The Russian offensive continues. New bombings are registered on Bakhmut, while the death toll in Zaporizhia rises to 13. Meanwhile in the US, former President Donald Trump has announced that if he is re-elected to the White House in 2024, he will resolve the conflict “in one day”.
Deputy Mayor Bakhmut, “Only 5-10 civilians manage to leave the city every day”
Every day only five or ten people manage to leave Bakhmut, the city of Donbass that has been under siege by Russian forces for months and is still home to 4.5 thousand people, with just five medical or paramedical workers. At the peak of the civilian evacuation operation, 600 left their homes every day, said the city’s deputy mayor Oleksandr Marchenko, quoted by CNN. “The enemy blows everything up, hits high-rise buildings and residential areas. They beat the city with everything they’ve got. We can’t get in,” he said.
Kiev, Russia destroys 505 cultural infrastructures in the country
Due to the all-out invasion of Russia, 505 cultural infrastructures have already been destroyed in Ukraine. This was reported by the Ukrainian Ministry of Culture on Telegram, quoted by Ukrinform. “As a result of Russian aggression in Ukraine, a total of 1,322 elements of cultural infrastructure have already been damaged. Almost a third of them – 505 objects – were destroyed,” he said. Cultural infrastructure suffered the greatest losses and damage in the Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kiev, Kherson, Mykolaiv and Lugansk regions. 101 youth infrastructures were reportedly destroyed in Ukraine as a result of the invasion.
Russian bombs on Kupyansk at night, one dead
A 65-year-old man was killed last night after Moscow forces shelled the town of Kupyansk, just 30km southwest of Russia’s border, the head of Kharkiv’s regional military administration, Oleh Syniehubov, said, as reported by the Kiev Independent. In addition to the victim, Syniehubov emphasized, “at least five residential and commercial buildings were destroyed. Several fires broke out due to the bombings,” he added, adding that a school and a maternity hospital were also damaged.
Kiev, Russian attack on Kherson, killing a woman and 2 children
A woman and two children were killed in a Russian attack west of Kherson. This is reported by the Kyiv Independent.
Authorities of the Kherson region said Russia hit Poniativka in the southern region with mortar fire, deliberately aimed at a residential building.
Kiev, 500 dead and wounded Russian soldiers a day in Bakhmut
Russian losses amount to up to 500 soldiers killed and wounded every day in the battle to capture the strategic city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov told German Sunday newspaper Bild am Sonntag. The minister called Russian soldiers “cannon fodder” as part of a “meat grinder” tactic employed by Moscow.
Tajani, avert the risk of nuclear weapons
Regarding Ukraine, we must “try to persuade Russia to deliberate more leniently and to sit down at the table to negotiate a peaceful solution to the crisis in Ukraine. Of course, for us, peace means a peace that does not imply the defeat of Ukraine, but the withdrawal of Russian troops». Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani told Tgcom24. “We are all working to achieve the goal of peace,” he added. We absolutely want to avoid any risk, even hypothetical, of using nuclear weapons, even if they are tactical ones, which are therefore limited to some areas, as it would be catastrophic”.
Media, Kiev pilots in the US to get acquainted with F-16
Two Ukrainian pilots are at the military base in Tucson, Arizona, to “train” with the F-16 fighter jets: The initiative will help the US government determine how long it would take them to fly various US To train military aircraft., including those requested by Kiev. This was reported by CNN, which cited three sources informed about the facts. While there is currently no indication that flight training is underway, the initiative suggests the United States has not fully closed the door on F-16 deliveries to Ukraine, the broadcaster comments.
Explosions in Kherson, air raid alarm went off
Explosions were heard this morning in Kherson, southern Ukraine, where an air raid alarm was sounded: Ukrainian media reported, citing local Telegram channels.
Trump, I will end the war in Ukraine in a day
“One day I will end the war in Ukraine, I will get along with Putin,” said Donald Trump at the CPAC, the conference of conservatives on the outskirts of Washington. “We are in the most dangerous time in our history, we are risking a third world war, but I will avoid it,” promised the tycoon, rejecting accusations that Putin was too soft during his presidency. “I was the only president who didn’t have wars and under whom Russia didn’t take a country,” he continued, recalling the Moscow Blitz in Georgia with Bush, the annexation of Crimea under Obama and the invasion of Ukraine with Biden. An invasion that “would never have happened” with him in the White House, he said.
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Media, Russians use 1,500 kg super bomb for the first time
The Russians have used for the first time in Ukraine a new powerful guided bomb weighing 1.5 tons, which, thanks to its 1,010 kg of explosives, is designed to hit highly protected targets at a distance of up to 40 km, reports the website Defense Express citing on anonymous sources. This is the PAB-1500B glide bomb, which was first shown in Russia in 2019. The device was deployed a few weeks ago in the Chernihiv region of northern Ukraine. What the goal was is not known. With a length of 5.05 meters and a diameter of 40 cm, the bomb can be dropped at a height of up to 15 km.
Russian bombs on Bakhmut, 2 civilians killed yesterday
Two civilians died yesterday in Russian attacks on the town of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine: Head of Donetsk military administration Pavlo Kyrilenko told Telegram, Ukrainian media reported. A total of four civilians have died in the city besieged by Russian forces since the beginning of the month. Also yesterday, seven residents of the region were injured, while 1,398 civilians have been killed and another 3,126 injured since the conflict began in Donetsk.
Ukraine: Death toll in Zaporizhia attack rises to 13
The death toll in the Russian rocket attack on the city of Zaporizhia, which launched on Wednesday night and hit a five-story apartment building, has risen to 13, the state rescue service said on Facebook, reminding national media that it an eight-month-old baby is among the victims.
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