Russia-Ukraine war: Aim to enable Belarus air force to carry nuclear weapons, says Russian President Putin
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THE TIMES OF INDIA | Jun 25, 2022, 23:58:28 IST

Russia-Ukraine war: Aim to enable Belarus air force to carry nuclear weapons, says Russian President Putin

Russian missiles rained down across Ukraine on Saturday, hitting military facilities in the west and the north as well as a southern city as the biggest land conflict in Europe since World War Two entered its fifth month. Stay with TOI for latest updates:Read Less

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22:48 (IST) Jun 25

Russia says it has full control over Sievierodonetsk - Interfax

Russian forces have established full control over the Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk, Russia's Interfax new agency cited the defence ministry as saying on Saturday. Ukrainian officials said earlier in the day that their troops had withdrawn from the city after a prolonged battle.

22:38 (IST) Jun 25

Russia will deliver missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads to Belarus in the coming months, President Vladimir Putin said Saturday as he received Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko. "In the coming months, we will transfer to Belarus Iskander-M tactical missile systems, which can use ballistic or cruise missiles, in their conventional and nuclear versions," Putin said in a broadcast on Russian television at the start of his meeting with Lukashenko in Saint Petersburg.

22:02 (IST) Jun 25

Aim to enable Belarus air force to carry nuclear weapons, says Russian President Putin

20:45 (IST) Jun 25

Putin and Lukashenko discuss situation with global supply of fertilisers

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko discussed the global fertiliser supply situation at a meeting on Saturday. "I would like to talk to you in terms of meeting global market needs," Putin said in footage from the meeting posted on social media by a reporter from state broadcaster Russia 1. Russia and Belarus are major suppliers of fertiliser to the global market, Putin added.

20:26 (IST) Jun 25

Ukraine reports attack from Belarus, fighting in Lysychansk

Ukraine said it came under "massive bombardment" Saturday from neighbouring Belarus, a Russian ally not officially involved in the conflict, as clashes were reported in the streets of the eastern city of Lysychansk. Twenty rockets "fired from the territory of Belarus and from the air" targeted the village of Desna in the northern Chernigiv region, Ukraine's northern military command said.

20:05 (IST) Jun 25

Russian forces occupy all of Ukraine's Sievierodonetsk: Mayor

The mayor of Sievierodonetsk said Russian forces had fully occupied the strategic frontline city in eastern Ukraine after weeks of fighting and bombardment. "The city is now under the full occupation of Russia. They are trying to establish their own order, as far as I know they have appointed some kind of commandant," Mayor Oleksandr Stryuk said on national television.

17:57 (IST) Jun 25

Ukraine says Russia aiming to drag Belarus into war after strikes

Ukraine on Saturday said Russia was aiming to drag its ally Belarus into the war, after reporting that missiles which struck a border region near Kyiv came from Belarusian territory. Twenty rockets fired from Belarusian territory and the air targeted the village of Desna in the northern Chernigiv region at around 05:00 am (0200 GMT) on Saturday, Ukraine's northern military command wrote in a statement on Facebook.

17:10 (IST) Jun 25

Ukraine on Saturday said Russia was aiming to drag its ally Belarus into the war, after reporting that missiles which struck a border region near Kyiv came from Belarusian territory. Twenty rockets fired from Belarusian territory and the air targeted the village of Desna in the northern Chernigiv region at around 05:00 am (0200 GMT) on Saturday, Ukraine's northern military command wrote in a statement on Facebook.

15:58 (IST) Jun 25

Russian protests over Ukraine, Moldova EU bids show weakness: Kyiv

Russia's protests over the EU giving Ukraine and Moldova candidate status show Moscow's weakness, Ukraine's top diplomat said on Saturday. "After decades of lost policies based on aggression, coercion and lack of respect, all that Russia can do now is to spit threats against other states," Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Twitter. "All it does is show Russia's weakness."

14:53 (IST) Jun 25

Russian artillery and air strikes pounded the twin cities of Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk in the eastern Luhansk region on Friday, smashing into a chemical plant where hundreds of civilians were trapped, a Ukrainian official said on Saturday.

14:53 (IST) Jun 25

Russian missiles rained down across Ukraine on Saturday, hitting military facilities in the west and the north as well as a southern city as the biggest land conflict in Europe since World War Two entered its fifth month. (Reuters)

14:20 (IST) Jun 25

Missiles fired from Belarus toward Chernigiv border region: Ukrainian army (AFP)

12:42 (IST) Jun 25

A strike on the military training facility near Yavoriv in March killed 35 people and wounded at least 130, according to Ukrainian officials.

12:32 (IST) Jun 25

Kozitsky said six missiles were fired from the Black Sea, with four hitting the base and two being intercepted and destroyed before hitting the target.

11:58 (IST) Jun 25

A Russian strike on the Yavoriv military facility in western Ukraine wounded four people, Lviv governor Maxim Kozitsky said in a video post on Saturday. (Reuters)

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