A Russian TV presenter has apologized for calling for the drowning of Ukrainian children, as Moscow's Investigative Committee said it was investigating his remarks.
Speaking on state broadcaster RT last week, host Anton Krasovsky said Ukrainian children who saw Russians occupied under the Soviet Union should have been "thrown straight into a fast-flowing river" and drowned.
Ukraine said on Sunday that RT incites genocide and should be banned worldwide.
RT editor Margarita Simonyan said she had suspended Krasovsky for his "disgusting" comments, adding that no one at RT shared his views.
It comes as a senior Russian official said the war in Ukraine was heading for an 'uncontrolled escalation' amid unfounded allegations that Ukraine was planning to set off a 'dirty bomb'.
Without evidence, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu suggested that Kyiv planned to use conventional explosives mixed with radioactive materials to escalate the conflict, a charge Kyiv dismissed as "ridiculous" and "dangerous".
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Russian TV presenter apologizes for drowning Ukrainian children
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The West has condemned kyiv Russia's 'dirty bomb' claims
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Rain from the Russian attack on Mykolaiv
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The Russian-installed administration installed local militias in Cherson
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Kyiv accuses Russia of obstructing full implementation of grain deal
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France joins Ukraine in condemning the "dirty bomb" allegations.
10:13 , Emily Atkinson
The French government has joined Ukraine in condemning Russian accusations that Kyiv is preparing "dirty bombs" as a disinformation campaign.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Twitter this morning that he had spoken with his French counterpart Catherine Colonna to coordinate his next steps to counter Russian "lies" and prevent "any fake operation".
Colonna called the Russian claim an "obvious mistake".
Russian TV presenter apologizes for drowning Ukrainian children
09:41 , Emily Atkinson
A Russian TV presenter has apologized for calling for the drowning of Ukrainian children, as Moscow's Investigative Committee said it was investigating his remarks.
Speaking on state broadcaster RT last week, host Anton Krasovsky said Ukrainian children who saw Russians occupied under the Soviet Union should have been "thrown straight into a fast-flowing river" and drowned.
Ukraine said on Sunday that RT incites genocide and should be banned worldwide.
RT editor Margarita Simonyan said she had suspended Krasovsky for his "disgusting" comments, adding that no one at RT shared his views.
Kyiv accuses Russia of obstructing full implementation of grain deal
09:15 , Emily Atkinson
Seven ships carrying grain bound for Asia and Europe left Ukrainian ports on Sunday, but Kyiv has accused Russia of obstructing full implementation of the Black Sea grain deal.
Russia is blocking full implementation of the Grains Initiative. As a result, these (Ukrainian) ports are only 25-30% used in recent days," Ukraine's infrastructure ministry said in a statement.
A ship chartered by the United Nations World Food Program left Chornomorsk for Yemen with 40,000 tonnes of wheat.
“It is very important that today the sixth food ship chartered under the United Nations World Food Program leaves our port,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his evening video address.
This ship is loaded with wheat bound for Yemen. Ethiopia, Yemen and Afghanistan: these three countries have already received food for our exports and the United Nations Food Programme. »
Modi says Russia continues to use Iranian drones
08:49 , Emily Atkinson
The British Ministry of Defense (MoD) said in its daily intelligence update that Russia continues to attack Iranian drones (UAVs) on Ukrainian soil.
According to its Twitter post, Moscow is likely to use Iranian Shahed-136 drones to penetrate Ukraine's air defenses and as an alternative to increasingly scarce Russian-made long-range precision weapons.
The Defense Ministry said Ukraine's efforts to contain the drones had been successful.
Will Iranian-Russian drones push Israel to arm Ukraine?
08:29 , Emily Atkinson
Bill True writes that the direct and public call to arms pushes the Israeli balance to breaking point.
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The Russian-installed administration installed local militias in Cherson
08:12 , Emily Atkinson
Russian-based officials in Ukraine's Kherson region announced the formation of a local militia and said all men in town could join.
Authorities in Moscow have ordered civilians to evacuate civilians from Kherson, one of four Ukrainian regions Russia says it annexed last month, even as kyiv forces made significant military gains.
Residential building destroyed by rain from Russian attack on Mykolaiv
07:58 , Emily Atkinson
Russia fired several missiles and drones at the Ukrainian-held southern city of Mykolaiv on Sunday, hitting and destroying a building.
The attack on the shipbuilding town 35 kilometers northwest of the front line in Kherson came as Russia ordered 60,000 people to flee the area 'for their lives' in the face of a counterattack Ukrainian.
No deaths were recorded.
The West has condemned kyiv Russia's 'dirty bomb' claims
07:55 , Emily Atkinson
After a series of phone calls with Western defense officials, a Moscow official said the war in Ukraine was heading for an "uncontrolled escalation".
Without proof, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu also claimed that Ukraine planned to detonate a "dirty bomb" – conventional explosives mixed with radioactive materials – to escalate the conflict.
Ukraine has no nuclear weapons, while Russia says it can defend its territory with its nuclear arsenal.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba condemned Shoygu's allegations, calling them "ridiculous" and "dangerous" and adding: "Russians often blame others for their own schemes."
The West also rejected Moscow's warnings about the "dirty bomb". Britain, France and the United States said in a joint statement: "The world will examine any attempt to use these allegations as a pretext for escalation."