Marta Kostyuk booed for not shaking Aryna Sabalenka’s hand in French Open defeat
Ukrainian Kostyuk attracted the ire of the Roland Garros crowd following a 6-3 6-2 victory for Sabalenka.
Ukrainian Kostyuk attracted the ire of the Roland Garros crowd following a 6-3 6-2 victory for Sabalenka.
Local officials said it was the largest drone attack on the city since the start of the invasion.
The 19-year-old reached her first grand slam singles final here last year.
It comes days after Yevgeny Prigozhin said troops from the Russian private military contractor had captured the ruined city.
The governing body did not allow Russians or Belarusians to play at Wimbledon in 2022.
Yevgeny Prigozhin also said the Kremlin’s forces have killed civilians during the war.
Belgorod governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said Russian troops shot down the drones overnight.
The likely contenders at Roland Garros.
The king of clay will be absent in Paris due to injury.
Ukrainian officials blamed the incident on Russian guerrilla groups bent on changes at the Kremlin.
Kyiv officials denied any link with the group and blamed the fighting on a revolt by disgruntled Russians against the Kremlin.
Raman Pratasevich made several confessional appearances on state television that critics claimed happened under duress.
Deputy defence minister Hanna Maliar said that Ukrainian troops hold some areas in the city’s south-western outskirts.
The head of the UN nuclear watchdog has warned the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is ‘extremely vulnerable’.
The fog of war made it impossible to confirm the situation on the ground in the invasion’s longest battle.