Russian ballistic missile strike on Poltava in one of war's deadliest strikes I Ukraine: The Latest

Day 924

Today, we bring you the latest news from Ukraine where a major Russian ballistic missile strike on the city of Poltava kills at least 41 people, we look into more detail at the German elections and analyse reaction to Vladimir Putin's visit to Mongolia.

Contributors:

David Knowles (Journalist). @djknowles22 on X.

Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X.

Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X.

With thanks to James Crisp (Europe Editor). @JamesCrisp6 on X.

Articles Referenced:

Putin, cash and guns prompt ‘explosive’ rethink of Swiss neutrality (POLITICO):

The End of the Zeitenwende (Dr Benjamin Tallis):

Peter Reddaway, Soviet scholar, obituary (Telegraph):

[goldenoriolesilverbirch]

Regarding the Poltava strike, Igor Mosiychuk, a former MP and deputy commander of the Azov regiment said that the Ukrainian military must accept some blame for allowing so many valuable soldiers to be gathered in one undefended place.

[EstradaPablo]

Ukraine's plan .... give us more money 😂😂😂

[JeroenvanHaren]

Negotiations and treaties are utterly useless. Only superior force can deliver justice and keep the peace.

[sandrabrandeiscrawford]

Kafka was Czech and Wittgenstein was Austrian.. Not German. They spoke German because in the Austrian Hungarian empire Jews spoke German. Kafka spoke Prager deutsch. Its like saying all Irish writers were English!, ,

[timothykatende]

This is clearly a mistaken identity the Russians ran out of missiles 2 years ago..there is no way in hell where shovels can be turned into missiles....we are talking about a Country that has lost a part of its territory and can hardly do anything about it.

[richardmarsden]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky issued a decree on Tuesday dismissing Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Rostyslav Shurma. The reason for the decision is currently unclear.

Meanwhile, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Olha Stefanishyna resigned from office, according to the Ukrainian parliament Chairman Ruslan Stefanchuk. Earlier today, he said three ministers submitted their resignations, including Justice Minister Denys Maliuska, Minister of Strategic Industries Oleksandr Kamyshin and Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Ruslan Strilets.

[horstao]

Enough people have died. Peace negotiations should already have started

[gayan]

Military facility hit. Civilians killed.
-Zelensky.

So What!!

[davemccrillis]

What happened to Zelensky’s impenetrable air defense ? I thought that they shot down all of the Russian missiles.

[pooyaasa]

Which path they choose or obliged to go is dependet on the people of these countries.

[andrews.]

Lots of nato criminals, terrorist and "volunteer" where killed in the strike!

I say a good hunting from the russians!

[RadcliffeWilliams-cnqd]

Team. Please listen to yourself.Ukraine is loosing.Encourage them to stop fighting.Time for peace

[ChorltonBrook]

I see that now the German election’s over more of the Krembots have moved back to this subject.

[SC-reqr]

Thanks Telegraph for keeping us updated on Russia’s Appalling war on Ukraine. Listening from Dublin Ireland.

[brucknerian]

Zalensky needs more money to buy more real-extate in Florida.

[TheMagicLemur]

Lamentable to see so many Russian bots on here... then again: maybe the Armchair Generals from the bot farms show why Russia is losing in Kursk. 😅

[Myopinion-zdfm]

I really can't believe that we are not supporting Ukraine with everything that they need to fight a war that we don't have to fight

[des_smith]

I've seen Abrams tank fridge magnets
Just sayin'

[tornado-s-]

"В случае соответствующих агрессивных шагов Киева ответ России последует незамедлительно, я думаю, что много из этого вы уже наблюдаете в последние дни и ответы будут крайне болезненными", - заявила Захарова

[Peter-MH]

Ukraine have defaulted on loans to the UK and this could cost UK taxpayers up to 10k each. Expect little or no coverage of this in mainstream media, and huge tax raids on the horizon.