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Russia renews attacks on frozen Ukrainian cities
Hundreds of drones and missiles struck Kyiv and Kharkiv overnight, leaving thousands of homes without heat.
Russian forces have attacked energy infrastructure in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, and its second-largest city, Kharkiv, as a supposed weeklong truce amid winter conditions ended, according to Ukrainian officials.
Russia attacked with 450 drones and more than 60 missiles overnight, Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha said on Tuesday, accusing Moscow of having waited for temperatures to drop before renewing its targeting of energy infrastructure amid brutal subzero conditions.
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United States President Donald Trump said last week that Russia had agreed to pause attacks on Ukraine’s cities amid the freezing weather. Moscow has concentrated fire on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure every winter since its full-scale invasion in February 2022.
At least two people were wounded in the capital and two others in Kharkiv amid the barrage on Tuesday, officials said.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said 1,170 residential buildings in the capital were left without heating as temperatures dropped to -17 degrees Celsius (1.4 degrees Fahrenheit).
Russia targeted Kyiv “in the bitter cold with another massive strike” overnight, Tymur Tkachenko, head of the city’s military administration, said on Telegram, urging residents to remain in shelters.
The attacks affected five city districts, causing damage to three apartment blocks and a building housing a kindergarten, he said.
Footage on social media showed the upper floors of an apartment building in the capital engulfed in flames.
According to unconfirmed media reports, two thermal power plants in the capital were hit.
‘Maximum destruction’
Russian attacks on energy infrastructure in recent weeks have knocked out heating and power to hundreds of residential blocks in Kyiv and other cities across Ukraine.
Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said Tuesday’s attacks aimed to “cause maximum destruction … and leave the city without heat during severe frost”.
As a result of the attacks, officials had to cut heating to 820 buildings to drain coolant in order to prevent the wider network from freezing, he said.
Public broadcaster Suspilne said the attacks had knocked out power in the towns of Izyum and Balakliya in Kharkiv region, and struck two apartment buildings in the northern city of Sumy.
Ivan Fedorov, military administrator in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, said on Telegram that a 38-year-old woman had been killed in a drone attack in a suburb.
So-called truce fails
Trump had announced on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to his personal request to halt attacks on “Kyiv and various towns” amid the bitterly cold winter weather.
Moscow said it had agreed to the request, but said the truce would last only until Sunday, and did not link the measure to the freezing temperatures.
Kyiv, which had welcomed the move, said the truce was supposed to continue for a week from January 30, but reported that Moscow had kept up its attacks anyway.
The attacks came as Russian and Ukrainian officials prepare to meet for a new round of US-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.
“Neither anticipated diplomatic efforts in Abu Dhabi this week nor [Putin’s] promises to the United States kept him from continuing terror against ordinary people in the harshest winter,” Sybiha wrote on social media.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia was prioritising more attacks over peace talks.
“Taking advantage of the coldest days of winter to terrorize people is more important to Russia than turning to diplomacy,” Zelenskyy wrote on social media.
Zelenskyy had suggested on Monday that recent “de-escalation” with Russia was helping build trust in the negotiations.
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Kim Jong Un calls for North Korea to build 2 large warships per year in major naval expansion push: report
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday called for a major expansion of the country’s naval forces, suggesting the regime should build two large warships each year for the next five years.
Speaking at a commissioning ceremony for a new destroyer, Kim suggested North Korea should build two warships comparable in size to its 5,000-ton Choe Hyon-class vessel each year over the next five years, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
Kim was celebrating the deployment of the new multipurpose destroyer at the port of Nampho. In April, he observed launches of two cruise missiles and three anti-ship missiles from the vessel.
The destroyer successfully completed military operational tests over the past 14 months, according to KCNA.
KIM JONG UN OVERSEES CRUISE MISSILE LAUNCHES FROM PRIZED NEW NORTH KOREAN WARSHIP
North Korea launched two cruise missiles and three anti-ship missiles from the destroyer Choe Hyon, April 12, according to North Korean state media. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service/AP)
Kim previously hailed the development of the Choe Hyon as a major step toward expanding the operational reach and preemptive strike capabilities of North Korea’s military.
Kim also said the navy’s nuclearization is “advancing along its own course,” contributing to the country’s nuclear deterrence.
The naval buildup comes as Kim seeks to strengthen what analysts have long viewed as one of the weaker branches of North Korea’s military.
NORTH KOREA RELAUNCHES WARSHIP THAT SUFFERED EMBARRASSING FAILURE DURING INITIAL LAUNCH
The new multipurpose destroyer Choe Hyon during its commissioning ceremony at Nampho port, North Korea, Tuesday. (KCNA via REUTERS)
KCNA reported that Kim intends to deploy another 5,000-ton destroyer, the Kang Kon, along with larger 10,000-ton strategic warships.
The Kang Kon was first unveiled in May of last year but was damaged during a failed launch at the northern port city of Chongjin. The vessel was later relaunched following repairs.
By adding new capabilities, North Korea’s navy would become “something incredible beyond imagination,” Kim said.
NORTH KOREA RELEASES IMAGES OF DEVELOPMENT OF NUCLEAR-POWERED SUBMARINE
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the commissioning ceremony of the new multipurpose destroyer Choe Hyon at Nampho port, North Korea, Tuesday. (KCNA via Reuters)
“Building a modernized naval base has emerged as a desperate and essential task,” he added.
State media reported that Kim is also reviewing plans to construct new naval bases.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observes strategic cruise and anti-warship missiles test-fired from the destroyer Choe Hyon, April 12. (Korean Central News Agency/Reuters)
Speaking during a meeting of the Workers’ Party’s Central Committee on Monday, Kim said the navy would undergo changes to its status, role and scope of operations.
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He did not elaborate on what those changes would entail.
Fox News Digital’s Greg Norman-Diamond and Reuters contributed to this report.
Global Sumud Flotilla group says six others remain in detention and are expected to be released within 24 hours.
Published On 24 Jun 2026
Four pro-Palestinian campaigners detained in Libya for about a month have been released, the Global Sumud Flotilla group has said.
In a statement on Wednesday, the organisation said Achraf Khoja from Tunisia, Matias Rodriguez from Uruguay, and Domenico Centrone and Leonarda Alberizia, both from Italy, had all arrived in Tunis. Six others are expected to be released in the next 24 hours, it added.
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In an earlier statement, Italy’s Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani welcomed the news of the released Italians, saying the two, along with Rodriguez, who has Italian citizenship, were handed over to Italy’s consul in Benghazi. They will return to Italy on Wednesday, he said on X.
More than 400 activists were arrested last month in international waters on board dozens of vessels while sailing towards Gaza to break a siege imposed on the enclave by Israel.
The activists held in Libya were part of a separate group which tried to reach the strip by land. They had staged a hunger strike in protest at their detention, the Global Sumud Flotilla said.
According to Amnesty International, on May 24, 2026, an armed group affiliated with Khalifa Haftar’s self-styled Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF), which is allied to the de facto authorities in eastern and southern Libya, the Libyan National Army, arrested the 10 humanitarian activists from eight different countries as they were en route to the city of Sirte to negotiate the convoy’s passage with local authorities.
The activists were seeking approval from the authorities for the convoy to continue the journey through Libya and Egypt to reach Gaza.
“Following periods of enforced disappearance ranging from two to nine days, prosecutors interrogated them before ordering their pretrial detention pending investigations into charges of ‘assembly without authorization,’” Amnesty said.
President Trump said Iran had agreed to the “highest level” inspections, hours after an Iranian official said there were “no detailed discussions on the nuclear issue,” as the two sides continued to present different narratives of their latest talks.
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