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Russian missiles hit residential buildings in Kyiv hours after Zelensky addressed G20
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North Korea launches around 12 missiles causing air raid sirens to sound in South
UK to donate anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine after fresh wave of deadly strikes
Britain to give Ukraine new rockets to blast Putin’s missiles out of the sky
BRITAIN is giving Ukraine new rockets to blast Putin’s cruise missiles out of the sky.
The ground-to-air AMRAAM rockets are already used to protect the White House and upcoming football World Cup in Qatar.
Britain is giving Ukraine new ground-to-air AMRAAM rockets to blast Putin’s cruise missiles out of the sky[/caption]
The missiles will shield Ukraine’s cities and critical national infrastructure from Russian bombardments.
The rockets will work with American NASAMS air defence systems and are due to arrive within weeks.
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said: “These weapons will help Ukraine defend its skies from attacks and strengthen their overall missile defence alongside the US NASAMS.”
Putin unleashed more than 80 cruise missiles in a deadly wave of revenge after his bridge to Crimea was blown up.
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Wallace added: “Russia’s latest indiscriminate strikes on civilian areas in Ukraine warrant further support to those seeking to defend their nation.
“So today I have authorised the supply of AMRAAM anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine.”
AMRAAMS were designed as air-to-air missiles but an extended range version was built to fire out the NASAMS advanced surface to air missile system.
Britain has already given Ukraine thousands of anti-tank, anti-ship and anti-aircraft missiles, including Starstreak, NLAW and Brimstone missiles.
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The MoD said the AMRAAMS are “the first donated by the UK which are capable of shooting down cruise missiles.”
Nato vowed to “ramp up” support after US President Biden said he did NOT think Putin would unleash nukes despite repeated threats.
Nato’s Secretay General Jens Stoltenberg said air defence was his top priority after swathes of Ukraine were plunged into darkness and Kyiv was forced halt power exports to Europe.
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said Putin’s wave of revenge attacks had deepened Ukraine’s resolve to win and brought allies closer together.
Speaking at meeting of more than 50 allies he said said Putin’s bloodbath onslaught had been waged “with deep contempt for the rules of war”.
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Russia killed at least 19 people, injured 100 more, as it bombarded power and pumping stations across more than 20 cities in the biggest missile attack since the first phase of the war.
It came days after Putin “miracle” bridge to Crimea was blown up in a humiliating blow to the Kremlin.
Kim Jong-un fires two long-range missiles in a ‘clear warning to enemies’ amid North Korea’s chilling series of tests
KIM Jong-un has fired two more missiles in a “clear warning to enemies” as North Korea flexes its military muscle.
It is the latest in a chilling series of tests the tyrant has overseen in recent weeks as tensions flare.
The tyrant has unleashed several missiles in recent weeks[/caption]
North Korea launched the long-range strategic cruise missiles on Wednesday, hitting a target 2,000km away.
Kim said the test fire should be seen as another “clear warning to enemies”, state media reported.
The despot added that the country “should continue to expand the operational sphere of the nuclear strategic armed forces to resolutely deter any crucial military crisis and war crisis at any time and completely take the initiative in it,” according to Korea Central News Agency (KCNA).
The two missiles flew for 10,234 seconds to “clearly hit the target 2,000km away”, KCNA added.
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Cruise missiles are among a number of smaller weapons recently developed by North Korea seen as able to fly low and manoeuvre in order to better evade missile defences.
Kim said last year that developing smaller bombs is a top goal, and officials in Seoul have said that if the North resumes nuclear testing for the first time since 2017, developing smaller devices could be among its goals.
It comes just days after North Korea fired another two short-range ballistic missiles towards Japan.
The South Korean military dubbed the launches a “serious provocation” that harms peace.
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Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida issued an “emergency alert,” warning its citizens to “take all possible measures for precaution”.
Meanwhile last Thursday, South Korea frantically scrambled fighter jets after Kim flew 12 warplanes close to the border.
Eight fighter jets and four bombers glided in a chilling formation and are believed to have carried out air-to-surface firing drills, according to South Korea’s military.
It came hours after Kim fired two more ballistic missiles towards Japan in its sixth round of missile tests in less than two weeks.
Tensions have risen sharply on the Korean Peninsula as North Korea’s recent barrage of missile tests prompted South Korea, the US and Japan to conduct joint drills in response.
The North’s Defence Ministry called its recent missile tests a righteous reaction to intimidating military drills between South Korea and the US.
North Korea regards US-South Korean military exercises as an invasion rehearsal and is especially sensitive if such drills involve US strategic assets such as an aircraft carrier.
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North Korea has argued it was forced to pursue a nuclear weapons programme to cope with US nuclear threats.
US and South Korean officials have repeatedly said they have no intentions of attacking the North.
Shocking moment Russian missiles erupt into massive fireball on Ukrainian street as desperate residents flee
TERRIFIED residents were forced to flee as Russian missiles pummeled a street in Ukraine.
Shocking footage shows a huge fireball erupt and massive plumes of smoke billowing into the sky as two blasts rocked Dnipro.
Footage shows traffic grinding to a halt as a Russian missile struck Dnipro[/caption]
A second blast then hit as smoke billowed into the sky[/caption]
Terrified residents could be seen fleeing[/caption]
At least four people were killed in the city and a further 20 injured – while dozens of missiles blitzed multiple regions across Ukraine on Monday.
The dramatic clip shows traffic grinding to a halt as the first explosion went off – sending thick black smoke into the sky.
As a car races away from the scene and horrified pedestrians flee, a second blast hits the street.
Emine Dzheppar, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, said 20 missiles hit the region on Monday.
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She tweeted: “Ukrainian defenders managed to shoot down one quarter of the missiles.
“Enemy targeted Dnipro’s critical infrastructure, leaving thousands of people without electricity.”
The strikes in Dnipro came as Moscow unleashed a deadly barrage of missiles across Ukraine on Monday – blasting playgrounds, bridges and civilians.
Russia‘s former president Dmitry Medvedev has warned the attack was only the “first episode” of the retaliation for the explosion of the Crimean bridge.
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In the capital Kyiv at least six people were killed amid burnt-out cars and shattered buildings.
At least 14 people were killed and 97 injured with explosions in Lviv, Ternopil and Zhytomyr, Kremenchuk Zaporizhzhia Kharkiv and Kropyvnytskyi also reported.
The brutal revenge blitz followed the daring blast that destroyed a strategically vital bridge linking Crimea with mainland Russia on Saturday.
In a televised speech, Putin said Moscow had launched long-range missile attacks against Ukraine’s energy, military and communications infrastructure on Monday in retaliation for the attack on the Crimean bridge.
He said: “The Kyiv regime, with its actions, has put itself on the same level as international terrorist organisations.
“It is obvious that the Ukrainian secret services ordered, organised and carried out the terrorist attack aimed at destroying Russia’s critical civilian infrastructure.”
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“If attempts to carry out terrorist attacks on our territory continue, Russia’s responses will be harsh and, in terms of their scale, will correspond to the level of threats posed by the Russian Federation.
“Nobody should have any doubts about this.”
Explosions were heard across the city shortly after 8am local time[/caption]
The blasts came after Putin’s prized bridge was targeted on Saturday[/caption]
US and South Korea fire volley of missiles in response to North Korea launching ‘nuke rocket’ over Japan
SOUTH Korea and the United States fired a volley of missiles in response to North Korea’s launching a ballistic missile over Japan.
Nuclear-armed North Korea test-fired a nuclear capable missile farther than ever before, sending one soaring over Japan for the first time in five years and prompting a warning to take cover.
Images of the US and South Korean missile launches[/caption]
The two countries also carried out precision bombing practice[/caption]
It was the fifth missile test ordered by the rogue state’s tyrannical ruler Kim Jong-un in recent days.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol called the launch a “provocation” and vowed a “stern response”.
That came in the form of the South and the US each firing a pair of US-made ATACMS short-range ballistic missiles into the Yellow Sea off North Korea.
The two countries’ warplanes also practised precision bombing a target in the sea.
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US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida condemned North Korea’s test in the “strongest terms”.
The European Union called it a “reckless and deliberately provocative action” while UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said it was a violation of Security Council resolutions.
The last time Pyongyang fired a missile over Japan was in 2017, at the height of a period of “fire and fury”.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un traded insults with then-president Donald Trump of the United States before the pair eventually met in a failed bid to achieve a peace on the Korean peninsula.
During the latest test – Pyongyang’s fifth launch in a week – Japan ordered its citizens to evacuate buildings or seek refuge underground.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the test appeared to have been of an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) launched from North Korea’s Jagang Province.
North Korea has conducted several recent tests from there, including multiple missiles that it said were “hypersonic”.
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The missile may have been the Hwasong-12, which North Korea unveiled in 2017 as part of a plan to strike US military bases in Guam, said Kim Dong-yup, a former South Korea Navy officer.
Fighter jets from the United States and Japan also carried out joint drills over the Sea of Japan, as the three nations flex their military muscles.
A US aircraft carrier made a port call in South Korea for the first time since 2018 on September 23.
The period has also seen joint drills by the United States, South Korea and Japan, and a visit to the fortified border between the Koreas by US Vice President Kamala Harris.
Despite decades of US-led sanctions have not stemmed North Korea’s increasingly sophisticated missile and nuclear bomb programs.
Kim Jong-un has shown no interest in returning a failed path of diplomacy he pursued with Trump.
His powerful sister rejected South Korea’s offer of an economic boost in exchange for the North giving up nuclear weapons.
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Kim Yo-jong said the country will “never deal” with an “audacious” initiative.
Such a plan was ignorant and “the height of folly far from realisation”, she said.