• Washington Post: “Ukrainian 007s behind murders of Dugina and Tatarsky.”
• In the houses of Mykolaiv, where salt water comes out of the taps because of Putin’s bombs: the report.
• Kiev: “700 Russian drones and missiles over the capital in 12 months.”
• Zelensky attended the meeting of EU commissioners remotely: “We worked to get in.”
6:25 a.m. – Russia, Bryansk regional governor: 4 Ukrainian drones shot down during the night
Russian air defense and electronic warfare systems destroyed four Ukrainian drones in the Bryansk region: there were no casualties or significant damage. This was said by the governor of the region Aleksander Bogomaz in Telegram. “An attempt by Ukrainian terrorists to carry out an attack using drones was foiled. Four unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed over the Bryansk region by the air defense forces and electronic warfare systems of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. There were no casualties or damage, the emergency services are on site.”
3:27 a.m. – Russian media: The army is also recruiting women
Russia reportedly began recruiting women to fight in the war in Ukraine. This was revealed by the portal Important Stories (Stories), which defines itself as one of the few sources of independent investigative journalism in Russia, according to which female snipers and drone operators are being recruited into a mercenary unit under the command of the Ministry of Defense. The article states that the women will be offered a six-month contract with a monthly salary of 220,000 rubles, around 2,300 euros, and a bonus in the event of an injury in the field: between one and three million rubles. In the event of death, 5 million for the heirs. The job advertisement appeared on the Russian social media site Vkontakte. One of the recruiters told stories that they are looking for women who are already trained to handle weapons, while those who are not trained will undergo a month-long training.
3:23 a.m. – Ukraine: Two dead in Russian bomb attack in Kharkiv
Russian forces launched an artillery attack on the village of Podoly in the Kupiansk district of Kharkiv Oblast, killing two civilians. This was announced by Governor Oleh Syniehubov. The victims were two men, aged 57 and 50, the governor said, adding that a building and two cars were also damaged in the attack.
1:25 a.m. – Kiev official: “Russian troops bomb Avdiivka”
Russian troops bombed the Ukrainian city of Avdiivka. “The enemy dropped around 40 guided aerial bombs in two nights. But the number of ground attacks has decreased, half of what it was yesterday and the day before,” Oleksandr Shtupun, spokesman for the Southern Group of Forces of Ukraine, told national television: “This is not surprising, considering that in the last five years “For days, the enemy lost around 2,400 dead and wounded in the Donetsk region.” Most of these losses, according to Shtupun, occurred near Avdiivka and the nearby, long-disputed town of Maryinka.
Vitaliy Barabash, head of Avdiivka’s military administration, said the city was under constant air and artillery attacks: “The enemy is trying to encircle the city and is sending new troops from the north and south.”
01:18 – Zelensky: The people of Crimea know that the Russian presence will end
In his evening speech published on Telegram, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed “all our people in Crimea, in Sevastopol, in all the occupied territories in the south and east of our state, in the currently occupied territories” and argued that they all “that feel.” The Russian presence on our territory is not permanent. Ukraine will take back its territory and its people, we will not leave anyone to the occupiers.”