Ukraine-Russia war latest: Exiled Kyiv political aide hospitalised after second Russian car bomb attack

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This is the latest in a series of apparent assassination attempts inside Russia

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Russian authorities said they have opened an investigation into the explosion of a car in Moscow that Russian media reported belonged to an exiled Ukrainian political aide.

Russian media reported ⁠the car belonged to ​Sergei Zavorotniy, ⁠a onetime ‌spokesperson for former Ukrainian prime minister Mykola Azarov, who ‌has been living ‌in Russia since fleeing Ukraine amid anti-government protests in 2014.

Russian newspaper Kommersant reported that Zavorotniy was hospitalised. It is the latest in a series of apparent assassination attempts inside Russia.

On Thursday, ‌a member of the ​Russian military was killed ‌after the ⁠car he was ⁠driving was blown up in St ‌Petersburg, ​investigators said.

In other news, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said he was pleased at the prospect of further sets of talks and European participation ​in them.

His Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, agreed to let European representatives join the next round of Ukraine peace talks, a US envoy said, though he ruled out agreeing to foreign peacekeeping troops in Ukraine.

There were signs of renewed tensions, with Zelensky saying Ukrainian military units had recorded significant disruptions to Starshield satellite ‌communications service for several days.

Ukrainian drones have struck an oil refinery in Russia’s Volgograd city and a production facility in Rostov-on-Don, according to local reports.

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