Ukrainian army says it shot down one of its own drones in kyiv after it lost control

2023-05-04 23:32:55

Cover image: The drone shot down over kyiv, Thursday, May 4. SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP

• Thursday evening in kyiv explosions were heard again by AFP journalists, the mayor of the capital, Vitali Klitschko, reporting “explosions and fires”.
• However, in a clarification a few hours later, the Ukrainian Air Force admitted having had to destroy one of its own dronesa Bayraktar TB2 (Turkish-made), “during a scheduled flight in the kyiv region”. “The uncontrolled presence of the drone in the sky of the capital” would indeed “could have undesirable consequences”she explained before adding that it was “probably a technical malfunction” and no one was hurt..
• A drone shot down near a Russian air base in Sevastopol, Crimea. “No objects were hit. The situation is under control.” announced Thursday Mikhaїl Razvojaїev, the governor of the administrative region of Sevastopol installed by Moscow.
• During Thursday, eighteen localities were again bombed in Donetsk Oblastsaid the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.
• Ukraine’s president calls for the creation of a special court for the crime of aggression, after a surprise visit Thursday to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. Ukraine is “realistic (…), we will not join NATO [Organisation du traité de l’Atlantique Nord] during the war “also declared Volodymyr Zelensky.
• Ukraine will need“at least 400 billion dollars [363 milliards d’euros] to recover from the losses suffered because of Russia”announced the Ministry of Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine on Thursday on Telegram.
• Russia’s presidency on Thursday accused the United States of ordering the alleged Ukrainian drone attack against the Kremlin, an attack that Moscow claims to have foiled the day before, and in which kyiv denies any involvement. According to the White House, the Kremlin « ment » by accusing Washington of having ordered an alleged attack by Ukrainian drones.
• The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, warned Moscow on Thursday against any use of the alleged attack on the Kremlin with drones as “an excuse to continue the escalation of the war”.
• The targeting of Ukrainian infrastructure and civilian populations illustrates “Russia’s clear will to continue the escalation in its war of aggression against Ukraine”lamented Thursday the spokesperson for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Anne-Claire Legendre.
• Russian public television broadcast images on Thursday showing the president Vladimir Putin at a working meeting said to be taking place in the Kremlin, his first public appearance since the announcement of the drone attack yesterday.

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