一 | KYIV, Ukraine -- Six people have been killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine in the past 24 hours, local officials reported Sunday.Two people were killed and three more injured in the Kherson area after more than 100 shells bombarded the region over the weekend, local governor Oleksandr Prokudin wrote on social media.Two guided bombs later hit key infrastructure in Kherson city, sparking a partial blackout and disruption to the area’s water supply, reported the head of the city’s military administration, Roman Mrochko.Local officials said two more people had died in the Donetsk area and that a 57-year-old man and a 54-year-old woman had been killed by an airstrike that destroyed their home in the Kharkiv region.Meanwhile, the Russian defense ministry announced Sunday that Ukraine had launched 27 drones in an overnight attack on western Russia.Officials said that 18 drones were shot down over the Kursk region, leading to speculation in the Russian press that the attack could have been targeting the nearby Khalino military airfield.Images on social media showed burning debris just 1.5 kilometers (a mile) from the airbase, which was previously attacked by Ukrainian forces at the end of September.Writing on social media, Kursk governor Roman Starovoit said that debris had fallen in the region’s namesake capital and the nearby village of Zorino. No casualties were reported.Officials also said that two more drones had been shot down over Russia’s Belgorod region, but did not confirm the fate of the remaining seven drones. Ukrainian media outlets later said that Kyiv’s forces had carried out a successful strike on Russia’s Krasnaya Yaruga electrical substation, close to the Ukrainian border.The reports cited an unnamed source from within Ukraine’s security services and included a video that appeared to show an aerial strike against an unidentified target.The Associated Press could not independently verify the reports.Moscow also said Sunday that it had intercepted a Global Hawk drone close to Russia’s Black Sea border.A Su-27 fighter was scrambled to intercept the drone, which turned away and ultimately did not cross into Russian airspace, the Russian defense ministry said in a statement on social media.。 Eight candidates have made it through to the first round of voting for the Conservative party leadership.,1922 Committee Chairman Sir Graham Brady announced the competitors for outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson's job at the 6pm close of the deadline for nominations on Tuesday.,The eight candidates include former equalities minister Kemi Badenoch, Attorney General Suella Braverman, 2019 leadership runner-up Jeremy Hunt and Trade Policy Minister Penny Mordaunt.,Bookies' favourite Rishi Sunak, the former chancellor of the exchequer who led the walkout from cabinet that forced Johnson's resignation, is also on the ballot along with foreign secretary Liz Truss, Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee chairman Tom Tugendhat and Sunak's replacement as chancellor Nadhim Zahawi.,Four of the candidates are from ethnic minorities and four are women. The first hustings debate was set to kick of at 7pm UK time.,Despite the backbench committee raising the bar to 20 nominations from eight during the last leadership contest in 2019, almost as many candidates made it thorough to the first knock-out round of balloting by Conservative MPs.,1922 Committee Announces Timetable for Tory Leadership ContestYesterday, 18:48 GMT,Badenoch, Braverman and Mordaunt are all Brexiteers, although Mordaunt is more socially liberal while Badenoch is an anti-'woke' candidate who has pledged to put the government's 'net zero' carbon emissions policy on hold.,Hunt and Tugendhat are leading Tory Europhiles who are now trying to play down their opposition to Britain's exit from the European Union.,Tugendhat and Truss, another Remainer, have been among the loudest cheerleaders for arms supplies to the Ukraine and sanctions on Russia that have only caused record inflation in the UK.,Former health secretary Sajid Javid, Home Secretary Priti Patel, Transport Secretary Grant Schapps, backbench MP Rehamn Chisti and COVID Recovery Group deputy chairman Steve Baker had already dropped out of the race.,Downing Street Blocks Opposition No-Confidence Motion in Outgoing PM BoJo17:04 GMT,The eight leadership hopefuls must now compete for support from fellow Conservative MPs. A series of ballots will see the candidate with the least support eliminated, along with any failing to reach an ever-increasing threshold of votes.,The final two will be put to a postal ballot of all Conservative Party members — up to 200,000 at a recent count.,Mordaunt and Badenoch are most popular among the Tory grassroots, according to a new poll by website Conservative Home, but there is no guarantee they will make it onto the final ballot.。
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