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Russian missiles struck the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Tuesday morning, damaging 16 high-rise buildings, 31 houses, a school and a hospital, the mayor said.

“As of 9 a.m., more than 10 homes in the Housing and Utilities Department have been damaged. Nearly 300 windows. Six buildings in the homeowners association. Approximately 100 windows. One hospital and one clinic. Approximately 70 windows. One School. telegraph.

Local officials said earlier that the missile attack injured seven people, including two children. CNBC could not immediately verify the reports.

— Holly Elliot

Russia has expressed contempt for Ukraine’s attempts to invite its former Soviet ally to an upcoming peace summit in Switzerland, saying the invitation has been rejected by its neighbor.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin told Russian news agency TASS that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his Western allies had “pleaded” leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries, the CIS It is an intergovernmental organization between Russia and the former Soviet republics.

“Heavy artillery was used: Zelensky and his Western ‘friends’ began making personal phone calls begging Commonwealth leaders to attend this ‘gathering’. We know that not one of them succumbed to such persuasion,” Deputy Minister said in an interview excerpt The full text will be released on Wednesday.

“Kiev and its Western administrators actively seek to attract representatives from countries of the Southern and Eastern Hemispheres. Of course, they do not ignore our partners in the CIS countries. We are sure that they often receive invitations that remain unanswered,” added Luzin said. CNBC was unable to verify the claim.

Russia jealously defends its influence in the Commonwealth of Independent States, which includes Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. At the same time, Western countries have tried to strengthen relations with several members of the Commonwealth of Independent States, but have been scorned by Russia.

Galuzin claimed that the summit, which Russia refused to participate in (and therefore was not invited to), “is an attempt to hastily form an anti-Russian alliance and issue an ultimatum to Russia in order to create an image of global support for Russia.” ‘Based (peace) package’,” he repeated Moscow’s statement that without Russia’s participation, the peace summit was doomed to fail.

Russia is very sensitive to Western intrusions into its backyard, especially as the number of CIS members has been shrinking in recent years. The Baltic states chose not to join the organization when it was established in 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Georgia withdrew participation after a brief war with Russia in 2008, and Moldova suspended participation after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.

— Holly Elliot

Russia said on Tuesday it may end the adoption of Russian children entirely by foreigners as its relations with Western countries are in deep trouble.

Russia’s Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova said: “It appears that the emerging international situation and the resulting significant changes in bilateral relations with Western countries will eventually lead to the complete cessation of foreign adoptions in Russia in the near future child. Published by the Russian media TASS.

The report shows that the proportion of children adopted by foreigners continues to decline. In 2023, of the 2,243 children adopted, only 6 were adopted by foreign citizens. In 2022, the year Russia invaded Ukraine, 57 children were adopted by foreigners.

According to the TASS news agency, citizens of only two countries adopted children from the Russian Federation in 2023: Italy (five children) and France (one child).

This is not the first time the issue of adoption has become a battleground between Russia and the West, with Moscow previously restricting or suspending adoptions of Russian children by foreigners. Russia banned U.S. citizens from adopting Russian children as early as 2013.

Russian air defense systems intercepted 20 Ukrainian drones in the Russian border area on Monday, the acting governor of the Kursk region said.

Alexei Smirnov accused Ukrainian troops of attacking nine villages in the southern border region, but said the attack used explosives dropped by drones and helicopters and that no one was injured.

“20 Ukrainian drones in the border area were neutralized and rendered harmless by electronic warfare,” Smirnov said on Telegram. CNBC could not independently verify the reports, and Ukraine has not commented on the attack, the latest in a series of strikes targeting regions bordering Russia.

Such attacks prompted Russian troops to launch a new offensive last month in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region, where they hope to create what Russian President Vladimir Putin has called a “buffer zone” to protect Russia’s border regions from attack.

— Holly Elliot

Russian missiles struck the central city of Dnipro early on Tuesday, wounding seven people, including two children, and damaging civilian infrastructure, local authorities said.

The Ukrainian Air Force said it shot down two Iskander-K cruise missiles over the area. Regional Governor Serhiy Lesak said shrapnel damaged civilian infrastructure, caused fires and injured residents.

According to preliminary information provided by the governor, two boys were among the injured, as well as five adults.

The attack damaged cars and smashed windows in residential buildings and a hospital, Lysak wrote via the Telegram messaging app.

Russian forces also launched four drones in nighttime attacks – the Ukrainian air force said it shot down two of them in the northern region of Chernihiv.

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Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov warned the United States on Monday that allowing Kiev to deploy U.S.-provided weapons against targets in Russia could have “fatal consequences.”

Ryabkov said: “I would like to warn American leaders not to make miscalculations that could have fatal consequences. For some unknown reason, they underestimated the seriousness of a possible rejection.” Russian state news agency TASS commented.

He pointed out that Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken about this topic many times and issued “a very important warning that must be taken seriously with the most serious attitude.”

Last week, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the White House had approved a request from Ukraine to deploy U.S.-provided weapons against targets on Russian territory near the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. The purpose of authorizing this use is the defense of Kharkov.

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