Russia, Ukraine Trade Deadly Strikes 09/22 06:22
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- Russia bombarded at least four Ukrainian regions
overnight with missiles and drones, killing five people, officials said
Tuesday, and Ukraine's forces damaged
https://apnews.com/article/russia-summer-war-ukraine-attacks-gas-2367e71fc35353e
92dc4884028ba403b in their latest long-range strike.
The ongoing exchange of daily aerial attacks, while positions on the
battlefield's front line barely change, provided a backdrop to the visit by
https://apnews.com/hub/volodymyr-zelenskyy to the United States.
Zelenskyy was due to meet other world leaders, including U.S. President
https://apnews.com/article/trump-united-nations-unga-iran-ai-f7cb0b3ebc492446c0b
e97ed3a6843aa, at the
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8eaf541fdcef3a4758010bef6e in New York. The Ukrainian leader is hoping to
recruit their help to end Russia's https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine of his
country.
Russian President Vladimir Putin isn't due to attend the annual event.
The war, which Western officials say has
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8598a1b1bfe42ad85d, has had global repercussions.
The repeated attacks on Russian refineries, following Moscow's strikes on
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-energy-property-stairs-4eebf3a859a
fe1dbcf7033d051af8b5c, have caused international shortages of diesel and price
spikes, according to Trump. However, the global crunch also came after the Iran
war led to curtailed oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.
Zelenskyy also wants help to ensure the
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0c2c53eeca37e642ab6c5a7 and other farm products to world markets through the
Black Sea. Russian attacks on cargo vessels have severely disrupted Kyiv's
exports, hurting its economy and threatening global supplies.
Russia and Ukraine have in recent years accounted for around 30% of the
world's wheat exports and 12% of corn exports, most of it shipped through the
Black Sea. But last month, attacks slashed both countries' agricultural exports
by two-thirds, Thomas de Waal of the Brussels-based think tank Carnegie Europe
said in a report Tuesday.
"The lack of that grain in world markets puts several African countries at
risk of famine, while world cereal prices, already pushed up by the closure of
the Strait of Hormuz, could rise even higher," it said.
Zelenskyy takes de-escalation proposals to New York
French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that his country would provide
Ukraine with more radars to help protect its power grid.
He said on social media that he discussed with Trump the possibility of a
truce between Moscow and Kyiv on strikes on energy infrastructure and a
"moratorium" on Black Sea attacks.
Zelenskyy began his New York visit by meeting with U.S. senators, thanking
them for what he called strong bipartisan support for Ukraine and for recently
passing a
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-russia-sanctions-ukraine-lindsey-graham-
d1715ad5e8feccba76bfae51c5f28c45 that Trump has signed into law.
Peace and security will be closer once the bill is fully implemented, he
said.
Zelenskyy said on social media that he briefed senators on his proposals for
de-escalation measures that he intends to discuss with Trump later Tuesday.
In Kyiv, Iryna Panina, 36, woke around 2 a.m. Tuesday as a jet-powered
Russian drone approached her home. It blew out a window and left her apartment
covered in wreckage.
She said she has lost hope in leaders' peace efforts.
"As an ordinary person just trying to live and survive each day, I find it
hard to believe they fully understand what's actually happening, how hard it
is, and how much ordinary people are suffering," she told The Associated Press.
Zelenskyy also plans to again press Trump to send more U.S.-made
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rtage-a633c337971e99d6f4496d2754b5aa5c that Kyiv desperately needs to stop
Russia's ballistic missiles.
Ukrainian special forces say they hit a Russian refinery
Ukraine said that it struck the Kuibyshev oil refinery in Samara, southeast
of Moscow, in an overnight attack.
Several drones hit their targets, sparking a large fire at the facility,
according to a statement from Ukrainian special forces.
The refinery, owned by Rosneft, is a key fuel supplier for central Russia,
producing gasoline, diesel, fuel oil and other petroleum products, the
statement said. Ukraine said that it struck the same refinery last June.
One person was killed and four others were wounded in the Samara attack,
regional Gov. Vyacheslav Fedorishchev said. He said that "the enemy targeted
industrial facilities," but didn't specify which ones.
The Russian Defense Ministry on Tuesday said that its forces downed 297
Ukrainian drones over 14 Russian regions overnight, as well as the illegally
annexed Crimean Peninsula.
Russia says it struck missile plant and ammunition factory
Russia's overnight attack on Ukraine included anti-ship missiles, ballistic
missiles, cruise missiles and more than 200 drones, Ukraine's air force said.
The strikes killed four people in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro, said
Oleksandr Hanzha, head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration.
A drone also killed a woman in the northern Sumy region, local police said.
The strikes across Ukrainian regions damaged homes, businesses and storage
facilities, wounding at least five people, authorities said. Five people were
wounded in the capital, Kyiv, according to officials.
The Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday that its forces struck
metallurgical and chemical industries, the fuel and energy sector, and the
military-industrial complex, as well as port infrastructure facilities in four
regions of Ukraine.
They included a Fire Point plant in Kyiv producing components for long-range
cruise missiles and a tobacco factory in the central Poltava region used to
make small arms ammunition, it said.
