Two Civilians Killed in Ukrainian Shelling on Russia's Bryansk

FILE PHOTO: A Ukrainian serviceman rides inside a BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle on a road to the front line town of Bakhmut, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine April 21, 2023. REUTERS/Sofiia Gatilova/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A Ukrainian serviceman rides inside a BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle on a road to the front line town of Bakhmut, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine April 21, 2023. REUTERS/Sofiia Gatilova/File Photo
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Two Civilians Killed in Ukrainian Shelling on Russia's Bryansk

FILE PHOTO: A Ukrainian serviceman rides inside a BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle on a road to the front line town of Bakhmut, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine April 21, 2023. REUTERS/Sofiia Gatilova/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A Ukrainian serviceman rides inside a BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle on a road to the front line town of Bakhmut, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine April 21, 2023. REUTERS/Sofiia Gatilova/File Photo

Two civilians died as a result of Ukrainian shelling on a village in Russia's Bryansk region on Saturday evening, a local governor said.

"According to preliminary information, one residential building was completely destroyed, two more houses were partially destroyed," Governor Alexander Bogomaz said on the Telegram messaging app. "Emergency services continue to work at the scene."

Ukraine almost never publicly claims responsibility for attacks inside Russia and on Russian-controlled territory in Ukraine.

Both sides deny targeting civilians in the 14-month-old Russian invasion on Ukraine.



Greenland Leader Says Everyone Should Respect Island’s Wish for Independence

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and the Chairman of Naalakkersuisut, Mute B. Egede attend a press conference in the Mirror Hall at the Prime Minister's Office, at Christiansborg in Copenhagen, Friday, January 10, 2025. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix/via Reuters)
Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and the Chairman of Naalakkersuisut, Mute B. Egede attend a press conference in the Mirror Hall at the Prime Minister's Office, at Christiansborg in Copenhagen, Friday, January 10, 2025. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix/via Reuters)
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Greenland Leader Says Everyone Should Respect Island’s Wish for Independence

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and the Chairman of Naalakkersuisut, Mute B. Egede attend a press conference in the Mirror Hall at the Prime Minister's Office, at Christiansborg in Copenhagen, Friday, January 10, 2025. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix/via Reuters)
Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and the Chairman of Naalakkersuisut, Mute B. Egede attend a press conference in the Mirror Hall at the Prime Minister's Office, at Christiansborg in Copenhagen, Friday, January 10, 2025. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix/via Reuters)

Greenland's leader said on Friday he had not been in contact with incoming US president Donald Trump, who has said he wants control over the Arctic island, and urged everyone to respect Greenland's wish for independence.

Trump, who takes office on Jan. 20, said this week that US control of Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory, was an "absolute necessity" and did not rule out using military or economic action such as tariffs against Denmark to make it happen.

"We have a desire for independence, a desire to be the master of our own house ... This is something everyone should respect," Greenland Prime Minister Mute Egede said at a joint press conference with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in Copenhagen.