Ukraine live: Romania probes possible drone attack on tanker

🎥 Ukraine accuses US of helping Russia as missiles hit Kyiv

Ukraine on Wednesday accused the United States of helping Russia by failing to warn it of incoming missile strikes and hobbling Kyiv’s military response through changes to the Starlink system it uses on the battlefield.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on US tech billionaire Elon Musk to restore Starlink, which Kyiv says has been slowed down.

Romania probes possible drone attack on tanker

Romania on Wednesday was probing a possible fresh drone attack on a tanker off its Black Sea coast.

Suspected Russian drones have hit several ships off Romania and neighbouring Bulgaria since last week in the latest spillover from the Ukraine war in the Black Sea.

Romanian rescuers rushed to help the Comoros Islands-flagged Yara J late Wednesday off Sulina near the border with Ukraine, a statement said.

Defence Minister Radu Miruta said the ship’s crew managed to douse a fire themselves.

“Whether it was struck by a drone or not, an investigation is currently underway,” he told the Digi24 television channel.

“This is a matter of significant gravity, given that such incidents are occurring in Romanian territorial waters,” he said.

Russia hits Ukraine’s Izmail port, defence ministry says

⁠Russia ⁠has ​struck ​Izmail port in Ukraine’s Black ​Sea ‌Odesa ⁠region (📍) ‌and has also ⁠hit two cargo

vessels ​en ‌route to Odesa, ‌the Russian ​defence ministry said on Telegram, adding ​those ​were ​used for ​military purposes.

UK finance minister calls for tighter Russian shipping sanctions

British finance minister John ​Healey called on other nations to tighten sanctions on Russia-linked shipping, ​as he prepared to meet his foreign counterparts at the International Monetary Fund’s annual meetings in Bangkok on Thursday.

“My message to finance ministers here ​today … on ‌Ukraine, is to stay the path on tough ⁠economic sanctions on Russia, especially a tighter ban on shipping services … that help

(Russian President Vladimir) ‌Putin’s sanctions-busting shadow fleet to operate,” he said.

Russian strikes kill two in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, governor says

⁠Russian ⁠air ​strikes ​have killed ​two people ‌in ⁠the ‌Ukrainian southeastern ⁠Dnipropetrovsk region ​early on ‌Thursday, regional ‌governor ​Oleksandr Hanzha said on ​the Telegram ​messaging ​app.