Published September 26, 2023last updated September 26, 2023
Moscow’s Defense Ministry said it repelled Ukrainian drone attacks over Belgorod and Kursk. Meanwhile, a Russian strike on Ukraine’s port of Izmail damaged infrastructure. DW has the latest.
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Russian Defense Ministry claims that seven drones were downed over the Belgorod region that borders UkraineImage: Maxim Shemetov/REUTERSSkip next section What you need to knowWhat you need to knowRussian air defense units repelled several Ukraine drone attacks over the Belgorod and Kursk regions late on Monday, destroying at least 11 drones in total, Russia’s Defense Ministry said.
The ministry in several separate statements on its Telegram messaging app said that seven drones were downed over the Belgorod region and four over the Kursk region.
The ministry provided no information on possible damage or injuries from the attacks. Moscow rarely discloses details, unless civilian or non-military infrastructure is damaged.
Here are the main headlines concerning Russia’s war in Ukraine on Tuesday, September 26:
Skip next section Missile that hit Poland last year was fired from Ukraine: reportSeptember 26, 2023
Missile that hit Poland last year was fired from Ukraine: reportPolish experts said that a missile strike that killed two people at a grain facility in the rural Polish village of Przewodow in November last year was fired by Ukraine, Polish daily Rzeczpospolita reported.
The missile was the first to have directly hit a NATO country, with the circumstances around the incident raising fears of a further escalation in the monthslong war.
Ukraine had denied the missile was fired from their territory at the time, whileUS President Joe Biden had said it was “unlikely”the missile was fired from within Russia at a meeting of world leaders in Bali last year.
Reuters news agency reported that sources with knowledge of the investigation told Rzeczpospolita that Poland had established that the missile was an S 300 5-W-55, a long-range air defense missile system, fired from Ukrainian territory.
“This rocket has a range of 75 km to 90 km,” the newspaper cited a source as saying. “At that time, the Russian positions
were in a place from which no Russian missile could reach Przewodow.”
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https://p.dw.com/p/4WoSjSkip next section Russian strike causes partial damage in key grain port in UkraineSeptember 26, 2023
Russian strike causes partial damage in key grain port in UkraineAn overnight Russian air strike on the key Ukrainian grain exporting port of Izmail injured two people and damaged infrastructure, the governor of the Odesa region said.
Izmail is a port on the Danube River, in southern Ukraine, directly opposite NATO and European Union member Romania and is one of the main exit routes of Ukrainian agricultural products since Moscow ended the grain deal.
A port building, storage facilities and more than 30 trucks and cars were damaged in the attack, which lasted more than two
hours, Governor Oleh Kiper said on the Telegram messaging app.
Firefighters repond to strikes that damaged cars and vehicles in the Odesa regionImage: Odesa Regional Military Administration/REUTERS The Ukrainian military reported shooting down 26 of the 38 Iranian-made attack drones it said were launched by Russia.
Moscow has intensified its air attacks on Ukrainian ports on the Danube River in recent weeks, including Izmail and Reni, damaging grain warehouses.
The waterway became an almost immediate alternative passageway for grain ships after Russia resumed its blockade of Ukrainian ports along the Black Sea.
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https://p.dw.com/p/4Wo4jSkip next section Attack on headquarters of Russia Black Sea Fleet ‘severe,’ says UKSeptember 26, 2023
Attack on headquarters of Russia Black Sea Fleet ‘severe,’ says UKThe physical damage to Russia’s Black Sea Fleet headquarters in Sevastapol is “certainly severe but localized,” the British Ministry of Defense said in its regular intelligence update.
“The fleet almost certainly remains of capable of fulfilling its core wartime missions of cruise missile strikes and local security patrols,” the ministry said.
It added that the fleet’s ability to continue “wider security patrols and enforce its de facto blockade of Ukrainian ports will be diminished.
A deep strike battle is underway in the Black Sea, likely forcing Russia into a reactive posture, it said.
Ukraine’s military claimed on Monday that it had killed the commander of the Russian Black Sea fleet and 33 other officers in a strike last week. Kyiv said the strike was timed to coincide with a meeting of naval officials.
Ukraine has sharply increased the number of strikes in Crimea, a strategically important peninsula that was illegally annexed by Russia in 2014.
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https://p.dw.com/p/4Wo2USkip next section Russia claims it downed drones in Kursk, Belgorod September 26, 2023
Russia claims it downed drones in Kursk, Belgorod Russian air defense units repelled several Ukraine drone attacks over the Belgorod and Kursk regions late on Monday, destroying at least 11 drones in total, Russia’s Defense Ministry said.
The ministry said, in several separate statements on the Telegram messaging app, that seven drones were downed over the Belgorod region and four over the Kursk region.
The ministry provided no information on possible damage or injuries from the attacks. Moscow rarely discloses details, unless civilian or non-military infrastructure is damaged.
Both Belgorod and Kursk regions border Ukraine and have been subject to numerous drone attacks in the course of the war that Russia launched against its neighbor in February 2022.
Ukraine rarely claims responsibility for attacks inside Russia or on Russian-controlled territory in Ukraine but has been saying in recent months that destroying Russia’s military infrastructure helps the Ukrainian counteroffensive.
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