Closing summary
… and on that note, it’s a wrap!
US special envoy Keith Kellogg has said that Russian president Vladimir Putin “probably, in his heart of hearts, realises he can’t win” the war against Ukraine, as he appeared to signal his backing for strong response from Nato partners in case of future Russian incursion into their airspace (13:41).
Kellogg told a conference in Poland that the US focus was to “stop the largest land war in Europe since the second world war,” stressing that losses have far exceeded any other major recent conflicts (10:16).
One person has been killed and at least 20 injured after a Russian drone attack in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, just hours after Kellogg’s comments (17:53).
Poland has arrested a Ukrainian man sought by a German warrant for his alleged involvement in the 2022 bombing of the Nord Stream gas pipelines, prosecutors said (12:07, 15:17)
Meanwhile,
Copenhagen residents have been warned of a “massive invasion of police officers” as the Danish capital prepares to host two back-to-back European summits amid rising tensions after more than a week of drone incursions and accusations of hybrid attacks and sabotage (11:59).
A number of countries, including France, Germany, Poland, Sweden, the UK, Ukraine and the US, have offered their support to help increase the capital’s security during the summits (11:27, 13:44, 15:46, 16:58, 17:43).
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One dead, at least 20 injured in Russian drone attack on Ukraine
in Kyiv
One person has been killed and at least 20 injured after a Russian drone attack on Tuesday afternoon in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro.
Serhii Lysak, the governor of Dnipropetrovsk oblast, said there was extensive damage after a Shahed drone plunged into a downtown area. An office building and a car caught fire. An apartment block, dormitory and cultural institution were damaged, he said, together with many vehicles.
Video footage posted on Telegram showed paramedics at the scene treated a blood-covered man lying on the pavement, against a backdrop of flames and smoke.
Lysak described the strike as a “cynical enemy attack on peaceful residents”. It happened “in the middle of the day, when children and people were at work”, he said.
The governor called for more sanctions on Russia and for allies in Europe to help Ukraine “build reliable protection against Russian drones and missiles”.
“Only joint and strong action can defeat these terrorists. Russia must be responsible for what it is doing,” he wrote on social media.
