Russian plane with nearly 50 on board crashes in eastern Amur region
A Russian passenger plane carrying 49 people, including six crew members, crashed in the eastern Amur region on Thursday, Reuters reported, citing local media reports.
A Russian passenger plane carrying 49 people, including six crew members, crashed in the eastern Amur region on Thursday, Reuters reported, citing local media reports.
According to the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the quake was at a depth of 28 km (17.4 miles). A shallow earthquake is more dangerous as it is more prone to aftershocks.
A large Russian drone-and-missile attack targeted Ukraine's eastern city of Kharkiv on Saturday, killing at least three people and injuring 21, local Ukrainian officials said.
Six drones hit a residential area in the city at 5:30 a.m. local time, according to authorities. The child killed was the grandson of an emergency responder, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
This data, released by the Russian defence ministry, comes as delegations from Moscow and Kyiv meet in Istanbul to negotiate a ceasefire.
Russian and Ukrainian officials arrived at a palace in Istanbul on Monday for their second round of direct peace talks since 2022 with no sign they are any closer to an agreement
Russian troops made significant gains in Ukraine by advancing on the eastern front and capturing two settlements in Donetsk region and one in the northern region of Sumy on Sunday.
Russia and Ukraine have agreed to swap 1,000 prisoners of war (PoWs) each, according to the head of Moscow's peace talks delegation, but there is no agreement on the ceasefire between two countries.