{"id":809947,"date":"2026-08-11T10:36:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T10:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/809947\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T10:36:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T10:36:19","slug":"ukraine-russia-war-latest-zelensky-mocks-putins-reliance-on-north-korea-as-12-killed-in-russian-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/809947\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky mocks Putin\u2019s reliance on North Korea as 12 killed in Russian strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zelensky mocks Putin over Russia’s reliance on North KoreaYour support helps us to tell the story<\/p>\n

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Volodymyr Zelensky has mocked Vladimir Putin<\/a> for his reliance on ally North Korea, saying Russia<\/a> is no longer capable of waging its war<\/a> on Ukraine<\/a> alone.<\/p>\n

The Ukrainian president said Russia used North Korean ballistic missiles in its strikes overnight, which killed six in Zaporizhzhia and another six in Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk, according to local authorities.<\/p>\n

There were also explosions in Kyiv overnight, with reports of at least one person wounded. <\/p>\n

\u201cFor the first time in its history, Russia cannot wage war without reinforcements from North Korea,\u201d Zelensky said earlier in his overnight address.<\/p>\n

He also issued a warning to countries in Asia, saying North Korea will present a \u201cgreater danger\u201d to Japan, South Korea and the Philippines as it gains military experience, correcting any shortcomings in the process.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a Ukrainian drone attack killed one person in Russia’s Voronezh region overnight, while falling debris triggered fires at a Wildberries warehouse, Alexander Gusev, the regional governor, \u2060and the company \u200bsaid \u2060on Tuesday. <\/p>\n

<\/a>Ukrainian military says it attacked oil refinery in Russia’s Orsk <\/p>\n

The Ukrainian military said on Tuesday it attacked an oil refinery in Russia’s Orsk. <\/p>\n

Russia’s defence ministry said that its forces had carried out overnight strikes \u2060on military-related transport and logistics centres in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and on a major iron and steel works it said was helping Ukraine’s war effort in Zaporizhzhia. <\/p>\n

Shweta Sharma11 August 2026 11:30<\/p>\n

<\/a>Another Wildberries warehouse ablaze in Russia <\/p>\n

A drone attack killed one person and injured two \u2060others in Russia’s Voronezh region overnight, while falling debris triggered fires at a Wildberries warehouse, Alexander Gusev, the regional governor, \u2060and the company \u200bsaid \u2060on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Russia’s air defence units destroyed 15 drones over the \u2060city of Voronezh and five districts of \u200bthe \u2060region, Gusev said \u200con Telegram.<\/p>\n

\"File:File: A crater near the remains of the Wildberries warehouse that burned down after a recent Ukrainian drone attack in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, in the city of Elektrostal in the Moscow region, Russia, 23 July 2026 (Reuters)<\/p>\n

“A drone crash caused fires at two warehouses of a large company. \u200cAt one facility, the \u200cfire has been contained to an area of 16,000 square meters, while at the \u2060other, a blaze covering 20,000 square meters is being extinguished. Emergency services are on scene,” the governor said.<\/p>\n

Russian online retailer Wildberries said its logistics facilities in the Voronezh \u200cregion had been evacuated in \u200baccordance with safety requirements.<\/p>\n

Wildberries is known as “Russia’s Amazon”.<\/p>\n

It later \u200csaid that the \u2060fire at the facility had \u2060been extinguished, that goods had not been damaged \u200cand \u200bthat deliveries had been \u200crerouted to other warehouses.<\/p>\n

Shweta Sharma11 August 2026 11:30<\/p>\n

<\/a>Death toll rises to six in Zaporizhzhia after Russian strikes<\/p>\n

Russian attacks killed six people and wounded \u206020 in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia early on Tuesday and also struck Kyiv, triggering \u2060fires in the capital, \u200bofficials \u2060said, taking the death toll to 12 across Ukraine in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n

Zaporizhzhia regional governor Ivan Fedorov said Russian troops launched \u2060missiles and aerial bombs \u200bat \u2060the city.<\/p>\n

Air raid alerts were sounded \u200cin both Zaporizhzhia \u200cand in Kyiv, where the capital’s military administration said warehouses in a central \u2060district were ablaze. One person was reported injured.<\/p>\n

\"\"(AFP\/Getty)<\/p>\n

Mayor Vitali Klitschko said medical personnel had been dispatched to a central district.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in Ukraine, local \u200bauthorities reported another \u200csix people were killed \u2060and 16 wounded overnight \u2060in the regions of Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk. <\/p>\n

Shweta Sharma11 August 2026 11:00<\/p>\n

<\/a>Latest pictures from Kyiv show emergency workers tackling fire<\/p>\n

Air raid alerts were sounded \u200cin Kyiv, where the capital’s military administration said warehouses in a central \u2060district were ablaze after Russian strikes.<\/p>\n

Pictures showed emergency workers dousing fire at multiple places in Kyiv.<\/p>\n

\"SmokeSmoke rises in the city during a Russian missile strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv (Reuters)\"FirefightersFirefighters work at a compound of a warehouse hit by an overnight missile strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv (Emergency Service of Ukraine)\"\"(Emergency Service of Ukraine)\"AnAn employee removes debris at the compound of a City Children’s Clinical Infectious Disease Hospital hit by an overnight missile strike (Reuters)<\/p>\n

Shweta Sharma11 August 2026 10:30<\/p>\n

<\/a>UN expert says 95% of Ukrainian POWs faced torture or ill-treatment<\/p>\n

More than 95 per cent of Ukrainian prisoners of war interviewed by the UN reported experiencing torture or ill-treatment, while more than half reported sexual violence.<\/p>\n

The UN assistant secretary-general for human rights, Claudia Fuentes Julio, said her office had documented widespread and systematic torture and ill-treatment of both Ukrainian POWs and civilian detainees by the Russian authorities, including sexual violence.<\/p>\n

Since Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion in February 2022, the UN human rights office has documented the execution of 129 Ukrainian prisoners of war at the beginning of their captivity and the deaths of 48 in custody, linked to torture, denial of medical care and other inhumane detention conditions.<\/p>\n

\"ReleasedReleased Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) embrace each other following a prisoner exchange at an undisclosed location, in the Chernihiv region (AFP\/Getty)<\/p>\n

The UN also documented severe beatings, electric shocks, dog attacks and mock executions.<\/p>\n

Fuentes Julio said the UN had documented torture and ill-treatment of Russian and third-country prisoners of war held by Ukraine, but on a \u201cfundamentally different scale\u201d, with about half of those interviewed reporting abuse during the initial stages of captivity. <\/p>\n

Shweta Sharma11 August 2026 10:01<\/p>\n

<\/a>Where have peace talks been left?<\/p>\n

Peace talks between Russia and Ukraine have been on hold since February, when the United States shifted focus to its new war in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

Moscow and Kyiv walked away from talks in Geneva no closer to a deal, as Ukraine suggested the US was unfairly demanding Kyiv alone make concessions to end the war.<\/p>\n

Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, said the last round of direct talks had been \u201cdifficult\u201d and accused Russia of deliberately stalling, with the issue of territory still in dispute.<\/p>\n

What does either side want?<\/p>\n

Russia insists on its demands for Ukrainian territory and the withdrawal of forces from its borders.<\/p>\n

Ukraine insists it needs clear security guarantees from allies to stop Russia reopening the conflict and says it cannot and will not give up territory sought by Russia.<\/p>\n

The lands in the east include industry-heavy regions and Ukraine\u2019s belt of \u2018fortress cities\u2019 to protect against invasion.<\/p>\n

Volodymyr Zelensky said late in April that he was keen to meet with Vladimir Putin, his Russian counterpart, in an effort to restart negotiations.<\/p>\n

While Ukraine claimed a string of wins on the ground, Zelensky warned that US attention on the war with Iran was soaking up resources and leaving Ukraine with critical shortages of air defences.<\/p>\n

But the Kremlin said Putin would only meet Zelensky in Moscow for the purpose of finalising agreements on the conflict.<\/p>\n

Turkey said it was making efforts to restart talks and bring together the leaders, after hosting delegations in July 2025.<\/p>\n

Shweta Sharma11 August 2026 09:30<\/p>\n

<\/a>Russia uses North Korean missiles in deadly overnight strikes, Zelensky says<\/p>\n

A missile strike damaged an infectious diseases hospital in Kyiv during overnight Russian attacks across Ukraine, president Volodymyr Zelensky said, describing the strikes as calculated to inflict \u201cmaximum damage\u201d on civilian infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Zelensky said six people were killed and 19 wounded in strikes on the city of Zaporizhzhia, while more than 120 drones were used in attacks across Ukraine.<\/p>\n

He said the city was targeted with North Korean ballistic missiles, Zircon missiles and guided aerial bombs, describing it as an attack \u201ccalculated to inflict maximum damage\u201d on civilian infrastructure.<\/p>\n

\"\"(Emergency Service of Ukraine i)<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Kyiv, a missile strike damaged an infectious diseases hospital building and businesses. Drone terror continues virtually every day in our frontline communities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery step Russia takes \u2013 increasing ballistic missile production, bringing in North Korean equipment, preparing for mobilisation \u2013 all of this shows that Moscow is preparing not for peace, but for escalation,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n

Shweta Sharma11 August 2026 09:19<\/p>\n

<\/a>More than 300 places of detention identified in Russia and occupied Ukrainian territory, official says<\/p>\n

Oleg Gushin of the Ukrainian government’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War \u2060said Ukrainian prisoners were \u201ckilled and tortured\u201d in detention during the UN Security Council meeting.<\/p>\n

He said Kyiv had identified \u201cmore than 300 places of detention\u201d in Russia and occupied Ukrainian territory and that while more than 9,000 Ukrainians had been returned through exchanges, \u201cthousands\u201d remained in Russian captivity.<\/p>\n

First-hand testimonies were heard from former prisoners of war held by Russia.<\/p>\n

A Ukrainian with a Cuban father, he said guards targeted him particularly because of his Latino name, accusing him of \u200cbeing “a mercenary and an American spy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Crimean Tatar activist Leniie Umerova, released in \u200ca prisoner exchange in 2024, said she was detained while trying to visit her seriously ill father in Crimea.<\/p>\n

She described being moved through \u201cseven detention facilities\u201d in what she called \u201ca carousel of repression\u201d and accused Russia of using torture against Ukrainians in captivity. <\/p>\n

Shweta Sharma11 August 2026 09:00<\/p>\n

<\/a>Former Ukrainian detainees speak of systematic torture and sexual abuse in Russian prisons<\/p>\n

Former Ukrainian detainees and Ukrainian officials accused Russia on Monday of systematically torturing prisoners of war and civilian detainees, holding captives incommunicado and subjecting them to beatings, electric shocks and sexual abuse, with thousands still in captivity.<\/p>\n

Russia rejected the allegations made at an \u2060informal UN Security Council meeting, with its deputy UN representative Maria Zabolotskaya calling it \u201ca disinformation campaign\u201d and alleging that Russian prisoners in Ukraine were subjected to \u201ctorture and degradation and moral and physical abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n

Khuan Alberto Levya Garsiya, still an active member of the Ukrainian military, said his Russian captors subjected him to every imaginable form of torture during 1,183 days in captivity.<\/p>\n

“Yes … I was tortured,” he told reporters after the UN meeting. “Anything you can think of \u2060that can be done hurtful, humiliating to a man, unwillingly. Anything that \u200bcomes \u2060to your mind, not only verbal, physical abuse, daily beatings, electrocution, excessive, excessive exercises in freezing cold when it’s minus degrees … sexual abuse. Everything that can be applied to a person into making a person break mentally. It was all \u2060applied to me and most of my comrades.”<\/p>\n

\"Ukraine'sUkraine’s deputy UN Ambassador Volodymyr Pavlichenko (AFP\/Getty)<\/p>\n

Garsiya said he was lucky to survive but two of his friends were \u200bbeaten to \u2060death in detention centres in the Donetsk region.<\/p>\n

Prisoners \u200cwere held in \u201covercrowded barracks without adequate conditions,\u201d where \u201calmost all POWs were ill with dysentery\u201d and many were starving, he told the UN meeting.<\/p>\n

Ukraine’s charg\u00e9 d’affaires Volodymyr Pavlichenko called for greater international pressure and accountability for Russia’s treatment of prisoners.<\/p>\n

Shweta Sharma11 August 2026 08:30<\/p>\n

<\/a>Ukrainian central bank issues biggest currency liberalisation since 2022 invasion<\/p>\n

Ukraine’s central bank has announced the country\u2019s biggest currency liberalisation measures since the start of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 in \u2060an effort to boost business and investor confidence.<\/p>\n

The regulations, issued late in the evening on Monday, provide significant increases in allowances in purchases of \u2060foreign currency and withdrawals from \u200bUkrainian \u2060bank accounts.<\/p>\n

The monthly amount permitted for purchasing non-cash currency and investments, bank \u2060metals and foreign securities was increased fourfold \u200bfrom \u206050,000 to 200,000 Ukrainian \u200chryvnias ($4,450).<\/p>\n

The daily limit for cash withdrawals from accounts in Ukraine and abroad was doubled \u200cto 200,000 hryvnias.<\/p>\n

And the \u200cmonthly limit for transactions from cards denominated in hryvnias was raised to 200,000 hryvnias.<\/p>\n

“The package for \u2060easing currency restrictions includes a strong component that makes life easier for Ukrainians abroad and expands opportunities for citizens living in Ukraine,” the central bank said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The bank said the measures “will not create risks for \u200cthe stability of the currency market, \u200bgiven the established conditions and careful \u200canalysis of each individual \u2060measure”.<\/p>\n

The measures, it said, had “already been \u2060taken into account in the NBU’s updated macroeconomic forecast, \u200cwhich predicts \u200bthat international reserves will \u200cgrow to nearly $70bn by 2026”. <\/p>\n

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