As Ukrainian forces secure the retaken areas, Russia bombards a barrage with rockets.
Russians bomb dam in central Ukraine
- with a huge missile attack for central ukrainian industrial city Kryvyi Rih According to Ukrainian sources, the Russian army severely damaged a dam. Such a large amount of water flowed through the destroyed pumping station on Wednesday that the Inhulez River threatened to overflow. President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke of an attempt to flood his hometown. More on that.
- Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called the attack War crimes and an act of terrorism. “As they were defeated by the Ukrainian army on the battlefield, Russian cowards are now waging a war against our infrastructure and civilians,” he wrote on Twitter. In his video speech at night, Zelensky called the Russians “weak”: Such attacks on civilian objects are one of the reasons “why Russia is losing.”
Zelensky car accident
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was involved in a car accident in Kyiv. ONE The vehicle collided with the head of state’s car and escort vehiclesSpokesperson Serhij Nykyforow wrote on Facebook Thursday morning, who at the same time gave the clarification: “There was no serious injuries established.”
diplomacy
- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrived in Kyiv for a visit. There she will meet President Zelensky and Prime Minister Denys Schmyhal. It is the third trip by the Germans to Ukraine since the Russian invasion in late February. “A lot has changed,” von der Leyen tweeted. According to the head of the commission, Ukraine is now a candidate for EU membership.
- After talks with Russian President Putin, UN Secretary General António Guterres currently has no hope of peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv in the near future. “Would be naive to believe that we are close to the possibility of a peace agreement“, said Guterres this Wednesday in New York. The chances of a diplomatic solution at the moment are “minimal”.
Combat / Military
- Since last Wednesday in the region at least 4000 square kilometers land (we’re talking up to 8,000, but including land gains in southern Ukraine). Several elite Russian army formations, including parts of the Moscow-area 1st Guards Tank Army, apparently disintegrated, leaving vast amounts of material behind. There are reports that Russian units fled across the Russian border in the Belgorod/Kursk area. Sometimes soldiers are drunk and cause accidents, he said on Twitter, but also in several liberated cities. civilians killed for no reason and Ukrainian soldiers brutally murdered found, in addition to the horrible devastation and filth (eg by excrement) in public buildings, churches and private homes.
- Ukrainian presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych presented the continuation of the Offensive to the east of Luhansk Oblast in the bedroom. This has been completely occupied by the Russians since the beginning of August and is part of the pro-Russian “People’s Republic of Luhansk”.
(Red/APA/Portal/dpa)