Russian air defense shot down 20 Ukrainian drones the Ministry of Defense reports on Russian regions, including Moscow. Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said several drones were destroyed as they approached the Russian capital.
“Flights at two international airports have been suspended because of the drones,” writes The Kyiv Independent website.
“Russia stole grain for a billion dollarsInstead, denounces the Ukrainian Prime Minister Shmyhal.
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1:29 p.m
Russia: Meta-speaker added to wanted list
Russian authorities have placed Andy Stone, spokesman for American social media giant Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Whatsapp, on the wanted list amid a “extremist” labeling of the company in the country.
Andy Stone’s name appears in the database of people wanted by the Russian Interior Ministry for violations of the criminal code. The authorities have not specified what they accuse Meta’s communications director of.
Russia officially designated the American group as a “terrorist and extremist” organization in October 2022, opening the possibility of harsher legal proceedings against its users in the country.
Since the start of the Russian offensive in Ukraine, Facebook and Instagram have also been blocked in the country and cannot be accessed without a virtual private network (VPN), as have Twitter and many media sites critical of the government. Before the ban, millions of Russians used meta-applications, particularly Instagram, a network that remains very popular among the country’s youth despite the ban. In April 2022, Russia added Meta leader Mark Zuckerberg to the blacklist of people banned from entering its territory.
12:51 p.m
Kiev, 8 of the 9 drones launched by Russia destroyed
The Ukrainian Air Force says it has destroyed eight of nine attack drones launched by Russia overnight. There was no immediate report of damage or where the remaining drone hit. The attack, which the air force said was launched from the southeast, came a day after what Ukrainian authorities said was Russia’s largest drone attack of the war. Ukraine has warned in recent weeks that Russia will carry out airstrikes on critical infrastructure in the winter, as it did last year.
12:23 p.m
Pope Francis: “The wound of the Holodomor genocide is made even more painful by the atrocity of today’s war”
“Yesterday, tortured Ukraine commemorated the Holodomor genocide committed by the Soviet regime, which caused the starvation of 90,000 people 90 years ago.
This tearing wound does not heal, but is made even more painful by the atrocities of the war that continue to inflict suffering on these dear people.” Pope Francis said after the Angelus prayer from the chapel of Casa Santa Marta. To read The Pope’s reflections, first and after the Angelus, it was Monsignor Paolo Braida.
(afp) 10:36
Moscow, two Ukrainian missiles were fired over the Sea of Azov
Moscow reported intercepting and firing two Ukrainian missiles over the Sea of Azov. “Russian air defense systems identified two Ukrainian missiles and shot them down over the Sea of Azov,” the Russian Defense Ministry said, saying the attack was recorded around 11 a.m.
(afp) 10:03
Kiev: “Russia launched nine drones during the night, we destroyed eight of them”
The Ukrainian Air Force said it destroyed eight of nine drones launched by Russia last night. It is not yet known where the ninth drone crashed.
The Guardian reports on it.
06:08
Moscow: “20 Ukrainian drones shot down”
Russian air defenses shot down 20 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions, including Moscow, the Defense Ministry said. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said several drones were destroyed as they approached the Russian capital.
04:50
Kyiv, our drones towards Moscow. Stop flights at two airports
Domodedovo and Vnukovo international airports in Moscow province have suspended operations after drones approached the Russian capital in the early hours of today. This is written by the Ukrainian online site The Kyiv Independent, according to which data from Flightradar – a website that provides real-time flight tracking services – suggests that departing flights have been blocked.
Russian media reports that 11 Ukrainian drones were shot down by air defense while a building was hit in the city of Tula.
04:16
Ukraine: Prime Minister Shmyhal, Russia stole wheat worth 1 billion DLR
Russia stole $1 billion worth of Ukrainian wheat and exported it to global commodity markets. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said this during a forum on the grain market in Kiev, The Kyiv Independent website reported.
“The occupiers have prepared the technical means to steal and take away 12,000 tons of grain every day from the conquered territories,” he said. Kiev has lost operational control over large agricultural areas in the south and east of Ukraine. “They only partially succeeded because the heroic resistance of the Ukrainians forced the enemy to retreat,” he added, “but the amount of goods stolen is impressive: millions of tons of grain worth around a billion dollars “Russia stole from Ukraine.” continues even now.