Ukraine conflict briefing: Maritime drone shoots down Russian fighter jet for first time, says Kyiv | Ukraine

Ukraine has destroyed a Russian Su-30 fighter jet utilizing a missile fired from a seaborne drone, in keeping with Ukraine’s navy intelligence company, in what it mentioned was the world’s first downing of a fight airplane by a maritime drone. The GUR’s assertion on social media on Saturday mentioned the fighter had been shot down by a navy intelligence unit known as Group 13 on Friday over waters close to Novorossiisk, a significant Russian port metropolis on the Black Sea. The Russian defence ministry didn’t touch upon the Ukrainian declare, however an authoritative Russian blogger believed to be near the ministry mentioned the jet had been shot down. “The pilots ejected and have been picked up by civilian sailors,” the blogger, who goes by the title Rybar, mentioned on Telegram. In the meantime, the mayor of Novorossiisk declared a state of emergency on Saturday after native authorities mentioned a Ukrainian drone assault had broken a grain terminal and several other residential buildings, injuring 5 folks.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed a three-day truce ordered by Vladimir Putin as theatrics however mentioned Kyiv was prepared for a full ceasefire. “That is extra of a theatrical efficiency on his half, as a result of in two or three days it’s unattainable to develop a plan for the subsequent steps to finish the conflict,” the Ukrainian president mentioned on Friday in remarks embargoed till Saturday. Moscow claimed the truce, set to coincide with its second world conflict commemorations on 9 Could, was aimed toward testing Kyiv’s “readiness” for long-term peace. Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chair of Russia’s Safety Council, mentioned on Saturday that no person may assure Kyiv would survive to see 10 Could if Ukraine attacked Moscow in the course of the 9 Could celebrations. Zelenskyy mentioned Ukraine wouldn’t be “taking part in video games to create a nice ambiance to permit for Putin’s exit from isolation on 9 Could”. The Kremlin has rejected calls by Kyiv and Washington for an unconditional 30-day ceasefire.

A Russian in a single day drone assault on Kyiv broken a number of residential buildings and set automobiles on hearth all through the town, the navy and officers of the Ukrainian capital mentioned on Sunday. Falling particles from destroyed drones sparked fires at residential buildings in Kyiv’s Obolonskyi and Sviatoshynskyi districts, the top of Kyiv’s navy administration mentioned on social media. Timur Tkachenko added that a number of automobiles all through the town additionally caught hearth from falling drone particles. The mayor, Vitali Klitschko, mentioned on Telegram that medics have been known as to the Sviatoshynskyi district, west of the town centre, the place they supplied help. Kyiv, its surrounding area and the jap half of Ukraine have been beneath air raid alerts for about an hour, beginning quickly after midnight on Sunday native time (2100 GMT).

Russian shelling killed two folks in jap Ukraine’s Donetsk area on Saturday, whereas a drone strike on the southern Ukrainian metropolis of Kherson left one different particular person useless, regional officers mentioned. Within the central area of Cherkasy, a Russian drone assault late on Saturday sparked a number of fires, mentioned the governor, Ihor Taburets. There have been accidents, in keeping with preliminary data.