Ukrainian forces claim strike on port infrastructure at Kerch city factory in Russian-occupied Crimea
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen attend a press conference in Kyiv on Saturday. Photograph: Efrem Lukatsky/APUkraine’s armed forces said they hit marine and port infrastructure at a factory in the port city of Kerch in Russian-occupied Crimea on Saturday.
Earlier on Saturday, Russian attacks in Ukraine have wounded at least 14 civilians over the past day, officials said as the president of the European Union ’s executive arm returned to the Ukrainian capital to meet Volodymyr Zelenskiy. The visit came a week before she is due to present a report on the enlargement of the EU, which Ms von der Leyen said will note Kyiv’s progress on its path to membership in the 27-member bloc.
The EU’s 27 members are due at a summit in December to decide whether to allow Kyiv to begin accession negotiations, a move requiring the unanimous backing of all the bloc’s members. Ukrainian military officials said a heavy overnight set of drone strikes on widely separated regions showed new attacks on infrastructure were to be expected as winter approaches.
Mayor Vitaliy Barabash, speaking on national television, said audio transmission intercepts had revealed that Moscow was now seeking to secure the town’s giant coking plant.