Ukraine says it destroyed own drone as US denies involvement in Kremlin attack

The Ukrainian air force says it destroyed one of its own drones seen flying over Kiev after experiencing a possible technical fault.

“During a planned flight in the Kiev region on May 4 at approximately 8 p.m., a Bekartar TV2 drone lost control,” the Air Force said in a statement on Telegram.

“Since uncontrolled flight of drones in the sky over the capital could lead to undesirable consequences, it was decided to use mobile fire groups. Target – Destroy!

A Russian official said record high water levels could overwhelm a major dam in southern Ukraine and damage parts of the Russian-controlled Zaporizhia nuclear power station.

If the Novaya Kakhovka dam breaches, the power cable line to the Zaporizhzhya plant’s pumping stations will be flooded, said Renat Karcha, an adviser to the general director of nuclear power firm Rosenergoatom.

“This would create functional problems for the operation of the plant and risks for nuclear safety,” he told Tass.

Last November, after Russian forces withdrew from the nearby southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, satellite imagery showed significant new damage to the dam.

Russian troops captured the nuclear facility shortly after invading parts of Ukraine last year.

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner group, shared a damning video of dozens of his soldiers killed in the past 24 hours as he slammed Russian defense leaders for not providing ammunition to the private military group.

A two-minute video shared on Prigozhin’s press service channel early today shows him standing next to 3-4 rows of dead mercenaries and abusing Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Russian Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov. Are.

Several social media accounts shared the video, in which Mr Prigozhin can be heard shouting: “Shoigu, Gerasimov, where the fuck is the ammunition”.

He is seen highlighting the dead mercenaries whom he claimed had died in the span of only 24 hours yesterday, blaming their deaths on Moscow for not providing them with enough ammunition.

Russia Central Asian foreign ministers are unlikely to face a backlash over their war in Ukraine at an upcoming meeting and instead seek to bolster their influence with the regional grouping.

A meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organization ministers on Friday in India’s beautiful state of Goa is the latest opportunity for the host country to polish its geopolitical credentials as it seeks to cement itself as a consequential global player.

As Ukrainian artists Zhenya Polosina and Anna Ivanenko watched missiles descend on their country, they both decided to use their creativity RussiaThe invasion of working from bunkers or sometimes without electricity and water in the early days of the war KyivHe and other artists began to paint.

Some of his war posters are now on display in New Hampshire. Posters by Ivanenko titled “Our fire is stronger than your bombs” show children studying in a bomb shelter and Ukrainians fleeing the country shortly after the war began. Polosina’s paintings commemorate a female gymnast and a young mathematician who died in missile attacks.

European Union announces renewed plan to ramp up mass production of ammunition, to benefit both ukraine while the country is at war with Russia and to improve the bloc’s geopolitical credibility.

Ukraine is set to launch a planned spring counteroffensive to recover Russian-occupied territory, but the country is burnt out on ammunition according to analysts. The Western Allies provided ammunition, and the government in Kiev asked them to supply more.

“Let’s first give, first deliver, what Ukraine needs immediately. Because once again we know what is happening on the ground. Thierry Bretonsaid the EU Internal Market Commissioner.

A convoy carrying UK fire and rescue vehicles and other life-saving equipment is on its way ukraine,

fire minister chris phillip He said he was “very proud of our continued contribution”, which included the 21 fire and rescue vehicles as well as the 8,000 pieces of equipment the convoy was expected to arrive. poland on Friday.

The donation will be received by the head of the Fire and Rescue Service of Ukraine and this shipment takes the contribution England and the Fire Services of Wales to support Ukraine with 86 fire and rescue vehicles and over 100,000 pieces of equipment.

The former president described the situation as “a disaster”, speaking to GB News in an interview broadcast on Wednesday evening (3 May).

Trump said, “If I were president and I said this, I would end that war in a day, it would take 24 hours.”

“I know [Volodymyr] Zelensky well, I know [Vladimir] Putin well. I will finish it in a period of 24 hours. It would be easy, that deal would be easy.

Viral video of explosion of two drones KremlinThe presidential residence in Moscow and symbol of Russian power has triggered a frenzied cycle of claims and counter-claims, with suggestions that Ukraine staged an assassination attempt. Vladimir Putin spark both shock and doubt.

Russia is charged ukraine It was called a “planned terrorist act” in an attempt to eliminate Mr Putin, adding that two unmanned aerial vehicles deployed in the mission had been neutralized by the Kremlin’s defense systems.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Has denied the allegations, saying “we do not attack Putin” and “we fight on our territory”.

As well as fighting on the frontline, there have been covert operations against both infrastructure and people, writes Kim Sengupta,