Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 459 of the invasion
Ukrainian adviser says preliminary operations for major offensive underway; explosions shake Kyiv; Russian threat to Nato countries could get worse if Putin is ousted, says RAF chief
Explosions shook the Ukrainian capital in early hours on Sunday. A 41-year-old man was killed by falling debris of Russian drones being shot out o the air, as the Kremlin launched a 54-strong drone attack on the Ukrainian capital.
The death was confirmed by mayor Vitali Klitschko, who said a 35-year-old woman was also injured by the fall of the drone's wreckage in the Solomyanskyi district.
Ukraine's air force said it had downed 52 of the 54 drones during the attack, which it said was a record" attack by the Iranian-made Shaheds.
The Russian ambassador to the UK, Andrei Kelin has told the UK's BBC that Russia has enormous resources and we haven't just started yet to act very seriously".
In an interview with Laura Kuenssberg, he repeated Russia's line that that jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is a spy". In response to a question by Vladimir Kara-Murza's wife he said it was a decision of the courts" rather than government-led oppression which led to his 25-year jail term.
The death toll from a Russian missile attack on a clinic in Dnipro on Friday has risen from two to four people, according to the region's governor.
South Africa's president Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed a panel to investigate US allegations that a Russian ship had collected weapons from a naval base near Cape Town last year, the presidency said in a statement on Sunday.
President Zelenskiy is asking Ukraine's parliament to approve 50 years-long sanctions for Iran because of their role in supplying Russia with drones and military equipment for the war.
Preliminary operations have begun to pave the way for a counteroffensive against Russian occupying forces, a Ukrainian presidential adviser has said. It's a complicated process, which is not a matter of one day or a certain date or a certain hour," Mykhailo Podolyak said in an interview with the Guardian. It's an ongoing process of deoccupation, and certain processes are already happening, like destroying supply lines or blowing up depots behind the lines.
The commander of Ukraine's armed forces, Gen Valerii Zaluzhnyi, raised expectations that a major operation could be imminent by declaring on social media: The time has come to take back what's ours." Zaluzhny's declaration on the Telegram messaging app on Saturday was accompanied by a cinematic video showing heavily armed Ukrainian soldiers preparing for battle.
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