Russia reports drone strike, as Zelenskyy denies Nord Stream role
Russia reported a major fire at an Ozon logistics hub in Krasnodar after a drone attack on Monday, while Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelens...
Russia reported a major fire at an Ozon logistics hub in Krasnodar after a drone attack on Monday, while Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy denied Kyiv’s official involvement in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline blasts.
Russian online retailer Ozon's logistics hub in Makhachkala in Dagestan was on fire after a drone attack, it said on the Telegram messaging app on Monday.
The company has also temporarily shut down two warehouses in the nearby regions of Stavropol and Adygeya in the North Caucasus amid a drone attack alert, it said, though they were not damaged.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a post on X that the EU had lit up its building in blue and yellow on the eve of Ukraine’s 35th Independence Day.
Russian online retailer Ozon said on Monday a major fire broke out at its logistics hub in Krasnodar in southern Russia after a drone attack, with operations there stopped.
In a Telegram messaging app, Ozon said that there were no casualties, according to preliminary data.
South Korea's Defence Ministry said North Korea was continuing preparations for an additional troop deployment to Russia, but had detected no signs that such a deployment was imminent, according to a South Korean lawmaker's office.
The assessment came after North Korea's Kim Yo Jong, sister of leader Kim Jong Un, last week denied Ukrainian President's claim that Pyongyang planned to send up to 50,000 more troops to Russia to fight for its ally.
"Ukraine has never officially taken part in any operations regarding the blowing up of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline," President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told reporters in Kyiv.
The Nord Stream 1 and 2 natural gas pipelines between Russia and Germany were damaged in explosions in September 2022. Two Ukrainian suspects are currently in custody related to the incident.
Iran on Saturday denounced U.S. plans to announce new sanctions that could put further strain on the Islamic Republic's economy and have an impact on its most important trading partners including China.
A large-scale drone attack has hit Russia's Samara region, damaging facilities and disrupting operations at an Ozon logistics complex, according to regional authorities and the company.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has rejected calls for a wartime election, arguing that holding a vote while Russia's full-scale invasion continues would divide the country and undermine national unity.
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