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These are the key events on day 1,166 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

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These are the key events on day 1,167 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

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All Moscow airports closed as swarm of Ukrainian drones targets Russian capital from multiple directions

Ukrainian military intelligence claims Su-30 destroyed over waters near Russian port city of Novorossiisk, drawing no comment from Moscow. What we know on day 1,166 * See all our Ukraine war coverage Ukraine has destroyed a Russian Su-30 fighter jet using a missile fired from a seaborne drone, according to Ukraine’s military intelligence agency, in what it said was the world’s first downing of a combat plane by a maritime drone. The GUR’s statement on social media on Saturday said the fighter had been shot down by a military intelligence unit called Group 13 on Friday over waters near Novorossiisk, a major Russian port city on the Black Sea. The Russian defence ministry did not comment on the Ukrainian claim, but an authoritative Russian blogger believed to be close to the ministry said the jet had been shot down. “The pilots ejected and were picked up by civilian sailors,” the blogger, who goes by the name Rybar, said on Telegram. Meanwhile, the mayor of Novorossiisk declared a state of emergency on Saturday after local authorities said a Ukrainian drone attack had damaged a grain terminal and several residential buildings, injuring five people. Volodymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed a three-day truce ordered by Vladimir Putin as theatrics but said Kyiv was ready for a full ceasefire. “This is more of a theatrical performance on his part, because in two or three days it is impossible to develop a plan for the next steps to end the war,” the Ukrainian president said on Friday in remarks embargoed until Saturday. Moscow claimed the truce, set to coincide with its second world war commemorations on 9 May, was aimed at testing Kyiv’s “readiness” for long-term peace. Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chair of Russia’s Security Council, said on Saturday that nobody could guarantee Kyiv would survive to see 10 May if Ukraine attacked Moscow during the 9 May celebrations. Zelenskyy said Ukraine would not be “playing games to create a pleasant atmosphere to allow for Putin’s exit from isolation on 9 May”. The Kremlin has rejected calls by Kyiv and Washington for an unconditional 30-day ceasefire. A Russian overnight drone attack on Kyiv damaged several residential buildings and set cars on fire throughout the city, the military and officials of the Ukrainian capital said on Sunday. Falling debris from destroyed drones sparked fires at residential buildings in Kyiv’s Obolonskyi and Sviatoshynskyi districts, the head of Kyiv’s military administration said on social media. Timur Tkachenko added that several cars throughout the city also caught fire from falling drone debris. The mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said on Telegram that medics were called to the Sviatoshynskyi district, west of the city centre, where they provided assistance. Kyiv, its surrounding region and the eastern half of Ukraine were under air raid alerts for about an hour, starting soon after midnight on Sunday local time (2100 GMT). Russian shelling killed two people in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region on Saturday, while a drone strike on the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson left one other person dead, regional officials said. In the central region of Cherkasy, a Russian drone attack late on Saturday sparked several fires, said the governor, Ihor Taburets. There were injuries, according to preliminary information. Continue reading...

Ukrainian forces reportedly smash back across border into Kursk, where Syrski says offensive has achieved most of its goals. What we know on day 1,168 Ukraine has launched drones at Moscow for the second night in a row, forcing closure of the capital’s three major airports, Russian officials said early on Wednesday. The mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, said six Ukrainian drones approached Moscow and what he claimed was debris from an intercepted drone fell over one of the key highways leading into the city. Russia’s aviation authority, Rosaviatsia, said it halted flights at airports serving Moscow including Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovsky. Ukrainian forces attacked a power substation at the town of Rylsk in Russia’s western Kursk region, the regional governor said early on Tuesday, after Russian war bloggers reported Ukrainian forces firing missiles had smashed through the border in Kursk, crossing minefields with armoured vehicles. The Kursk governor, Alexander Khinshtein, said two people were injured in the substation attack, while two transformers were damaged and power cut. The Russian military blog Rybar said Ukrainian units were trying to advance in Kursk near the settlements of Tyotkino and Glushkovo. The Ukrainian military said its forces had struck a Russian drone command unit near Tyotkino on Sunday. Russia said Ukrainian attacks on its border area near the Sumy region killed three people. Ukrainian prosecutors said on Monday that Russian forces had subjected two settlements in the Sumy region bordering Kursk – Bilopillya and Vorozhba – to artillery fire and guided bomb attacks, killing three residents and injuring four. Local officials ordered evacuations in part of Sumy across from the fighting in Kursk. The Ukrainian commander-in-chief, Gen Oleksandr Syrsky, said on Monday that the Kursk offensive had “achieved most of its goals”, showing Ukraine’s military capabilities and preventing Russia from launching offensives elsewhere on the frontline. In recent weeks, Russia claimed to have quashed Ukraine’s Kursk incursion, but Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, says Kyiv’s forces continue to operate there and in the adjacent Russian region of Belgorod. A Czech-led ammunition initiative has supplied Ukraine with half a million large-calibre rounds already since the start of the year, the Czech Republic’s prime minister, Petr Fiala, said on Monday after meeting Zelenskyy in Prague. Continue reading...

Ukrainian attack over border largely destroys Russian electrical equipment plant; mayor reports drones headed for Moscow. What we know on day 1,167 * See all our Ukraine war coverage Ukraine hopes to receive 3m artillery shells from allies and partners in 2025 including 1.8m under a Czech-led programme, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in Prague on Sunday. “The Czech artillery initiative is working brilliantly,” the Ukrainian president said. Prague steers a European drive to supply artillery ammunition to Ukraine, financed largely by Nato allies. “Not only North Korea is capable of helping [Russia] in the war – we have allies who are helping Ukraine,” Zelenskyy said in comments reported by the Kyiv Independent. Zelenskyy added there would be a meeting on Monday with “Czech defence companies”, with details to be announced later. Discussions were under way for a Ukrainian-Czech pilot training school for F16 fighter jets, which could not be established in Ukraine “due to current security concerns”. Zelenskyy spoke alongside Petr Pavel, president of the Czech Republic and a former Nato general, who said that “Putin can end the war with a single decision but he has not shown any willingness so far”. The Czech prime minister, Petr Fiala, and the speakers of both parliament chambers said they would meet Zelenskyy in Prague on Monday. Ukrainian forces struck an electrical equipment factory in Russia’s Bryansk region close to the border with Ukraine, destroying much of the plant, said the local governor, Alexander Bogomaz. Ukraine said the factory specialised in the production of electronics for Russia’s defence industry. “According to preliminary information, the Strela factory in Suzemka, Bryansk region, is no longer operational following the strike,” said Andriy Kovalenko, head of the government’s Centre for Countering Disinformation. Mash, a Telegram channel with links to Russia’s security services, said the factory produced electrical equipment and was hit by a Grad rocket system. Air defence destroyed four Ukrainian drones flying towards Moscow, the mayor of the Russian capital said early on Monday. Zelenskyy said on Sunday that he did not believe Putin would adhere to a self-declared three-day truce to coincide with Russia’s “victory day” celebrations on 9 May. “This is not the first challenge, nor are these the first promises made by Russia to cease fire. We understand who we are dealing with, we do not believe them.” Citing a military report, he said Russia had carried out more than 200 attacks on Saturday, “so there is no faith [in them]”. Zelenskyy said, though, that a ceasefire with Russia was possible at any moment and called on Kyiv’s allies to apply greater pressure on Moscow otherwise Putin would take no real steps to end the war. The Guardian’s Shaun Walker has investigated how Moscow is using “disposable people” recruited online to carry out sabotage, arson and disinformation campaigns in Europe – sometimes against specific targets related to support for the Ukrainian war effort, but more often simply to cause chaos and unease. While some know exactly what they are doing and why, others do not realise they are ultimately working for Moscow. The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, said in comments broadcast on Sunday said that the need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine had not arisen, and that he hoped it would not, writes Angelique Chrisafis. Putin said Russia could bring the conflict in Ukraine to what he called a “logical conclusion … There has been no need to use those [nuclear] weapons … and I hope they will not be required.” Continue reading...