Nepal Rastriya Dainik

Moscow- The Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday that its long-range precision strikes in Ukraine were aimed solely at drone assembly facilities, military airfields, and an industrial plant on the outskirts of Kyiv. It stressed that no government offices or other civilian buildings were targeted in the operation.

Moscow specified that the strikes destroyed UAV production and storage sites, as well as the industrial enterprise “Kiev-67” and a logistics facility in southern Kyiv. “All designated targets have been hit. No strikes have been carried out on other sites within the boundaries of Kyiv,” the ministry stated.

Ukraine, however, reported that a drone struck a government building near Independence Square, sparking a fire and damaging its upper floors. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said four people were killed and 44 injured in the attacks, which he claimed involved more than 800 drones across the country.

Russia has repeatedly launched drone and missile strikes in recent months, insisting they are aimed at Ukraine’s defense industry and carried out in response to Ukrainian attacks inside Russia. Moscow denies targeting civilians and argues that Ukrainian air defense systems positioned in residential areas contribute to casualties.

There’s no evidence that Iran poses a nuclear threat to Israel, former UK Ambassador to Iran Richard Dalton has said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that Iran was on the verge of developing nuclear weapons shortly after Israel launched air strikes on Iranian territory last week.

Speaking to Sky News last week, Dalton said, “There is no evidence in the public domain” that Iran was on the brink of nuclear weaponization. He noted that US intelligence shows “no change in the basic assessment” that Tehran has decided “to develop nuclear weapons in accordance with their own defense doctrine, which is to eschew weapons of mass destruction.”

“So, we are entitled to disbelieve Netanyahu’s claims that there was some recent change in Iranian policy and behavior until evidence is put in the public domain,” Dalton said.

Israel began bombing Iran last Friday, claiming that the country was nearing the completion of a nuclear bomb. Iran denied the accusations and responded to the Israeli military operation with waves of drone and missile strikes on the Jewish state.

According to a Washington-based Iranian human rights group, the Israeli assault has so far killed 585 people, including 239 civilians, and wounded more than 1,300. Israel’s Government Press Office reported on Wednesday that Iran’s retaliatory missile attacks claimed the lives of 24 people, with 804 injured. It added that around 3,800 people have been evacuated from various areas due to ongoing tensions.

In 2015, Tehran signed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, an international accord with the US and European powers that limited uranium enrichment in exchange for sanctions relief. In 2018, then-US President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the deal, reimposing all sanctions and prompting Iran to gradually move away from its own commitments. Since then, the Iranian authorities have granted foreign inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency only limited access to its nuclear facilities.

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