Russia says Ukrainian drone attack hit biochemical plant

Russian officials said Tuesday a Ukrainian drone onslaught caused an detonation and occurrence astatine a biochemical works successful the Tambov region.

Tambov Governor Maxim Yegorov said connected Telegram the occurrence was extinguished aboriginal Tuesday and that preliminary accusation indicated determination were nary injuries.

Ukrainian drones besides damaged 2 distilleries successful the Tula region, officials said Tuesday.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday it changeable down 11 Ukrainian drones implicit the Bryansk region, 3 drones implicit Belgorod, 2 implicit Kursk and each implicit the Tula and Oryol regions.

The politician of Belgorod reported 2 homes were damaged by falling debris from destroyed drones, portion the politician Bryansk said the onslaught damaged 1 building.

In Ukraine, Sumy Governor Ihor Kalchenko said a Russian drone onslaught killed 3 people.

Kalchenko said Ukrainian aerial defenses changeable down 25 Russian drones successful the region.

US aid

The United States "will get Ukraine what it needs" to proceed to combat its 32-month warfare with Russia, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Monday during a sojourn to Kyiv.

But helium gave nary denotation the U.S. would consent to Ukraine’s privation to instantly articulation NATO oregon let Kyiv’s forces to motorboat rocket strikes deeper into Russia.

Austin said the U.S. would manus Ukraine what it requires "to combat for its endurance and security," saying it was indispensable for Western allies to fend disconnected Russia’s aggression.

“Europe’s aboriginal is connected the line,” Austin said successful a code astatine the Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine. “NATO’s spot is connected the line. America’s information is connected the line.”

As Austin visited Ukraine, the U.S. announced its 68th tranche of subject assistance since the commencement of the warfare with Russia, astir $400 cardinal successful caller armaments, including munitions for rocket systems and artillery mortar systems and rounds, armored vehicles and anti-tank weapons.

Anna Borshchevskaya, a elder chap astatine the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, told VOA that the caller U.S. assistance does not supply astir of what Ukraine asked for.

“In different words, determination was nary caller weaponry provided. Ukraine inactive does not person the capableness to usage its weaponry to onslaught wrong Russia, and determination was nary treatment of a imaginable NATO rank for Ukraine,” she said.

As warring continues, a Russian rocket onslaught connected the confederate metropolis of Zaporizhzhia killed 2 radical and injured 15 successful the metropolis halfway and caused immense harm to civilian infrastructure, including a kindergarten and much than 30 residential buildings, determination Governor Ivan Fedorov said.

North Korean involvement

Separately astatine the U.N. Security Council, Western officials expressed interest that North Korea whitethorn beryllium readying to nonstop thousands of troops to Ukraine to combat for Russia.

Zelenskyy said successful his nightly code Sunday that determination is outer and video grounds that North Korea is sending not lone instrumentality to Russia but is besides preparing soldiers for deployment.

Russia’s envoy lone alluded to the accusations during a assembly gathering Monday connected Ukraine.

“They [the West] person go distracted by circulating scaremongering with Iranian, Chinese and [North] Korean bogeymen, each 1 of which is much absurd than the 1 before,” Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said.

South Korea’s envoy said according to his government’s National Intelligence Service, Pyongyang has shipped Russia implicit 13,000 containers filled with artillery shells, missiles and anti-tank rockets since August 2023, and present they are sending troops.

“Pyongyang, according to our NIS [National Intelligence Service], has deployed astir 1,500 peculiar forces troops to Russia’s Far Eastern cities, aboard Russian naval vessels, since earlier this month,” Ambassador Hwang Joonkook said. “The transported soldiers were provided with Russian subject uniforms and Russian weapons. And to disguise their identity, they were issued with fake individuality cards of residents from Yakutia and Buryatia who stock akin facial features with North Koreans.”

Hwang said North Korea volition expect a “generous payoff” from Moscow successful instrumentality for its troops.

“It could beryllium either subject oregon fiscal assistance; it could beryllium atomic weapons-related technology,” helium said.

The U.S. envoy said Washington is alert of the reports, and if true, they are a “dangerous and highly concerning development.”

“If Russia is so turning to the DPRK for manpower, it would beryllium a motion of desperation connected the portion of the Kremlin,” U.S. Deputy U.N. Ambassador Robert Wood said. “We cognize Russia is suffering bonzer casualties connected the battlefield owed to the bravery and effectiveness of the Ukrainian military. Russia cannot prolong its aggression without assistance.”

Ukraine’s ambassador accused North Korea of fueling and prolonging the warfare and said Russia is “begging planetary outcasts” for weapons and troops. Sergiy Kyslytsya said according to publically disposable information, astir 11,000 North Korean infantry troops are being trained successful the eastbound of Russia and are expected to beryllium acceptable for deployment by November 1.

VOA nationalist information analogous Jeff Seldin and VOA U.N. analogous Margaret Besheer contributed to this report. Some worldly was provided by The Associated Press and Reuters.