Ukraine’s Military Says It Shot Down 18 Russian Drones Overnight

A view shows semi-trucks destroyed during a Russian drone strike near Ukraine-Romania border, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa region, Ukraine October 2, 2024. (Reuters)
A view shows semi-trucks destroyed during a Russian drone strike near Ukraine-Romania border, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa region, Ukraine October 2, 2024. (Reuters)
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Ukraine’s Military Says It Shot Down 18 Russian Drones Overnight

A view shows semi-trucks destroyed during a Russian drone strike near Ukraine-Romania border, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa region, Ukraine October 2, 2024. (Reuters)
A view shows semi-trucks destroyed during a Russian drone strike near Ukraine-Romania border, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa region, Ukraine October 2, 2024. (Reuters)

Russia launched two Iskander-M ballistic missiles and 19 drones in an overnight attack, Ukraine's military said on Tuesday, but the air force shot down 18 drones, and the last returned to Russian territory.

Russian forces used drones and missiles in the attack on the southern region of Odesa, the air force said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app.

Odesa regional governor Oleh Kiper said the drone attack on the city of Chornomorsk caused fires on three floors of an apartment building but there were no casualties.

It also set off a fire, now extinguished, at an administrative and production building in Odesa district, he added, while one drone fell in an open area without detonating.

A Russian missile also hit a Palau-flagged vessel in Odesa port on Monday, killing a Ukrainian national and injuring five crew members in the second such attack in as many days, officials said.



Israel's UN Mission Doesn’t Invite Secretary-General to Ceremony

UN Secretary General Antَnio Guterres looks on at a Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East at the United Nations headquarters on October 2, 2024 in New York. (AFP)
UN Secretary General Antَnio Guterres looks on at a Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East at the United Nations headquarters on October 2, 2024 in New York. (AFP)
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Israel's UN Mission Doesn’t Invite Secretary-General to Ceremony

UN Secretary General Antَnio Guterres looks on at a Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East at the United Nations headquarters on October 2, 2024 in New York. (AFP)
UN Secretary General Antَnio Guterres looks on at a Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East at the United Nations headquarters on October 2, 2024 in New York. (AFP)

Israel’s mission to the United Nations had an invitation-only guest list for its commemoration of Hamas’ attack in southern Israel a year ago and it didn’t include UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who was banned from the country last week. No UN official was on the invite list.

Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon told reporters the situation with the secretary-general was “sensitive.”

He asserted at the ceremony that the UN has failed Israel “time and time again,” including failing to condemn Hamas.

Several hundred ambassadors, diplomats, Jewish leaders and students attended the ceremony.

Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz, who declared Guterres “persona non grata” last week, vowed in a video message that Israel will respond “with strength and power” to Iran’s missile attack on Israel last week.

The Israeli ambassador said that “the days when we had to rely on foreign powers to protect us are over,” to applause.