At least 11 dead, 34 injured after ‘vile’ attack on Ukraine on Putin’s birthday, Zelenskyy says – Europe live
Ukraine president confirms series of attacks on Pryluky, Dnipro, Kremenchik, Zaporizhzhia and Kyiv In another update, Zelenskyy said Ukraine carries out “just responses to all Russian strikes against our people,” with Ukrainian forces hitting two Russian oil facilities, among other targets. “Over the past day, our warriors struck four targets that help Russia finance and wage its brutal war – two oil facilities and a training ground in the Perm, Samara, and Astrakhan regions. There was also a response in the Black Sea.” Continue reading...
Meanwhile, Bulgaria has halted its search for the missing crew of a ship that sank after being hit by a drone on Tuesday, Reuters reported. As reported yesterday (Europe Live, Tuesday), two ships were hit in a drone attack in Bulgaria’s Black Sea exclusive economic zone. One sank and the other was damaged. The crew of the damaged ship were rescued, but the crew of the sunken one remain missing. “There are no traces of the sailors from the first ship, and there will be none.
There is also no information about drone remains,” he said on a Nova TV morning show. “A boat, three life rafts and parts of the ship’s equipment have been found.” It was not immediately clear who carried out the attack involving air and sea drones in waters off the coastal town of Byala in eastern Bulgaria, but there are growing concerns about hybrid attacks by Russia as it wages war in Ukraine.