
News about the Ukraine war: air alert in large parts of Ukraine
+++ 09.10 a.m.: Russia has apparently launched a series of rocket attacks on several cities in Ukraine. In addition to the capital Kyiv (see update from 08.50 a.m.), other large cities are also affected. The Ukrainian presidential office spoke of attacks on “many” cities. “They are trying to destroy us,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram. Air alert is currently in effect in almost all parts of Ukraine.
“A massive rocket attack on the area, there are dead and wounded,” said the military governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region around the industrial city of Dnipro, Valentin Resnichenko, on his Telegram channel. The authorities in Lviv, Khmelnytskyi and Zhytomyr also report impacts. The cities of Nikopol and Marhanets, across the Dnipro River from the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, were also reportedly hit.
Ukraine war news: Kyiv under fire
+++ 08.50 a.m.: According to Mayor Vitaly Klitschko, the Ukrainian capital Kyiv is under Russian rocket fire. Targets were hit in the center of Kyiv, Klitschko said on Telegram. He urged people to seek shelter. The deputy chief of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, had previously threatened Ukraine with retaliation for the explosions on the Crimean bridge, which is strategic for Russia.
+++ Update from Monday, October 10th, 07:53: Explosions are said to have occurred in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv in the morning. The newspaper reports Kyiv Independent. Accordingly, smoke rose from the center of the city. Mayor Vitali Klitschko is said to have confirmed several explosions in Kyiv on Telegram, and the rescue workers are already on duty.
Ukraine war: “Constant terror” – Selenskyj does not expect negotiations
+++ 10:18 p.m.: The Ukrainian head of state Volodymyr Zelenskyy has confirmed the impossibility of negotiations with Russia. “The constant terror against the civilian population is Russia’s obvious rejection of real negotiations,” Zelenskyy said in a video message at night. “Terror at the state level is one of the worst international crimes.”
Shortly before, Russian President Vladimir Putin had blamed the Ukrainian secret service for the recent attack on the Crimean bridge and spoke of an “act of terrorism”.
“Putin accuses Ukraine of terrorism? That looks too cynical even for Russia,” Ukrainian presidential office adviser Mykhailo Podoliak responded on Twitter. Podoljak referred to recent rocket attacks in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhia, as a result of which more than a dozen people were reported to have died. “No, there is only one terrorist state – and the whole world knows who it is.”
News on the Ukraine war: Russian soldiers are remembered as “thieves, rapists and murderers”.
+++ 9.40 p.m.: Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov has promised Russian soldiers safety if they surrender in the Ukraine war. “You will be remembered as thieves, rapists and murderers,” he said to the fighters from Russia in a video address circulated on social media. “I’ll tell you what’s next. Thousands of Russian boys will die. We guarantee immediate life, safety and justice to all those who refuse to fight,” the minister added.
News on the Ukraine war: Putin describes the explosion on the Crimean bridge as an “act of terrorism” by Ukraine
+++ 7.50 p.m.: Kremlin boss Vladimir Putin has blamed the Ukrainian secret service SBU for the massive explosion on the Crimean bridge. “There is no doubt. This is an act of terrorism aimed at destroying critical civilian infrastructure in the Russian Federation,” Putin said in the evening.
News about the Ukraine war: FSB accuses Ukraine of hundreds of attacks on Russian territory
+++ 7.14 p.m.: Russia’s feared domestic secret service FSB has accused Ukraine of more than 100 attacks on Russian territory – since the beginning of October alone. The FSB said that a total of 32 towns in the Bryansk, Kursk and Belgorod regions bordering Ukraine had been shelled in the past few days. The number of attacks has recently increased significantly. One person was killed and five others injured in the attacks, Moscow said. This could not be verified independently.
News on the Ukraine war: Seven Luhansk locations recaptured – “There is hope”
+++ 5.38 p.m.: According to its own statements, Ukraine has recaptured seven towns in the largely Russian-held Luhansk region in the east of their country in the past few days. These included the villages of Novolyubiwka and Grekivka, wrote the Ukrainian head of administration for Luhansk, Serhiy Hajdaj, in the messenger service Telegram. “There is hope,” said Hajdaj.
News about the Ukraine war: Slovakia delivers two wheeled howitzers to the Ukraine
+++ 2.45 p.m.: Slovakia’s Defense Minister Jaroslav Nad has announced that his country will hand over two more Zuzana 2 wheeled howitzers to Ukraine. “We gave the aggressor Putin yet another gift,” Nad wrote sarcastically on Twitter. Russian President Vladimir Putin turned 70 on Friday. The delivery of the wheeled howitzer is part of a commercial order for a total of eight Zuzana howitzers. The delivery of two of these howitzers is still pending. Denmark, Norway and Germany want to jointly finance the production of 16 more weapon systems of this type for Ukraine.
Ukraine War – Governor: Russian forces fire nearly 70 shells at Nikopol district
+++ 1.45 p.m.: According to the governor of the Dnepropetrovsk region, Valentyn Reznichenko, Russian forces destroyed a power line in Nikopol. In addition, houses, shops, a pharmacy and a farm were damaged.
Ukraine war – media: EU wants to train 15,000 Ukrainian soldiers
+++ 10.45 a.m.: The European Union should step up training for Ukrainian military personnel. According to media reports, the EU wants to train up to 15,000 Ukrainians in EU countries next winter. As the world on Sunday citing high-ranking EU diplomats, the two operational headquarters are said to be in Germany and Poland. The mandate for the training mission will initially be valid for two years.
According to the report, the responsible EU ambassadors within the framework of the “Political and Security Committee” (PSC) passed a resolution according to which the corresponding modules and structures should be set up quickly. the world on Sunday writes, citing diplomatic circles, that a multinational training command at operational level is to be set up in Poland. Ukrainian soldiers are to be trained in defense against chemical, biological and nuclear weapons, in medical services and in dealing with cyber attacks. This also included training in military logistics, in the repair of weapons, in urban combat and in questions of air defense and artillery use.
Ukraine War – Zelenskyy: “Very hard fighting” for the eastern town of Bakhmut
+++ 08.25 a.m.: Fierce fighting is taking place around the strategically important city of Bakhmut in the eastern Donetsk region. This was announced by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in his evening address on Saturday (October 8, 2022). “We are holding our positions in Donbass, especially towards Bakhmut, where very, very hard fighting is taking place now,” Zelenskyy said. “I would like to commend once again today our soldiers of the 93rd Mechanized Brigade Kholodny Yar for their courage and continued strength in this direction.”
Zelenskyy also said that one of the top priorities for Ukraine at the moment is “to speed up the decisions of our partners to provide Ukraine with sufficient quantities of modern and effective air defense systems.” to supply Ukraine with weapons, including the IRIS-T air defense system. There are also a total of 100 tanks from Greece and Slovakia.
Ukraine War: Death toll in Zaporizhia rises
First report from Sunday, October 9th: After a Russian rocket attack in the center of the city of Zaporizhia on Thursday, the death toll has continued to rise, according to Ukrainian sources. At least 17 people were killed, including a child, the Ukrainian state emergency service said on the online service Telegram. On Saturday, Ukrainian authorities had already corrected the number of deaths to 14.
The city of Zaporizhia, controlled by Ukrainian units, is located in the region of the same name, in which the Russian-occupied Zaporizhia nuclear power plant is also located. Moscow annexed the region last week, although it is not fully under the control of Russian troops. (with agencies)