Ukraine-Russia War latest: Three Dead in Russian Drone Strike as Putin Grants FSB Sweeping New Powers
By Sam Kiley In Zaporizhzhia, Maira Butt & Shahana Yasmin
Ukrainian leader continued to call on the international community to ‘pressure the aggressor’
At least three people have died after a Russian drone strike on a warehouse in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, according to the Ukrainian emergency services.
The state emergency service said rescuers recovered two more bodies from beneath the rubble during search operations, after the attack a day earlier caused a large fire at a civilian enterprise building.
The attack came as Russian president Vladimir Putin signed a law granting Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) sweeping new powers to deny individuals access to the internet.
The new law allows the authorities to order telecommunications providers to disconnect individuals from mobile and internet services, expanding state control over digital communications, and also applies to territories under Russian occupation in Ukraine.
Earlier, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said peace talks in Geneva this week “have not always been easy or reasonable,” but insisted that opportunities to end the war “with dignity” still exist.
He also pushed back on Donald Trump’s demands for Kyiv to make concessions, saying it was “not fair” to ask Ukraine to give up territory to Russia.
Original source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-trump-putin-zelensky-counteroffensive-live-b2924108.html