Russia Ukraine war live: Putin pulls last Russian vessels from Sea of Azov as Swiss NGO office struck

Footage revealed by Russian state media confirmed what seemed to be a Toyota Land Cruiser with its left facet fully torn off within the car parking zone of a posh of high-rise buildings.

The officer within the GRU, Russia’s essential intelligence directorate, is reportedly the deputy head of a army unit primarily based within the Russian capital, and is in vital situation, in line with preliminary accounts on the Telegram messenger app. It is usually believed that his spouse was within the automobile.

Russia has pulled all its vessels out of the Sea of Azov, a physique of water linked to the Black Sea, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian navy mentioned.

“There are not any Russian naval vessels within the Sea of Azov,” the spokesperson, Dmytro Pletenchuk, wrote on Fb.

Ukrainian naval officers have mentioned in latest months that profitable assaults on targets in Russian-annexed Crimea and elsewhere within the Black Sea had pressured the Russian navy to rebase its ships elsewhere.

The war-hit nation which didn’t basically have a selected naval power has knocked out 27 of the overall 80 warships Russia had within the Black Sea earlier than the invasion by damaging or destroying them. These embrace touchdown ships, missile boats, a submarine and a patrol vessel.

Ukrainian forces have deployed primarily missiles and drones to take out Russian warships within the Black Sea, positioned to assault Ukraine’s port and contained in the cities as properly.

At the least three folks have been killed as Russia launched a sequence of assaults on the northeastern Ukrainian metropolis of Kharkiv, hitting the workplace of a Swiss mine-clearing NGO, officers mentioned.

The assault injured six others and broken the workplace of Fondation Suisse De Déminage, the native governor mentioned. Rescue operations continued into the night.

The area’s governor, Oleh Syniehubov, mentioned an in a single day strike destroyed the facade of the workplace and the ceilings on a number of flooring. Six vehicles utilized by the group’s medics have been broken, he mentioned, noting the significance of demining initiatives in his area, probably the most densely strewn with landmines and different doubtlessly dangerous struggle detritus.

Mayor Ihor Terekhov mentioned there had been 5 separate strikes on the town since Russia’s in a single day assault.

Ukraine’s second-largest metropolis and the encompassing area, which borders Russia, have been battered by drone, missile and guided-bomb assaults since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.

Russia denies intentionally focusing on civilians however 1000’s have been killed and injured in its 29-month-old invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine’s high diplomat mentioned Kyiv is ready for talks on the battle with Russia supplied Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity have been totally revered, after a day of “very deep and concentrated” talks in China.

International minister Dmytro Kuleba restated that Ukraine insisted that no settlement might be reached with out its participation in a video tackle. He additionally mentioned he noticed no readiness from Russia to barter in good religion.

“I emphasised two ideas that should be steadfastly upheld. First, no agreements about Ukraine with out Ukraine,” he mentioned in his tackle.

“Second… full respect for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. If these two ideas are adhered to, we are able to interact in any discussions and search any options.”

Mr Kuleba is the very best rating Ukrainian official to journey to China since Russia’s February 2022 invasion. He held talks with Chinese language overseas minister Wang Yi for greater than three hours, a Ukrainian supply within the delegation mentioned.

The Ukrainian overseas ministry, in earlier feedback, quoted him as saying that Ukraine was prepared to interact “when Russia is able to negotiate in good religion” however he emphasised “that no such readiness is at the moment noticed on the Russian facet”.