Cover photo: Soldiers of the First Ukrainian Presidential Brigade board an armored personnel carrier during military exercises in the Chernihiv region, October 13, 2023. SERGEI SUPINSKY / AFP
- Mines and unexploded shells have made almost a third of Ukraine’s territory dangerous, President Volodymyr Zelensky said this on Saturday evening. The issue of demining and disposal of explosive devices was discussed at a conference in Zagreb this week.
- His daily report published on Saturday said: The Ukrainian General Staff announces that the Russian army “lost” “more than 970” soldiers in a single Friday. Le Monde cannot verify these figures.
- Russian forces suffer a series of “setbacks” in their attack on the city of Avdjiivka.in Donetsk Oblast, the Institute for War Research analyzed in its report on Friday. According to Andriy Yermak, Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff, Russia is using “phosphorus weapons” against the cityor the situation is “tense”.
- According to the White House, North Korea recently delivered “more than 1,000 containers” of military equipment and ammunition to Russia. This material is being used to “attack Ukrainian cities and kill Ukrainian civilians,” denounced John Kirby, spokesman for the US National Security Council, during an interview with journalists on Friday.
- Washington provides evidence of a “deep” relationship between Iran and Russia. On Thursday, the USA handed over to UN member states the wreckage and components of Iranian military drones that Washington said it had recovered in Ukraine.
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