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Japan Today
4 days ago
- Politics
- Japan Today
Russia kills at least 16 in strikes on Kyiv, other cities
A resident carries window screens outside a damaged apartment building that is on fire after a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine June 17, 2025. REUTERS/Thomas Peter TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY By Anastasiia Malenko and Olena Harmash Russia flattened a section of an apartment block in Kyiv on Tuesday, its deadliest attack on the Ukrainian capital this year, as a huge barrage of hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles killed at least 16 people and wounded 134. Ukrainian officials declared a day of mourning on Wednesday for victims of what President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described as one of the most horrific attacks on the capital during the war. "Such attacks are pure terrorism. The whole world, the United States, and Europe must finally respond as a civilized society responds to terrorists. (Russian President Vladimir) Putin does this solely because he can afford to continue the war." Zelenskyy said Russian forces had sent 440 drones and fired 32 missiles at Ukraine. The United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine said it was the most deadly attack this year on Kyiv and underscored the dangers of using such weaponry in major cities. "Last night's attack exemplifies the grave threat posed by the tactic of deploying missiles and large numbers of drones simultaneously into populated areas, which leads to civilian casualties, and profound suffering," Danielle Bell, Head of HRMMU, said in a statement. Russia's defence ministry said it had used air, land and sea-based missiles and drones to strike "objects of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine" in the Kyiv region and southern Zaporizhzhia province. Ukrainian officials said about 27 locations in the capital were hit during several waves of attacks throughout the night, that damaged residential buildings, educational institutions and critical infrastructure. A missile struck a nine-storey residential building in Kyiv's Solomianskyi district, wiping out a whole section of it, which was flattened into a pile of debris. Emergency workers were combing through the rubble and dousing flames with hoses. They used a crane to lower a wounded elderly woman in a stretcher out of the window of a flat in an adjacent section of the building. 'SIMPLY HORRIFIC' "I have never seen anything like this before. It is simply horrific. When they started pulling people out, and everyone was cut up, elderly people and children... I do not know how long they can continue to torment us ordinary people," said Viktoriia Vovchenko, 57, who lives nearby. Ukraine's State Emergency Services said 14 people were killed and 117 were injured in the attack. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the dead in the capital included a 62-year-old U.S. citizen, who died from shrapnel wounds. Two people were killed and 17 injured in the Black Sea port of Odesa. Ukraine has launched drones deep into Russia, although its attacks have not caused similar damage to civilian targets. Russia's Defense Ministry said it had intercepted and destroyed 147 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory, including the Moscow region, overnight. Moscow has used drones and missiles to hit Ukrainian cities far from the front throughout the war. Its attacks have become more deadly in recent weeks, even as the sides have held their first peace talks in more than three years. Oleksandr Kovalenko, a Ukrainian military analyst, said that since the start of June the Russians had turned to a new tactic of concentrating drone and missile strikes on a single city at a time to overwhelm Ukraine's air defences. "It is a new challenge that we need to adapt to as soon as possible," he said. Russia's full-scale invasion is now in its fourth year, and the hostilities have heated up in recent weeks as Kyiv and Moscow failed to reach any agreement during two rounds of peace talks in Istanbul. Russian troops are pressing on with a grinding advance in eastern Ukraine and have opened a new front in the Sumy region in the northeast, despite calls for a ceasefire from U.S. President Donald Trump, who promised to end the war quickly. Zelenskyy was attending a summit of the Group of Seven nations in Canada to garner more support for tighter sanctions on Russia and continued military aid for Ukraine. He had hoped to meet Trump, but the U.S. president left the summit a day early, with the White House citing the situation in the Middle East. Trump has reoriented U.S. policy away from supporting Kyiv toward accepting Moscow's justifications for its invasion, and has so far resisted calls from European allies to impose tighter sanctions on Moscow for rejecting his calls for a ceasefire. At the summit, Trump said it was a mistake to expel Russia from the G8 group in 2014 after Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimea peninsula. © Thomson Reuters 2025.
Straits Times
5 days ago
- Automotive
- Straits Times
Tough talks ahead but McLaren want drivers to race each other
Formula One F1 - Canadian Grand Prix - Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada - June 15, 2025 McLaren's Lando Norris walks to the pit lane after crashing out of the race Pool via REUTERS/Shawn Thew Formula One F1 - Canadian Grand Prix - Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada - June 15, 2025 McLaren's Lando Norris walks to the pit lane after crashing out of the race Pool via REUTERS/Shawn Thew Formula One F1 - Canadian Grand Prix - Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada - June 15, 2025 McLaren's Lando Norris walks to the pit lane after crashing out of the race Pool via REUTERS/Shawn Thew TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY Jun 15, 2025; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; McLaren driver Lando Norris (4) walks away from his car during the F1 Montreal Grand Prix at Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve. Mandatory Credit: Eric Bolte-Imagn Images REUTERS Tough talks ahead but McLaren want drivers to race each other MONTREAL - McLaren will continue to let Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris race freely for the Formula One title but there will be some tough talks back at the factory after Sunday's collision in Canada. Norris accepted the blame after hitting the rear of his championship-leading Australian teammate's car while trying to overtake in a battle for fourth place three laps from the finish. The incident between the title frontrunners, with Piastri extending his lead to 22 points while Norris failed to score, was the talk of the paddock at Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and had been long predicted. McLaren principal Andrea Stella said the team would discuss once the dust had settled how to prevent it from happening again. "Definitely there will be good conversations, but they will happen once we are all rested and calm," the Italian told reporters. He said the team would seek to "preserve our parity and equality in terms of how we go racing at McLaren between our two drivers. "The being free to race and the being clear as to how we go racing is a value of racing," he added. "It is a value of racing that we want to try and exercise and respect as much as we can, rather than every time we have a proximity between the two cars then having control from the pit wall. "We want to give Lando and Oscar opportunities to race and opportunities to be at the end of the season in the position that they deserve to be in." Stella said the points should reflect the drivers' performance rather than any team orders. "This is not necessarily a simple and straight exercise but we want to try and do it as best as we can," he said. "So I don't foresee that today's episode will change our approach from this point of view. "If anything it will reinforce and it will strengthen that the principles we have require more caution by our drivers." Stella said the incident was a simple misjudgement of distance rather than an aggressive statement of intent and he appreciated Norris' ownership of responsibility. He recognised the Briton's confidence could be dented, with the driver always open in his emotions and prone to blaming himself in a title battle increasingly going Piastri's way, but Norris could count on every support. "On this one I want to be completely clear," said Stella. "It's full support to Lando. We will have conversations and the conversations may be even tough. But there's no doubt over the support we give to Lando. "Lando himself will have to show his character to overcome this kind of episode. Make sure that he only takes the learnings, he only takes what will make him a stronger driver." Piastri has won five of the 10 races so far to Norris' two with 14 remaining. The next race is in Austria on June 29. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
Japan Today
06-06-2025
- Politics
- Japan Today
Four killed, 80 wounded in intense Russian air attacks on Ukraine
Fire and smoke rise in the aftermath of a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine June 6, 2025. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY By Thomas Peter, Anna Voitenko and Anastasiia Malenko Russia launched an intense missile and drone barrage at the Ukrainian capital Kyiv in the early hours of Friday, killing four people, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, as powerful explosions reverberated across the country. The attacks followed a warning from Russian President Vladimir Putin, conveyed via U.S. President Donald Trump, that the Kremlin would hit back after Ukrainian drones destroyed several strategic bomber aircraft in attacks deep inside Russia. Zelenskyy said three emergency responders were killed in the missile and drone salvo against the capital. Another person died in an attack on the northwestern city of Lutsk. "Those killed in Kyiv were rescue workers who arrived at the scene of an initial strike and, unfortunately, were killed in a repeat Russian strike," Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address. Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, writing on X, said Russia had "'responded' to its destroyed aircraft... by attacking civilians in Ukraine.... Multi-story buildings hit. Energy infrastructure damaged." Russia's Defense Ministry said its forces had carried out the strike on military and military-related targets in response to what it called Ukrainian "terrorist acts" against Russia. Zelenskyy said 80 people nationwide had been injured in the attacks, which also struck several other towns and cities. He said residents could still be trapped under rubble. In Lutsk, the national emergency service said 30 people were injured in addition to the one death. Prosecutors said the attack damaged private homes, educational institutions and a government building. Russian forces also struck industrial facilities and infrastructure in the western city of Ternopil, leaving parts of it without power, Mayor Serhii Nadal said. The regional administration said the attack had injured 10 people and asked residents to temporarily stay inside due to a high concentration of toxic substances in the air after a fire. The air force said Russia had used 407 drones, one of the largest numbers recorded in a single attack. Forty-five cruise and ballistic missiles were also fired, it said. ATTACKS HIT KYIV TRANSPORT SYSTEM Kyiv's metro transport system was disrupted by a Russian strike that hit and damaged tracks between stations, the military administration said. The state rail company said it was also diverting some trains due to rail damage outside the city. Reuters witnesses reported a series of booming explosions powerful enough to rattle windows far from the impact sites. Some Kyiv residents sought shelter in metro stations, or in underground car parks. In the capital's Solomianskyi district, a Russian drone slammed into the side of an apartment building, leaving a gaping hole and burn marks, a Reuters photographer at the scene said. Falling concrete blocks from the building crushed cars parked below. Two police investigators were examining what appeared to be the drone's engine. Earlier in the night, Reuters reporters heard the sound of Russian kamikaze drones buzzing in the sky, accompanied by the sounds of outgoing fire from Ukrainian anti-aircraft batteries. Zelenskyy called for concerted pressure on Russia. "If someone is not applying pressure and is giving the war more time to take lives – that is complicity and accountability. We must act decisively," he wrote on X. The Ukrainian military said it had launched a pre-emptive strike overnight on the Engels and Dyagilevo airfields in the Russian regions of Saratov and Ryazan, in addition to striking at least three fuel reservoirs. In one of the most audacious attacks of the three-year-old war between Ukraine and Russia, Ukrainian spies last weekend destroyed some of Russia's strategic bomber aircraft on the ground using quadrocopter drones hidden in wooden sheds. After a phone conversation with Putin on Wednesday, Trump said the Kremlin was planning an unspecified response to the Ukrainian attack on the Russian air bases. © Thomson Reuters 2025.
Straits Times
05-06-2025
- Sport
- Straits Times
Sabalenka downs holder Swiatek to set up French Open final with Gauff
Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - June 5, 2025 Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka in action during her semi final match against Poland's Iga Swiatek REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY PARIS - World number one Aryna Sabalenka battled past four-times champion Iga Swiatek to reach her first French Open final with a 7-6(1) 4-6 6-0 win on Thursday that ended the Pole's reign in Paris and snapped her 26-game winning streak at the tournament. The Belarusian will face 2022 finalist Coco Gauff in Saturday's showcase match after the American crushed French hopes with a straight-sets victory over wild card Lois Boisson. Sabalenka's power proved too much for defending champion Swiatek, who was looking to become the first female player in the Open era since 1968 to win four consecutive titles in Paris. Swiatek had won the previous three editions along with her maiden crown in 2020. "Honestly, it feels incredible but I understand the job is not done yet. I'm just thrilled today with this win and the atmosphere," Sabalenka said. "She's the toughest opponent, especially on clay, especially at Roland Garros. It was a tough match, it was a tricky match but I managed." Sabalenka, playing her second French Open semi-final and seeking her first title in Paris, powered into a 3-0 lead, twice breaking the Pole. She kept attacking her opponent's serve with Swiatek winning just 35% of her points on her second serve. Swiatek, who late last year accepted a one-month doping ban and came into the tournament without a title win this season, had reached the semis dropping just one set in five matches. But she looked completely out of sorts on Thursday. With seven unforced errors in the first three games the Pole was playing catch-up from the start. She struggled with her serve and had racked up two double faults by the fifth game. SABALENKA POWER Swiatek gradually, however, found her range and precision, countering Sabalenka's raw power with superb ball placement and levelled when her opponent double-faulted on break point. While the Pole found a way to grab the second set, Sabalenka was not to be denied, breaking the 24-year-old world number five at the start of the third to take control. "I think the pace from her was super fast," Swiatek said. "Especially at the beginning of the match, she played just kind of as hard as possible and pretty risky. So it was just hard to get into any rally." "In the third set I feel like we kind of came back to what happened in the first, and she for sure used her chances and I didn't really keep up what I was doing in the second set." Sabalenka gave her opponent no chance with her thunderous groundstrokes, powering through the decider as Swiatek ran out of steam. "It could not be more perfect than that," Sabalenka said of her third-set performance. "I'm super proud right now, I'm glad I found my serve (again in the third set)." Gauff had a much easier task against Boisson, the first player in the Open Era since 1968 to reach the last four of the French Open. The wild card, ranked 361st in the world at the start, had taken the tournament by storm, beating two seeded players on her French Open debut, including world number three Jessica Pegula, but her scintillating run came to an abrupt halt against Gauff. The 21-year-old second seed, who can become the first American since Serena Williams in 2015 to lift the Suzanne Lenglen Cup, was a cut above her opponent on the day. "This is my first time playing a French player here. I was mentally prepared that it (the crowd) was to be 99% for her so I was trying to block it out," said Gauff. For 22-year-old Boisson, who had played only two matches on the main tour in her career prior to the tournament, Gauff proved too big a hurdle. "I don't know how to say, but she played on the right and on the left and on the right," Boisson said. "I just feel like I was running everywhere on the court today, so it was really tough." "She was really solid, and I couldn't play my game today because she was just too good." REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
Straits Times
05-06-2025
- Sport
- Straits Times
Sabalenka dethrones four-times champion Swiatek to reach French Open final
Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - June 5, 2025 Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka in action during her semi final match against Poland's Iga Swiatek REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY PARIS - Four-times champion Iga Swiatek crashed out of the French Open after a 6-7(1) 6-4 0-6 semi-final defeat by world number one Aryna Sabalenka on Thursday, ending her 26-game winning streak in the tournament. Sabalenka's power was too much for the defending champion, who was looking to become the first female player in the Open era since 1968 to win four consecutive titles in Paris. The top seed will play either France's wildcard Lois Boisson or second seed American Coco Gauff in Saturday's showcase match. "Honestly, it feels incredible but I understand the job is not done yet. I'm just thrilled today with this win and the atmosphere," Sabalenka said. "She's the toughest opponent, especially on clay, especially at Roland Garros. It was a tough match it was a tricky match but I managed." Sabalenka, in her second French open semi-final and seeking her first title in Paris, powered into a 3-0 lead, twice breaking the Pole. Swiatek, who has not won a title this year but reached the semi-finals dropping just one set in five matches, looked completely out of sorts. With seven unforced errors in the first three games she was playing catchup from the start. The Pole, who late last year accepted a one-month doping ban, struggled with her serve and had racked up two double faults by the fifth game. She gradually, however, found her range and precision, countering Sabalenka's raw power with superb ball placement and levelled when her opponent double-faulted on break point. The Belarusian was furious, angrily shouting to her team in the box, before overrunning her opponent in the tiebreak. The pair traded breaks at the start of the second set before Swiatek earned another to level the match. But Sabalenka again broke the 24-year-old world number five at the start of the third to take control and she powered through the decider as the Pole ran out of steam. "It could not be more perfect than that," Sabalenka said of her third set performance. "I'm super proud right now, I'm glad I found my serve (again in the third set)." REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
