Ukrainian shelling on the Russian border region of Belgorod killed one person on Saturday morning, local authorities said. The news comes after Russian forces carried out an overnight missile strike on Ukraine’s southern Odesa region, damaging port infrastructure, the Ukrainian authorities said. Read our live blog for all the latest developments on the war in Ukraine. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).
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13:44pm: Ukraine’s Kharkiv region declares three days of mourning after deadly missile strike on Hroza
Ukraine’s Kharkiv region declared three days of mourning after a missile hit the village of Hroza on Thursday, killling 52 people in the deadliest single attack against civilians to date since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion on February 22, 2022. Even though scenes of destruction have become all too familiar to people living near the front line, the shock remains immense. FRANCE 24’s Ukraine correspondent Emmanuelle Chaze and producer Illya Diaduk report from Hroza and the wider Kharkiv region.
10:19am: One killed in Ukrainian strike on Russian border region
Ukrainian shelling on the Russian border region of Belgorod killed one person on Saturday morning, local authorities said.
“This morning, the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit the village of Urazovo in the Valuysky district with Grad missiles,” regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote on Telegram, adding “one person died – a man who was on the street at the time of the shelling”.
9:48am: US expulsion of Russian diplomats ‘banal revenge’, says ambassador
Washington’s decision to expel two Russian diplomats in retaliation for a similar expulsion of US diplomats is “banal revenge”, Russian ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said Saturday.
In a statement on Telegram he said that at a meeting with the US side, “I asked my interlocutors to explain what exactly our comrades were accused of and I received no arguments … Thus, this is, in fact, banal revenge, which does not do credit to American diplomacy.”
On Friday the United States said it was expelling two Russian diplomats in response to Moscow kicking out two Americans last month.
Moscow said they were expelled for liaising with a Russian citizen who had formerly worked at the US consulate in the far eastern city of Vladivostok, Robert Shonov.
After a previous reduction of diplomats, Shonov started working as a contractor and the United States says he was hired for routine monitoring of publicly available Russian media. But Antonov said the two US diplomats expelled “were essentially interfering in internal affairs and attempting to undermine Russia’s national security”.
Relations between the United States and Russia have deteriorated sharply since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine last year. The United States has said it sees no point in senior-level talks except on isolated issues such as arranging prisoner swaps.
7:35am: Russia hits Odesa grain facility in overnight missile strike
Russian forces carried out an overnight missile strike on Ukraine’s southern Odesa region, damaging port infrastructure, Ukrainian authorities said early on Saturday.
Governor Oleh Kiper said four people were wounded in the strike, which hit a boarding house and a portside grain facility. He did not specify where the attack took place.
Ukraine’s military said the strike involved supersonic Onyx missiles fired from Russian-occupied Crimea.
Russian forces have carried out regular missile and drone strikes on port infrastructure in recent weeks, making it difficult for major grain producer Ukraine to export its products.
Moscow pulled out of a deal in mid-July that had enabled Black Sea grain shipments and helped combat a global food crisis.
5:41am: Drone attack near Moscow thwarted by Russian defence forces, reports TASS
Russian air defence forces took down a Ukrainian drone near Moscow early on Saturday that appeared to cause no damage or injuries, Russian state-owned news agency TASS reported.
The attack, repelled over the Istra district northwest of the capital, was an attempt by Ukraine to attack Russian facilities, TASS reported, citing Russia’s Defence Ministry.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said preliminary reports showed no casualties or damage but that “emergencies services are working at the scene”, TASS said, citing his channel on the Telegram messaging app.
Flight operations resumed at Moscow’s Vnukovo and Sheremetyevo airports after being suspended, TASS said.
Key developments from Friday, October 6:
Russia unleashed new air strikes on Ukraine early on Friday, killing a 10-year-old boy in the northeastern city of Kharkiv and damaging grain and port infrastructure in the southern Odesa region, Ukrainian officials said.
The head of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO) said on Friday that for Russia to consider pulling out of the treaty would be “concerning” after Moscow indicated it was moving towards revoking its ratification.
Read yesterday’s live blog to see how the day’s events unfolded.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)
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