Russian strikes kill three in Ukraine as Putin warns Europe on troops — SkimNews
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- Russia struck multiple Ukrainian cities on Saturday, killing three civilians and wounding dozens, with attacks reported in Zaporizhzhia, Kryvyi Rih, and Odesa.
- Odesa suffered what regional head Oleh Kiper called a "massive attack" that wounded 28 people and completely destroyed the upper floors of a residential high-rise.
- Putin, speaking at the BRICS summit in India, told reporters that any European troop deployment to Ukraine would mean "a war with Russia," while denying Moscow poses any threat to European countries.
- Russia's air campaign uses ballistic missiles and jet-powered drones to break through Ukrainian defenses, and officials say Moscow has also struck power-grid targets ahead of winter in an attempt to "demoralise civilians."
- Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk flagged two border incidents this week: drones struck the Starokozache crossing between Ukraine and Moldova on Tuesday, killing two, and a Wednesday threat to a Polish-Ukrainian crossing was averted through Warsaw-Kyiv cooperation.
Why it matters: Putin's explicit threat at a multilateral forum comes as some European leaders have pledged support for a possible peacekeeping force — a prospect Moscow has repeatedly called unacceptable — narrowing the diplomatic space for that debate. Saturday's coordinated strikes on residential areas across Zaporizhzhia, Kryvyi Rih, and Odesa demonstrate Moscow's winter-prep tactic of attacking civilian infrastructure, while this week's drone incursions at Ukrainian border crossings into Poland and Moldova point to a widening geography of risk for NATO-adjacent territory.
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