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BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaUkraine war: Two French volunteers killed in Russian drone strike – Macron confirmsPublished29 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsWar in UkraineImage source, Kherson regional military administrationImage caption, Beryslav and other Ukrainian towns on the right (west) bank of the Dnipro River have been regularly attacked by Russian troopsBy Jaroslav LukivBBC NewsFrench President Emmanuel Macron has confirmed two French aid workers were killed in a Russian strike in Ukraine, condemning the attack as “cowardly”.”My solidarity goes out to all the volunteers who are committed to helping people,” he said in a post on X.Ukrainian officials earlier said two foreign volunteers had been killed in the southern Beryslav town on Thursday.Russia has not publicly commented. A number of foreign volunteers have been killed in Ukraine since the war began.Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of its south-western neighbour in February 2022. Referring to the incident, Ukrainian officials said another four people – including three foreign volunteers – were injured in a “massive” drone attack of the front-line town on the Dnipro River in the Kherson region.French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné later said that the three injured were also French nationals.Russia would “answer for its crimes” and “barbarity”, Mr Séjourné added. The French volunteers have not been publicly named, and the organisation they worked for has not been revealed.Senior Kherson official Yuriy Sobolevsky said only that the victims had been employed by a “powerful” international organisation working in more than 30 countries, according to Ukraine’s Suspilne broadcaster.In a post on X, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote that “Russian terror knows no boundaries or nationalities.”The brave French aid workers assisted people and we will always be grateful for their humanity,” he added.Beryslav, Kherson and other Ukrainian towns on the right (west) bank of the Dnipro River have been regularly attacked by Russian troops from the territory they have seized on the left bank of the region.Two people were killed and another six injured in Russian shelling of the region over the last 24 hours, local officials said on Friday.In September 2023, Emma Igual, the Spanish director of Road to Relief, and Anthony Ihnat, a Canadian colleague, were killed in a Russian strike in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region.In January 2023, British nationals Chris Parry and Andrew Bagshaw, who had been earlier reported missing in the same region, were confirmed killed. 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![BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaRussian jet crashes carrying Ukrainian PoWs – MoscowPublished21 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Russian TelegramImage caption, The plane was seen going down near the village of Yablonovo in Belgorod regionBy Laura Gozzi & Paul KirbyBBC NewsA Russian Ilyushin-76 military transport plane has crashed in the southern Belgorod region bordering Ukraine.Russia’s ministry of defence said 65 captured Ukrainian military were on the plane heading to Belgorod region for a prisoner exchange.None of the details surrounding those on board can be independently verified. Ria Novosti news agency said another nine people were on the plane, including six crew.Ukraine’s general staff, quoted by the Ukrainska Pravda website, said the plane was transporting missiles for Russia’s S-300 air defence systems. It made no mention of prisoners of war.Video shared on social media showed a plane going down followed by an explosion and a fireball near the village of Yablonovo, 70km (44 miles) to the north-east of the city of Belgorod, at around 11:00 local time (08:00 GMT).The regional governor in Russia’s Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said the plane crashed in a field near a residential area and that everyone on board had died. Some Ukrainian media suggested initially that the Il-76 may have been downed by Ukrainian forces, but those reports were later deleted.Ukraine’s general staff told BBC Ukrainian that it did not have accurate information about the situation and that it was investigating the circumstances. The Ukrainian government body in charge of prisoners of war warned that Russia was “actively carrying out special information operations against Ukraine, which are aimed at destabilising Ukrainian society”.Andrei Kartapolov, the chairman of Russia’s parliamentary defence committee, claimed later that there had been a second plane in the air transporting 80 Ukrainian prisoners, although that plane had then changed course.”There can now be no talk of any other [prisoner] exchanges,” Mr Kartapolov told Russian TV.Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Kremlin was aware of the crash but refused to go in to details.A nationwide air raid alert was briefly in place across Ukraine shortly after news of the Il-76 crash emerged. Belgorod, which is located approximately 25 miles (40km) north of the border with Ukraine, has suffered dozens of casualties from air strikes and drones since the war in Ukraine began. 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![BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaUS strikes Iran-backed militia in IraqPublished10 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsIsrael-Gaza warImage source, ReutersImage caption, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said he and US President Joe Biden “will not hesitate to take necessary action” to defend American interestsThe US says its forces have carried out strikes in Iraq on three facilities used by Iran-backed militia.The “proportionate” strikes targeted “Kataib Hezbollah militia group and other Iran-affiliated groups”, Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said.He said the precision strikes were “in direct response” to attacks against US and coalition allies in Iraq and Syria.But a senior Iraqi official said they were a “flagrant violation of Iraq’s sovereignty”.Iraq’s National Security Adviser Qassem al-Aaraji added that the US strikes did not help bring calm. Writing on X, formerly Twitter, he said that “the US should pile on pressure for a halt to the Israeli offensive in Gaza rather than targeting and bombing the bases of an Iraqi national body”.He was referring to the alliance of Iran-backed former paramilitary groups, Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation force), which is now integrated in the regular armed forces.Last week, a number of US military personnel were injured in a missile attack on an airbase in western Iraq.US officials said they were “undergoing evaluation for traumatic brain injuries”.Understanding a week of missile strikes across the Middle EastThe US military’s Central Command (CentCom) said at the time that an Iran-backed militia targeted the Al Asad airbase, which hosts American troops, with ballistic missiles and rockets.A group calling itself the Islamic Resistance in Iraq claimed responsibility for that attack. The group emerged in late 2023 and is comprised of several Iran-affiliated armed groups operating in Iraq. It has claimed other attacks against US forces in recent weeks.In a statement, Mr Austin praised the “professionalism” of US military personnel in planning and conducting the latest strikes in Iraq as part of efforts “to further dismantle and degrade ISIS [the Islamic State group].”Mr Austin stressed that he and US President Joe Biden “will not hesitate to take necessary action” to defend American interests. “We do not seek to escalate conflict in the region. We are fully prepared to take further measures to protect our people and our facilities. We call on these groups and their Iranian sponsors to immediately cease these attacks,” he said.In a separate statement, CentCom said the strikes were carried out at 00:15 local time (21:15 GMT Tuesday) in response to the attack – among others – on Al Asad airbase in western Iraq on 20 January.”These strikes targeted [Kataib Hezbollah] headquarters, storage, and training locations for rocket, missile, and one-way attack UAV capabilities,” CentCom said.The US military provided no details on where the targeted militia facilities were located in Iraq.Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Missiles and rockets were fired at the Al Asad airbase last SaturdaySaturday’s attack on Al Asad airbase followed a US drone strike in Baghdad earlier this month in which a pro-Iran militia leader was killed. US troops in Iraq and Syria have been attacked dozens of times by Iran-aligned militants since the Israel-Gaza war started in October.The US military and its allies – including the UK – have also intervened to stop Houthi missile attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea.Washington and London have carried out strikes against the Houthis – an Iran-backed rebel group controlling much of western Yemen.On Wednesday, CentCom said US forces had conducted another round of strikes against two Houthi anti-ship missiles “that were aimed into the southern Red Sea and were prepared to launch”.”US forces identified the missiles in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen and determined that they presented an imminent threat to merchant vessels and the US Navy ships in the region. US forces subsequently struck and destroyed the missiles in self-defence,” CentCom added.Red Sea ‘scary’ for ships’ crews, says captainThe Iranian military has carried out a number of missile strikes over the last week against targets in Syria, Iraq and Pakistan.Last Saturday, Iran accused Israel of carrying out an airstrike in the Syrian capital Damascus, which killed five senior members of Iran’s security forces.Related TopicsMiddle EastIsrael-Gaza warYemenIranHouthis US Armed ForcesIraqUnited StatesSyriaMore on this storyUS personnel injured in missile attack on Iraq basePublished3 days agoUS condemns Iran for ‘reckless’ strikes on IraqPublished16 JanuaryIran’s sudden strikes show just how perilous region has becomePublished4 days agoTracking Houthi attacks in the Red SeaPublished4 days agoTop StoriesLive. 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