Ukraine intrusion live: Drone strikes hits Russia as Zelensky cautions Putin ‘war is coming to you’ – latest war news

Vladimir Putin’s assistant and previous Russian president Dmitry Medvedev threatened that Moscow “would be forced” to release a nuclear weapon if Ukraine’s counteroffensive was a success.

“Imagine if the offensive, which is backed by Nato, was a success and they tore off a part of our land, then we would be forced to use a nuclear weapon, according to the rules of a decree from the president of Russia,” he said.

Mr Medvedev said that “there would simply be no other option”.

“So our enemies should pray for our warriors’ (success). They are making sure that a global nuclear fire is not ignited,” he said.

One female and a 10-year-old kid are amongst those killed after a Russian rocket struck a home building in the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih on Monday.

The death toll has actually increased to 4, with reports that 43 individuals were hurt after the nine-storey domestic complex was struck in president Volodymyr Zelensky’s home town.

The news was verified the guv of Dnipropetrovsk.

In a message on Telegram, Serhiy Lysak supposedly composed: “Unfortunately, tragic news. Four people have already died in Kryvyi Rih. Among them is a 10-year-old child. There may be people under the rubble. Also, emergency workers have already rescued four people. One of them is a child. The search operation is ongoing.”

The Kremlin said on Monday it required to learn the function of upcoming talks supposedly prepared in Saudi Arabia about the war in Ukraine.

The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday that Saudi Arabia would welcome Western states, Ukraine and significant establishing nations to the prepared talks. The paper said Kyiv and Western nations hoped that the talks, which would leave out Russia, can result in global support for peace terms preferring Ukraine.

Kremlin representative Dmitry Peskov, inquired about the WSJ report, said Russia required to comprehend what the goals of the prepared talks were and what would be gone over

The Kremlin said on Monday that Ukraine‘s counteroffensive is “not working out as planned” and that NATO resources supplied to Kyiv had been “wasted”, during the course of a two month-long operation that has seen limited gains for Ukraine.

On a call with reporters, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said separately that Russia would take additional measures to defend against Ukrainian drone strikes, after drones hit Moscow’s monetary district on Sunday.

Ukraine’s very first lady Olena Zelenska has actually revealed her acknowledgements after a minimum of 2 individuals were killed in the Ukrainian city of Kyryvi Rih on Monday.

“Kryvyi Rih, multi-storey buildings damaged by Russian shelling. There are wounded and dead. This is how the week begins in a Ukrainian city that just wants a quiet, normal life. Russia wants to take peace and life away. Condolences to the victims and their families. Let’s stay strong,” she composed on Twitter.

The Russian-set up head of Ukraine’s Donetsk area said on Monday that 2 individuals had actually been killed and 4 hurt in Ukrainian shelling of Donetsk city, the local capital.

In a declaration published on Telegram, Denis Pushilin said that the casualties had actually happened when Ukrainian shells struck a civilian bus. Donetsk’s Russian-set up mayor independently released on Telegram photos of a burnt-out bus.

The city of Donetsk has actually been under Russian control because 2014, however Ukrainian soldiers continue to hold positions on its borders and the city routinely comes under weapons fire.

Both sides reported casualties on Monday, as Ukraine’s head of the ministry of internal affairs verified 2 individuals had actually passed away after Russian rocket strikes in the city of Kryvyi Rih.

“Two are dead and around five-seven people are under the rubble,” interior minister Ihor Klymenko said on tv. The basic district attorney’s workplace said 25 individuals had actually been injured, consisting of 4 kids.

President Volodymyr Zelensky, who matured in the steel-producing city that had actually a pre-war population of more than 600,000, said the strikes had struck a university building and a property building.

“This terror will not frighten us or break us. We are working and saving our people,” he said on the Telegram app.

The interior ministry said one rocket had actually struck a nine-storey domestic building and another had actually struck a four-storey building that belonged to an university.

“The emergency services are putting out the fire and going through the rubble,” its declaration said.

New pictures are now being available in from the city of Kryvyi Rih in Ukraine, where a single person was killed after a nine-storey apartment or condo building was supposedly assaulted by Russia on Monday.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said “there are dead and wounded” at the scene, sharing photos of broken structures and roadways, on his Twitter account.

According to report, shelling in Kherson today likewise left a single person, a 60-year-old staff member at a utility business, dead.

Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky revealed his acknowledgements after a single person was supposedly killed in his home town of Kryvyi Ri, following Russian rocket strikes on Monday.

President Zelensky tweeted a video recording the after-effects of the attack in Kryvyi Rih, consisting of photos of broken structures and roadways.

He composed: “Monday morning. Regions of Ukraine are being shelled by the occupiers, who continue to terrorise peaceful cities and people. Kryvyi Rih, Kherson. Residential buildings, a university building, a crossroads were hit. Unfortunately, there are dead and wounded. There may be people under the rubble. My condolences to all those who have lost their loved ones because of Russian terror.”

Twin Russian rocket strikes on the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih on Monday killed a minimum of a single person with most likely caught under debris, the Ukrainian interior ministry said.

The strikes struck a four-storey building of an university and a nine-storey domestic building, it said in an earlier declaration, after state broadcaster Suspilne reported surges were heard in the city.

“The enemy conducted a missile strike on Kryvyi Rih. All the necessary agencies are working at the scene now,” the interior ministry said, advising individuals to stay in air raid shelters.

Kryvyi Rih is a steel-producing city and the home town of president Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

A Russian rocket strike hit the southern Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih on Monday early morning, the Ukrainian interior ministry said in a declaration.

An unofficial video from the city that was flowed on socials media revealed an open hole in the side of a nine-storey building and a fire inside. There were no instant reports of casualties.

Earlier today, the state’s broadcaster Suspilne reported surges were heard in the city in Dnipropetrovsk area. It associated the reports to Oleksandra Vilkul, he head of the city’s defence council.