War in Ukraine: Russian jet crashes into building; Zelensky asks for more air defence systems
Rescue workers at work near a site of drone attack. Photo: Getty Images
Ukraine has called on the international community to provide more air defence systems to Kyiv as Russia has increased its use of drones and missiles. Russia has been pounding Ukrainian cities with 'kamikaze' drones reportedly imported from Iran.
The international community is also discussing whether Iran has breached UN sanctions by providing Russia with the drones. Iran has denied its role.
On Monday, October 17, several drone strikes were reported in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities. A six-month-pregnant woman and her husband were among those killed on Monday in the recent wave of attacks.
State of play: Ukraine has accused Russia of kidnapping two of its officials from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant.
#UPDATE Ukraine's state nuclear energy agency says Russian forces have 'kidnapped' the assistant general director and head of IT of the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia power plant in southern Ukraine
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) October 18, 2022
The pair have been taken 'to an unknown destination', Energoatom said pic.twitter.com/3IMKnYRpnN
- Ukraine war is also resulting in increasing number of accidents and casualties in Russia. At least 13 people including 3 children were killed after a jet crashed into an apartment building in Russia's southwestern region.
- Russian media said that the pilots had ejected before the jet crashed.
#UPDATE At least 13 people, including three children, were killed after a Russian military plane crashed in Yeysk in southwest Russia
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) October 18, 2022
Moscow authoriites said rescuers had finished searching the rubble and found 10 more bodies, after earlier announcing three deaths pic.twitter.com/leHDltwkdH
- Russian state TV journalist, Marina Ovsyannikova, who protested against the war in Ukraine on Live TV, has fled the country.
- Ovsyannikova was put on a wanted list following her protest. According to reports, she has fled Russia with her daughter and is reportedly in Europe.
- Three more strikes were reported at power facilities in Kyiv.
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— Phil Stewart (@phildstewart) October 17, 2022
(Reuters) - Former Russian state TV journalist Marina Ovsyannikova has fled the country after escaping from house arrest, her lawyer said on Monday.
She denounced the war in Ukraine during a live news bulletin on state television pic.twitter.com/Isg0bSQ0YY
- Ukraine said that it swapped another 100 Russian POWs with Ukrainian soldiers. The exchange was also an all-female prisoner swap.