This Wednesday marks 385 days since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. kyiv considers the defense of the city of bakhmutin the eastern region of Donetsk, key to the stability of the entire front and for this reason it continues to reinforce this direction with more troops to try to inflict the greatest possible damage on the Russian troops, who nevertheless continue advancing in and around the city. On the other hand, the Tuesday incident between a Russian fighter and a US drone over the waters of the Black Seawhich caused the downing of the unmanned aircraft, is the first known to directly star the armies of both superpowers since the beginning of the conflict.
At least two dead and five injured after new Russian shelling on Dnipro
The governor of Dnipro, Serhi Lisak, has informed this Wednesday of the death of two peopleas well as five other wounded, after a new air offensive of the Russian forces about the region.
Lisak has denounced that Russian “racists” launched an air strike on the city of Marhanets, killing two women aged 57 and 62. Previously, four other women and one man were injured,” he detailed on Telegram.
In the last day, the Russian forces have launched attacks on Kharkiv, where a school has been damaged. Konstantinovka and Olenivka, in the Donetsk region has also been the target of these last Moscow offensivesleaving in its wake another seven injured and several residential buildings damaged.
A Russian fighter jet has been shot down near Bakhmut, according to Ukraine
Ukrainian ground forces have shot down a Russian fighter jet near the besieged eastern city of Bakhmuthas assured a Ukrainian official, as he has advanced Guardian.
Andriy Yermak, head of the Ukrainian president’s office, also said that kyiv’s forces had managed advances in the northern parts of the city.
Robles confirms the shipment of 4 more Leopards to Ukraine and another batch of armored vehicles
The Defense Minister, Margarita Robles, confirmed this Thursday to the allied countries the delivery to Ukraine of a second batch of four Leopard 2A4sonce the shipment of the six committed cars has been made, as well as the transfer of a new batch of TOA M-113 armored vehicles.
It announced during the meeting of the Contact Group for the defense of Ukraineknown as the Ramstein format, convened by the US Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, and which was also attended by the Ukrainian Defense Minister, Oleksii Reznikov, the Ministry reported in a statement.
The minister has assured that The shipment of the first six tanks will be effective in “next dates”after its development, to which a second batch of another four units will be added later.
Al Assad transfers his support to Putin against “new and old Nazis” in the war in Ukraine
The President of Syria, Bashar al Assad, has conveyed this Wednesday to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, the support of Damascus to Moscow regarding the war in Ukraine where, according to him, the Armed Forces of Russia confront “new and old Nazis” from Europe.
“I want to take advantage, since this is my first visit (to Russia) since the start of the special operation in Ukraine, and repeat the Syrian position in support of this operation. against the new and old nazis“Assad has asserted.
In the words of the Syrian president, talking about Nazis in Ukraine is justified because “the West accepted the old Nazis in their own land” in the middle of the last century, and now “supports them again” in the framework of the war, collects TASS.
Russia wants to recover the remains of the US drone that fell into the Black Sea
The Russian authorities want to locate and recover the remains of the United States unmanned aircraft that fell on Monday in the waters of the Black Sea after hitting a Russian fighter, after the Joe Biden’s administration recognized the difficulty of salvaging what may be left of the drone.
“I don’t know if we can achieve it, but we have to,” said the secretary of the Russian Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, confident that the work will be “successful” and that Moscow will be able to get hold of the missing aircraft. an MQ-9 model that was hit by an SU-27 fighter.
US warns Russia that it will operate “where international law allows” after drone incident
The Secretary of Defense of the United States, Lloyd Austin, has remarked this Wednesday that Washington “will continue to fly and operate where international law allows”, a day after, he said, that Russia incurred “in dangerous practices” over the airspace of the Black Sea.
In his keynote speech at the tenth meeting of the Defense Contact Group in Ukraine, Austin accused Russia of dumping fuel on a US drone that was “carrying out routine operations in international airspace” and crashing another of these. Drones“.
US urges Ramstein group to “quickly” meet arms and ammunition commitments for Ukraine
The United States reiterated this Wednesday before the Ramstein group, the coalition of more than 40 countries that support Ukraine militarily, an urgent message so that comply “quickly” with the commitments with kyiv on arms and ammunition.
“We are at a crucial moment in the course of Ukraine’s struggle for freedom. And we must all show our determination and unity. That means meeting our commitments, fully and quickly,” US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in the initial speech at the telematic meeting of the Kiev support coalition.
The Wagner Group announces the seizure of another town in its push to gain complete control of Bakhmut
The head of the Wagner Group mercenary organization, Yevgeni Prigozhin, announced on Wednesday that they have taken the town of Zaliznianskoye as they move towards the city of Bakhmut, which they attempt to control in its entirety.
“Assault units are expanding in an attempt to encircle Bakhmut. This morning, the Zaliznianskoye area has been taken by these units“, he pointed out in a message broadcast through the Wagner Group’s Telegram channel, according to the TASS news agency.
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The Wagner Group announces the seizure of a new town north of Bakhmut
The Wagner Group has taken this Wednesday the town of Zaliznianske, north of Bakhmut, thus tightening the fence around that Ukrainian stronghold in Donbas, as announced by the head of the paramilitary formation, Yevgeny Prigozhin. “Despite the lack of ammunition, despite the gear hungerwithin fierce fighting, assault units close in on Bakhmut. This morning the town of Zaliznianske was taken by Wagner,” Yevgeny Prigozhin reported on his Telegram account.
The Russian Army shoots down three missiles over the city of Belgorod
The Russian authorities have reported that the Army has managed to intercept and shoot down three missiles over the city of belgorod, which is located on the border with Ukraine and is under a terrorist alert following the Russian invasion of Ukrainian territory. The governor of Belgorod, Vyacheslav Gladkov, has indicated that several fragments of the alleged projectiles have subsequently been detected, which have precipitated over a populated area. Thus, a minor has been slightly injured due to a broken glass, while several houses have been damaged, as he has explained in his Telegram account, although he has not given details about the origin of the missiles. The Briansk and Kursk regions They have also warned on several occasions of the attacks perpetrated from the Ukrainian side.
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London talks of “Soviet-era measures to limit travel by Russian officials abroad”
The UK intelligence has pointed this Wednesday to the “extension of measures dating from the Soviet era to limit foreign travel by Russian officials since the start of the invasion of Ukraine”, unleashed at the end of February 2022 by order of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. “Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian civil servants and civil servants have been subjected to tough and increasing restrictions on travel abroad. Some civil servants have probably had to hand over their passports to the Federal Security Service (FSB),” he said. indicated British Intelligence. Thus, he has stated that “the employees closest to the center of power face the toughest restrictions” and added that “Kremlin officials are prohibited from traveling abroad for leisure.” In this sense, they have stressed that “travel restrictions were tightened after the annexation of Crimea in 2014.” In his opinion, “the measures are probably designed to prevent the flight or desertion of increasingly disgruntled officials”, while he has asserted that “there is a realistic possibility that while the reinforcement of security within the Russian state continues, , travel restrictions are tightened for a growing number of public sector employees.”
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Ukraine puts the number of dead Russian soldiers at more than 161,000
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have raised this Wednesday to 161,520 the number of Russian soldiers who have died since the beginning of the invasion of Russia, which has not facilitated data on casualties in the conflict since September, when his defense minister, Sergei Shoigu, confirmed the death of 5,937 soldiers.
kyiv: “Bajmut is key to the defense of the entire front”
The operation that the Ukrainian Army is carrying out in the city of Bakhmut, in the east of the country, besieged by Russian troops, is of “extreme importance and key to the stability of the defense of the entire front,” as the commander has assured in Chief of the Armed Forces, Valerii Zaluzhnyi. The city of Bakhmut, in the eastern Donetsk region, has resisted for months the offensive of the Russian assault troops made up of the private command of mercenaries of the Wagner Group, who fight house to house to try to control the area. Ukraine and Russia consider this city, practically destroyed by the bombings and where barely a few thousand inhabitants remain (it once had 70,000), an important strategic and symbolic point that must be controlled. Valerii Zaluzhnyi has emphasized, on his Facebook page, that the “defensive operation on the Bakhmut front is of the utmost importance from a strategic point of view to deter the enemy.” He has also stressed that he respects “the strength, courage and indomitability of the Ukrainian soldiers in Bakhmut”, a front where casualties number in the thousands on both sides.