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Russia hit by second car bomb in as many days as peace talks continue
BBC • • general
Key Points:
- Sergei Zavorotny, a former aide to ex-Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, was injured in a car bomb explosion on Friday morning and is receiving medical care in hospital.
- The car bomb incident occurred a day after a similar explosion killed a Russian colonel in Saint Petersburg, amid ongoing peace talks in Dublin aimed at ending the war.
- Investigators are conducting medical and explosives examinations as part of their inquiry, while multiple attacks across southern Odesa, Zaporizhzhia, Volgograd, and Bryansk regions resulted in several deaths.
- Taoiseach Micheál Martin emphasized the importance of a unified European voice on peace, suggesting the UK could play a role ahead of an informal EU Council meeting focused on securing sustainable peace.
