Ukraine struggle 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 army intelligence company, in what it stated was the world’s first downing of a fight airplane by a maritime drone. The GUR’s assertion on social media on Saturday stated the fighter had been shot down by a army 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 stated the jet had been shot down. “The pilots ejected and had been picked up by civilian sailors,” the blogger, who goes by the identify Rybar, stated on Telegram. In the meantime, the mayor of Novorossiisk declared a state of emergency on Saturday after native authorities stated a Ukrainian drone assault had broken a grain terminal and a number of other residential buildings, injuring 5 folks.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed a three-day truce ordered by Vladimir Putin as theatrics however stated 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 unimaginable to develop a plan for the following steps to finish the struggle,” the Ukrainian president stated on Friday in remarks embargoed till Saturday. Moscow claimed the truce, set to coincide with its second world struggle commemorations on 9 Could, was geared toward testing Kyiv’s “readiness” for long-term peace. Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chair of Russia’s Safety Council, stated on Saturday that no one might assure Kyiv would survive to see 10 Could if Ukraine attacked Moscow through the 9 Could celebrations. Zelenskyy stated Ukraine wouldn’t be “taking part in video games to create a nice environment 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 army and officers of the Ukrainian capital stated on Sunday. Falling particles from destroyed drones sparked fires at residential buildings in Kyiv’s Obolonskyi and Sviatoshynskyi districts, the pinnacle of Kyiv’s army administration stated 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, stated on Telegram that medics had been known as to the Sviatoshynskyi district, west of the town centre, the place they offered help. Kyiv, its surrounding area and the jap half of Ukraine had 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 individual useless, regional officers stated. Within the central area of Cherkasy, a Russian drone assault late on Saturday sparked a number of fires, stated the governor, Ihor Taburets. There have been accidents, in keeping with preliminary info.