(EFE).- Ukrainian military intelligence (GUR) reported this Monday two new sabotage operations that took place “on the night of September 24” in two military units in the Moscow region and the Kaluga region, the capital of which is about 10 km away. would have taken place 200 kilometers from the Russian capital.
According to the GUR, a fuel depot was destroyed in military unit 23626 in the city of Kalinets, Moscow region. According to Ukrainian military intelligence, this unit houses the Second Motorized Infantry Division of the Russian Army.
In addition, “vehicles with their trailers were destroyed on the territory” of military unit 42702 in the Kaluga region. The sabotage operation would have taken place in the military unit’s “arsenal” (weapons depot).
The head of Ukrainian military intelligence, Kirilo Budánov, stated that the spy structure he heads is in contact with saboteurs operating from Russian territory.
The two operations were carried out by “unknown saboteurs”. The head of Ukrainian military intelligence, Kirilo Budanov, said in a recent interview that the spy structure he heads is in contact with saboteurs operating from Russian territory.
Hours earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky took stock in his address to the nation on his visit to the United States and Canada last week, highlighting, among all the commitments made, “the historic decision of the United States to produce weapons and defense systems.” ” together with Ukraine.
“Specifically, air defense,” Zelensky said of the defense systems that Ukraine and the United States will jointly produce if this commitment goes through.
“Such a thing was a fantasy until recently. But it will become a reality,” the Ukrainian leader added, emphasizing that cooperation in this area will represent a qualitative leap for the Ukrainian defense industry.
Zelensky also informed Ukrainians about the new “aid packages” he agreed to during his trip. “From the United States artillery, the necessary ammunition, ammunition for HIMARS, anti-aircraft missiles, additional air defense systems, tactical vehicles,” the Ukrainian president said.
From Canada, he explained, Ukraine had received a commitment to provide $500 million for “long-term defense assistance.” “Specifically, there are medical evacuation vehicles that are urgently needed on the front lines,” he noted.
“We have reached an agreement on its production and supply,” added Zelensky, who also spoke in this report about the contacts that his Ministry of Strategic Industries maintains with private companies in the defense sector.
For its part, Russian air defense claimed on Monday to have shot down a total of eight Ukrainian drones: four in Crimea and near the annexed peninsula, two in the Briansk region and two more in Kursk, both on the border with Ukraine.
Ukraine has received a commitment from Canada to provide $500 million for “long-term defense assistance,” he said.
“Air defense systems destroyed four unmanned aerial vehicles in the northwest of the Black Sea and over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
In return, the governor of the Bryansk region, Alexandr Bogomaz, reported on his Telegram channel about the shooting down of two fixed-wing drones over the territory of the Russian Federal District on the border with Ukraine.
He added that the fall of the device’s fragments caused no casualties or destruction.
Two more drones fell in the neighboring Kursk region, where, according to Governor Román Starovoit, they caused damage and broke windows in several houses without causing any casualties among the population.
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