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Ukraine claims it shot down a Russian strategic bomber as Moscow’s missiles kill 8 Ukrainians
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s air force claimed Friday it shot down a Russian strategic bomber, but Moscow officials said the plane crashed in a sparsely populated area due to a malfunction after a combat mission.
Neither claim could be independently verified. Previous Ukrainian claims of shooting down Russian warplanes during their more than two-year war have met with silence or denials from Moscow.
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Meanwhile, Russian missiles struck cities in the central Dnipro region of Ukraine, killing eight people, including a 14-year-old girl and 8-year-old boy, and injuring 28, local officials said.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy repeated Kyiv officials’ almost daily appeals for more Western air defense systems, again drawing a parallel with how Israel blunted a recent Iranian attack.
Missile and drone attacks can be thwarted, he wrote on social platform X: «This has been demonstrated in the skies over the Middle East, and it should also work in Europe.»
Ukrainian servicemen pass the scene of a building damaged by a Russian attack in Dnipro, Ukraine, Friday, April 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko)
Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba added: «Children must not be killed in airstrikes in modern Europe.»
Russia’s air force is vastly more powerful than Ukraine’s, but sophisticated missile systems provided by Kyiv’s Western partners are a major threat to Russian aviation as the Kremlin’s forces slowly push forward along the around 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) front line in what has become a grinding war of attrition. Ukrainian officials say they expect a major Russian offensive in the summer.
Ukraine said the air force and military intelligence cooperated to bring down the Tu-22M3 bomber with anti-aircraft missiles. Russia commonly uses the bomber to fire Kh-22 cruise missiles at Ukrainian targets from inside its own airspace. The plane can also carry nuclear warheads.
The Russian defense ministry said the warplane crashed «in a deserted area» in the southern region of Stavropol, hundreds of kilometers (miles) from the Ukrainian border.
Three crew members were rescued after ejecting from the aircraft, and the search for a fourth is taking place, according to the ministry. But Stavropol Gov. Vladimir Vladimirov said one of the rescued pilots died.
On Christmas Eve, Ukraine claimed to have shot down two Russian fighter jets. In January, the Ukrainian air force said it shot down a Russian early warning and control plane and a key command center aircraft that relays information to troops on the ground, in what appeared to be a significant blow for the Kremlin’s forces. The next month, Ukraine said it knocked out another early warning and control plane.
Also in January, Moscow accused Kyiv of shooting down a Russian military transport plane that was carrying Ukrainian POWs who were headed for a prisoner swap.
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Russian forces overnight conducted a combined aerial attack with the use of 22 missiles of various types and 14 Shahed drones during the night, the Ukrainian air force said. All the drones and 15 of the missiles were intercepted, it said.
The attack hit urban areas as well as train infrastructure in the Dnipro region, Ukraine’s National Railway Operator said. Among those killed in the strikes was employee Oksana Storozhenko, the mother of two teenage sons, it said.
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Al menos 25 muertos en nuevo accidente de carretera en Bolivia: suman más de 60 víctimas desde el sábado en la misma región
Al menos 25 personas murieron este lunes en Bolivia cuando un bus de pasajeros se desbarrancó y rodó por una pendiente de unos 500 metros luego de impactar con una camioneta en Potosí, en el sur del país, informó la Fiscalía.
Es el segundo accidente con un elevado número de víctimas en tres días. El sábado murieron 37 ocupantes de dos autobuses que chocaron de frente también en Potosí, durante las fiestas de Carnaval.
El nuevo siniestro se produjo en la carretera Oruro-Potosí, en la localidad de Las Leñas, unos 90 kilómetros al norte de la ciudad de Potosí. El choque frontal de los vehículos dejó «como saldo 25 personas fallecidas y 26 heridas», precisó el Ministerio Público en un comunicado.
Las autoridades presumen que el conductor de la camioneta, que se encuentra internado en un centro de salud cercano, fue el responsable del siniestro luego de invadir el carril contrario.
«Está en el hospital (…) con custodio policial porque ya ha sido aprehendido por la Fiscalía», detalló a la AFP Limberth Choque, vocero de la policía.
Todos los fallecidos eran ocupantes del bus que se desbarrancó, añadió.
Según reportes policiales, el vehículo de pasajeros había partido desde Oruro, donde el fin de semana se celebró el Carnaval de Oruro, una de las fiestas más grandes de América Latina, que recibe cada año a decenas de miles de personas.
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Delegation of hostages released by Hamas traveling to DC to meet with Trump admin officials
A group of seven people who were freed from Hamas’ captivity are traveling to Washington, D.C., to meet with U.S. officials.
Eli Sharabi, Doron Steinbrecher, Keith Siegel, Aviva Siegel, Naama Levy, Omer Shem Tov and Iair Horn will meet with officials from the Trump administration, according to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum Headquarters.
The released hostages will express their gratitude to the Trump administration for the president’s commitment to bringing all the hostages home.
The group will provide firsthand testimony about their experiences in Hamas’ tunnels.
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Israeli captive Eli Sharabi, who had been held hostage by Hamas in Gaza since October 7, 2023, is escorted by Hamas before being handed over to the Red Cross in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. (AP)
The delegation will stress to government officials about the need to require Hamas to return all remaining hostages immediately in a single phase.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke Sunday with Sharabi.
«I deeply appreciate the courageous way you are sharing your experience, and it is also important that you share it with President Trump,» Netanyahu told him. «Our goal is to bring all the hostages home – and we will not relent for a moment.»
Sharabi replied that he was glad to be home and reunited with his family, but emphasized that «the remaining hostages, especially those who are still alive, must return home to their families urgently.»
«And of course, the fallen hostages, including my brother Yossi, must be brought back for burial in Israel so that their families have a grave to mourn at,» Sharabi said.
ISRAEL AGREES TO TRUMP ENVOY’S TEMPORARY GAZA CEASEFIRE EXTENSION PROPOSAL AS FIRST PHASE EXPIRES: REPORTS
Keith Siegel, accompanied by his wife Aviva (on his left), disembarked from a military helicopter at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center on February 1, 2025. (Getty Images)
On Sunday, Israeli officials announced that they are stopping the entry of all goods and supplies into the Gaza Strip and warned Hamas it would face «additional consequences» if it does not accept a new proposal for an extended ceasefire. An Israeli official said the decision to suspend aid was made in coordination with the Trump administration.
The White House backed the move by Israel, saying that the Jewish State has «negotiated in good faith since the beginning of this administration to ensure the release of hostages held captive by Hamas terrorists.»
The first phase of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, which included an uptick in humanitarian assistance, expired on Saturday. The two sides have not yet negotiated the second phase, in which Hamas was called to release dozens of remaining hostages in return for an Israeli pullout and a permanent ceasefire.
Israeli officials also said on Sunday that they support a proposal to extend the first phase of the ceasefire through Ramadan and Passover, or April 20. They said the proposal came from the Trump administration’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on February 3, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Getty Images)
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Under that deal, Hamas would release half the hostages on the first day and the remainder when an agreement is reached on a permanent ceasefire, according to Netanyahu’s office.
In the first phase of the ceasefire, Hamas released 25 Israeli hostages and the remains of eight others in exchange for nearly 2,000 Palestinians imprisoned by Israel. Israeli also pulled back forces from most of Gaza and allowed a surge of humanitarian aid to enter the region.
The war began when Hamas launched a surprise attack against Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing roughly 1,200 people and abducting more than 251. Hamas still has 59 hostages, 32 of whom are believed to be dead.
Israel’s offensive into Gaza in response to Hamas’ attack has killed more than 48,000 Palestinians, according to the Hamas-run government’s Gaza Health Ministry. It does not specify how many of the dead were terrorists or civilians.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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