Moscow sees no prospect of peace talks in Ukraine; Russia must achieve the goals of the special military operation and it will be done.’ This was said by Kremlin spokesman Peskov. Meanwhile, a drone attacked an airport in Russia’s Kursk region on the border with Ukraine today. Yesterday Moscow accused Kyiv of attacking two of its air bases with drones and said there were no casualties. Meanwhile, Russian bombing raids in Ukraine continue, with rockets falling on the city of Zaporizhia and new massive attacks on the Kherson region. In today’s attack in Kherson, the Russians hit the water supply building and killed a 43-year-old employee. This was announced by the Kherson city council via telegram, as reported by Ukrinform. The administration building of the energy supply company and nearby residential buildings were affected. The employee died from a blast wound and shrapnel wounds.
However, according to the daily bulletin of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Russia fired Kh-101, Kh-555, Kh-22, Kh-59, Kh-31P and Kalibr missiles into Ukrainian territory yesterday during the year 17 attack aircraft: 70 in total Rockets, more than 60 of which were shot down by the Kiev armed forces,” reports UNIAN. Yesterday “the enemy launched a massive rocket attack on critical infrastructure and civilians in Ukraine – the report says -. Residential buildings and critical infrastructure were hit in Vinnitsa, Kyiv, Mykolayiv, Odessa and other regions of our state”. Russian forces also carried out 38 attacks using multiple launch systems yesterday. In addition, according to the General Staff, there is still a risk of further Russian missile attacks on power system structures and critical infrastructure throughout Ukraine. And during the night Zlensky let it be known At least four people died as a result of the Russian bombing.
The new attacks come a day after the statement by the spokeswoman for the Russian foreign ministry. That’s what Maria Zakharova said, quoted by the Kyiv Independent Russia will not relinquish control of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant create a nuclear safe zone. “Russia’s withdrawal from the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant or handing over control of it to a ‘third party’ is out of the question,” he stressed. Last December 2, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, had hoped to reach an agreement with Russia and Ukraine by the end of the year on protecting the facility currently occupied by Moscow troops. Earlier, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov denied what Ukrainian sources said that Russian troops intended to withdraw from the plant.
The Ukrainian President posted a video from Donbass. Zelenskyy visited Sloviansk, about 40 kilometers from Bakhmut, the region’s most important battlefield. In the video, the President appears at the entrance to the city and greets his country’s military “with all my heart” on the occasion of Armed Forces Day. In a video released upon his arrival at the EU-Balkans summit in Tirana, French President Emmanuel Macron assured that if negotiations are negotiated, “there will be territorial talks about Ukraine, which will be owned by the Ukrainians”.
Ukraine, Zelenskyy meets soldiers at the front in Donbass