Ukraine says it hit oil refinery in Russia’s Saratov, Moscow says one dead

Drones launched by Kyiv are targeting deeper into Russian territory than successful the past, Al Jazeera’s analogous reports.

Ukraine’s subject has said it struck an lipid refinery successful Russia’s Saratov portion successful an overnight drone attack, causing explosions and destruction, according to an service statement, arsenic regular aerial exchanges intensify with diplomatic momentum to extremity the warfare successful play.

Saratov’s politician said connected Sunday that 1 idiosyncratic was killed and respective residential apartments and an concern installation were damaged, but did not notation the lipid refinery being struck.

“[Ukrainian] drones are targeting … deeper into Russian territory [than] successful the past, wherever erstwhile attacks person been focused connected the enactment of interaction successful the southbound and the occidental parts of Russia,” said Al Jazeera’s Osama Bin Javaid, reporting from Moscow. It is inactive unclear whether Ukraine’s claims that it deed a refinery are true, helium added.

Ukraine’s subject besides said connected Sunday that it had taken backmost a colony successful the Sumy portion from the Russian army, which has made important caller gains there.

Ukrainian troops person “liberated and wholly cleared” Russian forces from Bezsalivka, the subject wide unit said successful a Telegram post. It said 18 Russian troops had been “eliminated” successful the fighting.

Russia’s warfare successful Ukraine is present into its 4th year, arsenic European leaders have welcomed plans by United States President Donald Trump to hold nonstop talks with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, connected ending the conflict.

In Ukraine, 3 swimmers were killed by unexploded objects successful the country’s confederate Odesa portion astatine 2 beaches wherever swimming has been banned, determination officials said connected Sunday. The Black Sea portion has agelong been a fashionable summertime destination, but authorities person urged caution since Russia’s full-scale penetration near mines scattered adjacent its coast.

“All of them were blown up by explosive objects portion swimming successful prohibited recreational zones,” Regional politician Oleh Kiper said successful a statement.

On Saturday, Russia launched a drone onslaught connected a autobus successful Ukraine’s Kherson region, sidesplitting astatine slightest 2 radical and wounding 16 others, according to Ukrainian officials.

Another drone deed the autobus arsenic the constabulary were responding to the attack, injuring 3 officers, the constabulary added.

Russian attacks connected Ukraine’s Zaporizhia portion besides killed 2 radical travelling successful a car successful the Bilenkivska assemblage connected Saturday, arsenic good arsenic a 61-year-old pistillate who was successful her location successful the Vasylivka district, a section authoritative reported.

Ukraine’s aerial unit said it intercepted 16 of the 47 Russian drones launched overnight, portion 31 drones deed targets crossed 15 antithetic locations.

Russia’s Defence Ministry said its aerial defences changeable down 97 Ukrainian drones implicit Russia and the Black Sea overnight and 21 much connected Saturday morning.

Europe stresses enactment for Ukraine up of Trump-Putin talks

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has rejected immoderate proposition of onshore concessions to Russia arsenic planetary efforts to extremity the warfare continue.

Trump, who had promised to extremity the warfare wrong 24 hours of reentering the White House successful January, plans to conscionable Putin successful Alaska connected Friday, saying the parties were adjacent to a woody that could resoluteness the conflict.

Trump is reportedly unfastened to inviting Zelenskyy to Alaska, but determination has been nary confirmation arsenic of yet. Putin has insisted the conditions indispensable beryllium close for him and the Ukrainian person to conscionable successful person.

The leaders of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Finland, unneurotic with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, connected Sunday issued a associated connection welcoming Trump’s efforts, portion stressing the request to support enactment for Ukraine and unit connected Russia.

“The accent [of the European connection was] … that this is simply a warfare that is successful Ukraine, but is successful Europe too, and has immense imaginable ramifications for European security,” said Al Jazeera’s Charles Stratford, reporting from Ukraine’s superior of Kyiv.

The Wall Street Journal besides reported that European officials who met US Vice President JD Vance successful the UK connected Saturday had presented a counterproposal for peace, which included demands that a ceasefire indispensable instrumentality spot earlier immoderate different steps are taken.

The connection besides said that immoderate territory exchanges indispensable beryllium reciprocal, with steadfast information guarantees.

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Al Jazeera and quality agencies