Russia Attacks Ukraine - 23 Feb 2022 #11

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Ukraine reportedly hits Russian command post in occupied Kherson Oblast; Polish investigation concludes Ukrainian air defense missile fell on Polish soil last year; and more. Ukraine war latest: Another Russian command post reportedly hit; Supposedly dead Russian general shown alive (kyivindependent.com)

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In Russian-occupied areas of Donetsk Oblast, authorities have imposed a curfew and initiated communication censorship. These actions contradict Moscow's claims of having local support and suggest fear of the occupied population. National Resistance Center: Russian forces impose curfews, censorship in occupied Donetsk Oblast

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UK Defense Ministry: New Russian offensive unlikely in coming weeks. Russia has begun deploying units of its new 25th Combined Arms Army "piecemeal" to the over-stretched lines, indicating that a new Russian offensive is unlikely in the coming weeks, the U.K. Defense Ministry said on Sept. 27.
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Official: Russia starts building railway links to occupied cities in Donetsk Oblast. Russia started building direct railway links to the occupied Ukrainian cities Mariupol, Volnovakha, and Donetsk, which could decrease Moscow's logistical dependence on the Crimean Bridge, Petro Andriushchenko, an advisor to Melitopol's exiled mayor, said on Sept. 27.

The official noted that if these efforts are successful, Russia will connect the railway line of Mariupol-Aslanove-Kalchyk-Volnovakha in occupied Ukraine with the Russian cities of Taganrog and Rostov-on-Don.

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While Ukrainian pilots train to operate F-16 fighter jets abroad, those in Ukraine train on F-16s in virtual reality, conducting missions over Ukraine’s territory.

This video published by Ukraine’s Air Force shows what this virtual reality training looks like. Video: Ukraine’s Air Force / YouTube

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Ukraine's military confirms Wagner fighters return to front. Some mercenaries of the Russian Wagner Group have left Belarus and returned to the front in Donetsk Oblast, RBC Ukraine reported on Sept. 27, citing the spokesperson of the Eastern Grouping of Forces, Illia Yevlash.

He said that of roughly 8,000 Wagner fighters who were stationed in Belarus, around 500 are returning to Ukraine's eastern front. Yevlash noted that Wagner fighters no longer pose a "significant threat" since the death of their leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin.
Ukraine's military confirms Wagner fighters return to front (kyivindependent.com)

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WSJ: Scholz blocks transfer of Taurus missiles to Ukraine due to fear of Russia.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has prevented the transfer of Taurus long-range missiles because he fears it will lead to a confrontation with Russia, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Sept. 27, citing its sources. Other members of Germany’s ruling coalition have approved sending Taurus missiles to Ukraine. On Sept. 4, German MP Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann wrote on Twitter that "he (Scholtz) alone blocks this decision within the coalition".

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CNN: House Republicans to reject Senate deal as US shutdown nears.

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has signaled that Republican lawmakers will reject a temporary stopgap deal from the Senate that contains aid to Ukraine, CNN reported Sept. 27.
CNN: House Republicans to reject Senate deal as US shutdown nears (kyivindependent.com)

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North Korea advancing weapons deal with Russia.

North Korea is continuing arms negotiations with Russia and intends to strike a deal soon, U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters on Sept. 27.

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U.S. Diplomat: 'This Is Crunch Time' For Ukraine's Counter Offensive​

A senior U.S. diplomat has told RFE/RL that it is "crunch time" for Ukraine's counter-offensive. Michael Carpenter, the U.S. ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), was speaking in Prague on September 15.

Thousands Of Ukrainian Civilians Reportedly Imprisoned By Russia​

International monitoring organizations estimate thousands of Ukrainians have been illegally held prisoner and deported by Russian forces since the beginning of the full-scale attack on Ukraine in February 2022. Their families fight for scraps of information while witnesses recount civilian arrests.

Ukrainian Counteroffensive Liberates Village Bordering Donetsk Airport​

Capitalizing on "any gaps in the enemy's defense," Ukrainian troops said on September 12 they were slowly but steadily reclaiming ground in their counteroffensive to Russia's invasion. The cost is high, they explain, because Russian artillery usually razes retaken villages to the ground.

 

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SEP 28, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war live: Nato secretary general says ‘every metre Ukrainian forces regain is a metre Russia loses’

Jens Stoltenbery says Ukrainians are fighting for their freedom against Moscow’s ‘imperial delusions’ as he meets Volodymyr Zelenskiy

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Summary of the day so far …​

• Ukraine’s air force claimed on Thursday its air defence systems shot down 34 of 44 Shahed drones that Russia launched overnight, while a regional official said no casualties were caused by the attack. “Fighter aircraft, anti-aircraft missile units and mobile fire groups were engaged to repel the attack,” the military said on the Telegram messaging app.
• Odesa regional governor Oleh Kiper said his region was the main target, but the attack left no casualties. “Our air defence forces did an excellent job,” Kiper said on Telegram.
• There were also strikes on Kirovohrad oblast and an infrastructure object was hit in Mykolaiv. One man was killed and another was injured in Kherson overnight. Three people have been hospitalised after a strike on Antonivka, near the Dnipro River.
• Britain’s defence secretary, Grant Shapps, discussed how to bolster Ukraine’s air defences during talks in an unannounced visit to Kyiv to meet President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the president’s office said on Thursday. The visit to the Ukrainian capital was Shapps’s first to Kyiv since he became defence secretary last month. “On behalf of the whole nation, I thank you for everything you are doing for us. We are grateful for your help – military, financial, humanitarian. We greatly appreciate that we can rely on you,” a statement released by Zelenskiy’s office quoted the president as saying.
• Shapps said: “We have trained tens of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers, delivered hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition, and provided millions of pounds of economic and humanitarian aid to help Ukraine’s citizens reclaim and rebuild what has been taken from them by Putin’s barbaric invasion,” while accompanying him, Adm Tony Radakin, chief of the UK’s defence staff, said: “This visit, together with my visits over the summer, have reinforced my conviction that Ukraine will prevail. The UK will remain with them every step of the way.”
• International regulators are incapable of properly monitoring safety at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, according to a critical dossier compiled by Greenpeace that is being sent to western governments on Thursday. The environmental campaign group concludes the International Atomic Energy Agency has too few inspectors at Europe’s biggest nuclear plant – four – and that there are too many restrictions placed on their access. It argues that the IAEA is “unable to meet its mandate requirements” but it is not prepared to admit as much in public, and as a result what it describes as Russian violations of safety principles are not being called out.
• Alexander Bogomaz, governor of Russia’s Bryansk region, has claimed on Telegram that electronic warfare was used to down a Ukrainian drone on the approach to the city of Bryansk. He reports": “There were no casualties or damage. Operational and emergency services are on site.”

 

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NATO - News: NATO deploys AWACS surveillance jets to Lithuania, 28 Sep 2023
“Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has increased our focus on the security environment in the Baltic Sea region,” said acting NATO Spokesperson Dylan White. “Our AWACS can detect aircraft and missiles hundreds of kilometres away, making them a key early warning capability for NATO. I thank Lithuania for hosting the aircraft. This is an important contribution to our shared security.”

In response to Russia’s war in Ukraine, NATO has boosted its air presence in the eastern part of the Alliance using fighter jets, surveillance planes and tankers. In the wake of Russian drone strikes near NATO territory, the United States last week deployed four additional F-16 fighter aircraft to Romania to enhance NATO’s air policing mission. Since February 2022, NATO AWACS have conducted hundreds of flights over Eastern Europe to monitor Russian warplanes.

The AWACS will start their reconnaissance flights over Alliance territory in the coming days. The mission is scheduled to last several weeks. The aircraft belong to a fleet of 14 NATO-owned surveillance aircraft based in Geilenkirchen, Germany. Around 150 military personnel will deploy to Šiauliai in support of the aircraft.

 

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Energy Ministry: IAEA demands Russia immediately leave Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference has adopted a resolution on the immediate return of the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant under Ukraine's full control, the Energy Ministry reported on Sept. 29.

The document calls on Russia to immediately withdraw all military and other unauthorized personnel from the plant's territory to ensure its safe and secure operation, according to the report. The IAEA hasn't yet reported on the resolution's adoption. Energy Ministry: IAEA demands Russia immediately leave Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant (kyivindependent.com)

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Putin asks former Wagner commander to create 'volunteer units' for Ukraine war. Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed Andrei Troshev, the former chief of staff of the mercenary Wagner Group, to form 'volunteer units" for the war in Ukraine, according to a transcript of Putin's speech published by the Kremlin on Sept. 29.

"You yourself fought in such a unit for more than a year. You know what it is, how it's done, you know about the issues that need to be resolved in advance so that combat work goes in the best and most successful way," Putin told Troshev in a meeting. Putin asks former Wagner commander to create 'volunteer units' for Ukraine war (kyivindependent.com)

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Approximately 30% of Ukraine — an area twice the size of Austria — has been contaminated with mines as a result of Russian aggression. Clearing the minefields will be a colossal task that will continue well after the shooting has stopped. Russia is covering Ukraine with landmines. Clearing them will be extremely difficult (kyivindependent.com)

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Today marks the anniversary of the Babyn Yar massacre committed by the Nazis on the Kyiv outskirts on 29-30 September 1941. Over 34,000 Jews were murdered in two days. Survivors recalled the events: Jewish survivors of Babi Yar Holocaust massacre recall events, reconstruct exact shooting location - Euromaidan Press

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Putin says convicts killed in Ukraine paid debt to society

Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russian prisoners who were recruited for the war in Ukraine and died in combat have redeemed themselves in the eyes of society.

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Putin declares holiday commemorating occupation of Ukrainian regions.

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin signed a decree marking Sept. 30 a "reunification day" commemorating Russia's occupation of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson oblasts.
Putin declares holiday commemorating occupation of Ukrainian regions (kyivindependent.com)

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Ukrainian agent infiltrates Russian Spetsnaz, helps expose crimes

Russia’s vaunted special forces have been infiltrated by Ukraine, the SBU disclosed, with an undercover Ukrainian operative helping expose plots and document war crimes.
Ukrainian agent infiltrates Russian Spetsnaz, helps expose crimes - Euromaidan Press

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Dozens of international firms join Kyiv's new defense industry alliance. President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sept. 30 announced the creation of an international alliance between defense industries. Among other capabilities, the alliance will eventually pave the way for Ukraine to localize production of licensed foreign weapons on Ukrainian soil.

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Double-agent Russian officer facilitates 11 surrenders in Ukraine’s Intel Operation

Ukrainian Def intel conducted a special operation codenamed “Barynia” to recruit a Russian lieutenant as a double agent who then helped convince 11 Russian soldiers to surrender Double-agent Russian officer facilitates 11 surrenders in Ukraine's Intel Operation - Euromaidan Press

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Belarus to showcase abducted Ukrainian children at meeting with foreign diplomats. Belarus is planning to organize a visit for foreign representatives at locations where Ukrainian children taken from regions temporarily occupied by Russia are kept, the Foreign Ministry said.

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SEP 29, 2023

Russia is covering Ukraine with landmines. Clearing them will be extremely difficult

In March 2022 right after the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, a cell phone video apparently taken by a Russian soldier captured two “Zemledeliye” mobile mine-laying systems thought to be stationed in Kharkiv Oblast. Positioned against a drab backdrop of what was once farmland, the...

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What is known is that Russia, at the beginning of the full-scale invasion, had a stockpile of 26 million mines —the largest in the world, according to various estimates. With one vehicle able to place 15,600 mines in a single salvo, what percentage of that number now sits buried in Ukrainian soil, gathering silt in its lakes, or floating down its rivers is impossible to assess.

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Mine clearance, according to both Cunliffe and his MAG colleague, Jon Brown, is an extremely slow, painstaking process. As MAG is a humanitarian organization, it does not operate in active combat zones, but military deminers have long been priority targets for troops protecting minefields.

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Further complicating humanitarian mine-clearing efforts is the sheer variety of mines that Russia is using.

There is more than just the PFM-1 “Butterfly,” historically referred to as the “green parrot.”

The OZM-72 — a “bounding” mine usually triggered by pressure or a tripwire that jumps (or “bounds”) a meter into the air before exploding — looks like a paint can attached to a radio antenna.

The POM-3 — probably Russia’s rarest and most expensive anti-personnel mine — modestly hides its seismic sensor and bounding explosive charge inside what could be a misplaced Thermos flask.

Simply put: landmines don’t look like landmines anymore.

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OCT 1, 2023

Zelensky: 'Never again will Ukraine pay with its sovereignty for illusory promises of peace'

“Our unity must enable us to go all the way to drive the occupier out of our land. And it will,” Zelensky said in a speech marking Defenders Day. “Courage, resilience, and unity are the things we must not lose in order not to lose Ukraine.”

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President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Oct. 1, when Ukraine marks the Defenders Day, a public holiday honoring veterans and fallen soldiers, that the country will never again “pay with the future of its children, its sovereignty and its will for illusory promises of peace.”

“Ukraine has made historical conclusions,” Zelensky said.

In 1994, three years after gaining independence, Ukraine, which had the third largest nuclear arsenal in the world and included more than 5,000 strategic and tactical weapons, signed the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and the Budapest Memorandum.

The country expected extended security assurance in return for moving warheads to Russia, which 20 years later would brutally violate memorandum and invade Ukraine.

“Our unity must enable us to go all the way to drive the occupier out of our land. And it will,” Zelensky said. “Courage, resilience, and unity are the things we must not lose in order not to lose Ukraine.”

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OCT 1, 2023

Institute for the Study of War

Russian forces are conducting tactical counterattacks in the Robotyne area as part of their elastic defense against ongoing Ukrainian offensive operations in western Zaporizhia Oblast. The situation south of Robotyne is fluid as some tactically

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Key Takeaways:

• Russian forces are conducting tactical counterattacks in the Robotyne area as part of their elastic defense against ongoing Ukrainian offensive operations in western Zaporizhia Oblast. The situation south of Robotyne is fluid as some tactically significant field fortifications have changed hands several times.
• The Russian information space continues to falsely portray Western aid to Ukraine as escalatory in order to discourage continued Western support for Ukraine.
• The status of the Wagner Group remains unclear amid reported negotiations about the Wagner Group’s future cooperation with the Russian government.
• ISW will revise its assessment about the prospects for the Wagner Group to reemerge an as effective military organization if the Wagner Group successfully reconstitutes as a large, unitary organization under Rosgvardia, the Russian MoD, or a similar organization.
• Russian forces conducted another series of drone strikes against Ukraine on the night of September 30 to October 1.
• Russian forces continued offensive operations along the Kupyansk-Lyman line, near Bakhmut, along the Avdiivka-Donetsk City line, in the Donetsk-Zaporizhia Oblast border area, and in western Zaporizhia Oblast and marginally advanced in western Zaporizhia Oblast.
• The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) officially announced the beginning of its regular fall 2023 conscription cycle on October 1.

 

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NATO official: Ukraine's allies running out of ammunition, production must increase.

Kyiv's allies are running out of ammunition they can supply to Ukraine, Chair of the NATO Military Committee Admiral Rob Bauer said at the Warsaw Security Forum on Oct. 3, CNN reported.

"The bottom of the barrel is now visible," the official said. "We need the industry to ramp up production in a much higher tempo." NATO official: Ukraine's allies running out of ammunition, production must increase (kyivindependent.com)

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Politico: EU to announce Ukraine membership talks in December. The EU is preparing to open membership talks with Ukraine, with a formal announcement expected as early as December, Politico reported on Oct. 3, citing three diplomats familiar with the matter.

According to Politico's sources, the EU Commission will publish its report on Ukraine's membership progress in November and will make it "very hard for member states not to say let's open negotiations" for Ukraine.
Politico: EU to announce Ukraine membership talks in December (kyivindependent.com)

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Official: Russian ships pushed back 185 km from the Ukrainian coast

Russian ships are not sailing beyond Crimea’s cape Tarkhankut, spokesman of Ukraine’s southern military command said. Attacks on the Russian fleet allowed shipping from 3 key Ukrainian seaports to reopen.
Official: Russian ships pushed back 185 km from Ukrainian coast - Euromaidan Press

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Ukrainian engineers created an invisibility cloak to protect troops from Russian thermal imaging The 2.5-kg cloak blocks body heat emission. It was developed by Brave1, a Ukrainian platform connecting innovators to the country’s defense needs. Ukrainian engineers created an invisibility cloak to protect troops from Russian thermal imaging - Euromaidan Press
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Ukrainian troops allegedly raided Crimea from sea once again Ukrainian Military Intelligence released a video showing their landing operation. They say they raided Crimea, attacked Russian troops there, and retreated.
Ukrainian troops allegedly raided Crimea from sea once again - Euromaidan Press

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Russian strike on village kills 51, Ukrainian officials say, as Zelenskyy seeks more Western support

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian rocket struck a village cafe and store in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing at least 51 civilians in one of the deadliest attacks in

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''KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian rocket struck a village cafe and store in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing at least 51 civilians in one of the deadliest attacks in the war in months, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other top officials in Kyiv.
Zelenskyy, attending a summit of about 50 European leaders in Spain to drum up support from Ukraine's allies, denounced the strike in the village of Hroza as a “demonstrably brutal Russian crime” and “a completely deliberate act of terrorism.”
About 60 people were in the cafe, attending a wake after a funeral, said Internal Affairs Minister Ihor Klymenko, who provided the death toll.''

 

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Russia may use sea mines to target civilian shipping in the Black Sea to deter Ukrainian grain exports, according to intelligence data shared by the UK Foreign Office.

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UK Foreign Ministry: Intelligence shows Russia may target Black Sea civilian shipping - Euromaidan Press

Ukraine war latest: Russia kills 51 people in single deadliest attack against civilians this year. Editor's note: This article contains graphic images. The Kyiv Independent doesn't blur these images. We show Russia's war as it is. Ukraine war latest: Russia kills 51 people in single deadliest attack against civilians this year (kyivindependent.com)

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Oleksandr, a resident of the village of Hroza, Kharkiv region, lost his brother, sister-in-law, and mother as a result of a Russian missile attack. He says that people gathered in a village cafe to commemorate their fellow villager who died at the beginning of the war and who was finally reburied in his native land.

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OCT 6, 2023

October 6, 2023 - Russia-Ukraine news

A 10-year-old boy and his grandmother were killed by a Russian missile attack on a residential building Friday in Kharkiv, Ukrainian officials said.

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It's mid-afternoon in Kyiv. Here's everything you need to know​

Russia launched a deadly strike in the heart of Kharkiv city early Friday morning, killing a 68-year-old woman and her 10-year-old grandson. It follows a devastating strike on a nearby village in Kupiansk which left at least 52 dead and six injured.
Elsewhere, Germany has pledged to send Ukraine another Patriot air defense missile system, saying that Kyiv must be able to defend itself from Russia's "missile terror."
Below are the latest updates:

• Scores injured in Kharkiv strike: The number of people injured from the early-morning Russian strike on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv has risen to at least 27, according to the head of Kharkiv’s Regional Military Administration. The death toll from the strike currently sits at two — a 68-year-old woman and her grandson, aged 10. An 11-month-old baby is also among the injured.
• Hroza death toll rises: The death toll following a Russian missile strike on a cafe and shop in the village of Hroza in Ukraine’s Kupiansk district rose to 52 on Friday, according to the head of Kharkiv’s Regional Military Administration. In a post on Telegram on Friday, Oleh Syniehubov said the number of injured remained at six.
• Kremlin denies targeting civilians: Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov on Friday rejected that the Russian military targets civilians when he was asked about the attack on Hroza. “We reiterate: the Russian military does not strike civilian targets,” Peskov told journalists during a press briefing Friday.
• Germany pledges air defense: Germany has promised another Patriot air defense system to Ukraine to mitigate attacks on infrastructure as winter approaches, Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced following a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Spain. Bolstering Ukraine's air defense with the Patriot system "is what is needed now — ensuring air defenses with this highly efficient system,'' Scholz told reporters.

 

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OCT 6, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 590 of the invasion

At least 51 killed in missile strike during village wake service; European leaders rally around Zelenskiy amid US funding uncertainty

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Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 590 of the invasion​

• At least 51 people including a six-year-old boy were killed during a missile attack on a cafe during a wake service in a village of Hroza in the Kharkiv region on Thursday, Ukrainian officials said. According to preliminary findings, Russian targeted the cafe with an Iskander ballistic missile, Ukraine’s minister of internal affairs, Ihor Klymenko, said.
• Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, accused Russia of “genocidal aggression” after the attack. He described it as “a demonstrably brutal Russian crime – a rocket attack on an ordinary grocery store, a completely deliberate act of terrorism”, later saying it was “no blind strike”.
• European leaders rallied around the Ukrainian president in the face of US jitters over defence funding. The gathering at the European Political Community (EPC) summit in Granada, Spain, gave leaders including the French president, Emmanuel Macron, the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, and the British prime minister, Rishi Sunak, a chance to restate their commitment to Ukraine after political turbulence in the US and Europe raised questions about continued support.
• Germany will “do everything possible” so that Ukraine can protect itself from Russian missiles, foreign minister Annalena Baerbock said Thursday after Moscow’s latest deadly strike in Ukraine. “More than 50 people dead in Hrosa,” she posted on X, formerly Twitter. “As long as bombs hail on supermarkets and cafes, we do everything for Ukraine to protect itself from Putin’s missile terror.”
• The Biden administration is considering using a US State Department grant program to send additional military aid to Ukraine, Politico reported on Thursday citing two US officials with knowledge of the discussions.
• Slovakia will not send more military aid to Ukraine for now, prime minister Ľudovít Ódor said. Instead, the decision will be delayed until a new government is formed following last week’s election, which saw a victory for Robert Fico, a populist, pro-Russian three-time former prime minister who campaigned on a promise to end military aid to Ukraine.
• The US president, Joe Biden, wants to give a “major” speech on support for Ukraine, the White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said, without specifying when that would happen. She described the Hroza missile attack as “horrifying”.
• Vladimir Putin ramped up his nuclear rhetoric, saying his country had successfully tested the nuclear-powered, nuclear-capable Burevestnik strategic cruise missile, as he suggested Russia could resume nuclear testing for the first time in more than three decades.
• Putin also suggested that the plane crash that killed Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin in August was caused by hand grenades detonating inside the aircraft, not by a missile attack. “Fragments of hand grenades were found in the bodies of those killed in the crash. There was no external impact on the plane – this is already an established fact,” he said.

 

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North Korea has started to deliver artillery to Russia for its war in Ukraine; A Russian attack on Kharkiv on the morning of Oct. 6 killed a 68-year-old woman and her 10-year-old grandson; and more. Ukraine war latest: North Korea supplies Russia with weaponry, US official says (kyivindependent.com)

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Russia plans attacks against the Ukrainian energy system, Zelenskyy said in his daily address to Ukrainian citizens on 6 October. Ukraine is strengthening air defense to counter Russian attacks on critical civilian infrastructure. Zelenskyy: Russia plans attacks against Ukrainian energy system (euromaidanpress.com)

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