Nato aircraft were deployed over Polish and Romanian airspace overnight and on Wednesday in response to the latest wave of Russian drone and missile attacks on Ukraine.
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Russia pounded Kyiv with drones and ballistic missiles, with falling debris causing damage at a maternity hospital in the capital.
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At least seven people, including two in Kyiv and five in the eastern Donetsk region, have been killed in the attacks.
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Poland scrambled fighter jets “to ensure safety” due to Russian "strikes using jet-powered unmanned aerial vehicles on targets in western Ukraine” but said no violations of its airspace were recorded.
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The alert ended after about an hour.
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Romania also scrambled two F-16s after an aerial target was detected near the Ukrainian border.
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It came as the Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky urged world leaders to keep choking off Russia's revenues and impede its war efforts.
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Zelensky told the UN General Assembly in New York that "Russia's revenues must remain a target".
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He also spoke out against the use of AI in war, and warned: “The longer Putin can wage war, the more evil he will leave behind.”
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US invites Putin to attend G20 summit in December
US secretary of state Marco Rubio said the Trump administration had invited Vladimir Putin to attend the G20 meeting in Miami in December.
The Kremlin said Russia would consider the invitation.
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Rubio spoke following his meeting Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the UN general assembly.
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He said Washington remained open to engaging with Russia on the war in Ukraine, despite stalled efforts to bring an end to the conflict.
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“We’ve invited President Putin to the G20.
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We think it’s an opportunity for him to engage not just with the president but with other world leaders.
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We hope that’s an invitation he’ll accept,” Rubio said.
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Nato aircraft deployed over Poland and Romania amid Russian strikes on Ukraine
Nato aircraft were deployed over Polish and Romanian airspace overnight and on Wednesday morning as Russia launched another wave of drone and missile attacks on Ukraine.
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Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 161 drones, including 82 jet-powered drones, and an unspecified number of Banderol cruise missiles.
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Poland’s Armed Forces Operational Command said Polish fighter jets were scrambled “to ensure safety” amid Russian strikes using jet-powered drones against targets in western Ukraine.
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The alert lasted about an hour, with Polish authorities saying no violation of Polish airspace was recorded.
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Romania also scrambled two F-16 fighter jets after an aerial target was detected near the Ukrainian border.
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Romania’s defence ministry said the aircraft responded to a target manoeuvring near Valkove, on Ukrainian territory, close to the Romanian border.
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The alert ended about an hour later, with authorities reporting no incursion into Romanian airspace.
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Russian attacks in Kyiv kill two as Zelensky calls for peace at UN
Russian forces attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early on Thursday with ballistic missiles, killing two people and injuring six, as debris crashed down on several districts, mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
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Klitschko, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said one of the dead had been in the parking lot of a maternity hospital.
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Three of the six injured were medical personnel and two of those hurt were in a serious condition.
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Part of the hospital facade was damaged, as was a nearby clinic.
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Debris hit the ground in three districts of the capital and Klitschko said part of a residence had also been destroyed.
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"In the Dniprovskyi district, debris fell into the yard of a private property," Klitschko wrote.
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"People may be trapped under rubble".
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He urged residents to remain in shelters.
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Kyiv's military administration said a 16-storey residential building was damaged, along with private homes.
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Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy decried the new Russian missile attack and said the strikes were recurring because of insufficient pressure on Moscow.
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Ukraine's foreign minister holds talks with Iran's Araqchi amid tensions
Ukrainian foreign minister Andrii Sybiha said on Wednesday he discussed ways of keeping tensions in check at a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araqchi.
Sybiha said on X the meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York was a follow-up to a telephone conversation the two held in July.
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In more than 4-1/2 years of conflict with Russia, Ukraine has faced barrages of Iranian-designed drones.
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Kyiv has over that time developed technology to counter drone threats and offered its assistance to Middle Eastern countries facing strikes by Tehran.
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"Diplomacy is about direct conversation, even in challenging circumstances," Sybiha wrote.
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"Our conversation focused on mutual steps to prevent further aggravation of tensions between our countries.
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We agreed to keep existing channels of communication open."
Sybiha said the two ministers exchanged views on the situation in the Middle East and Europe "as well as various tracks of ongoing peace efforts".
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"I reiterated Ukraine's position in support of a sooner restoration of peace and stability in both our regions.
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It comes as a Ukrainian drone strike on an Iranian ship killed one sailor and injured another in July.
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