“Bakhmut stands, defense forces hold city.” This was underlined by the Chief of Staff of the Ukrainian Presidency, Andriy Yermak, in a tweet, in which he attached photos of today’s visit with Zelenskyy to the soldiers deployed at the front. “Together with President Zelensky and the team towards Bakhmut today. It is a great honor for me to be here, next to our heroes, Ukrainian warriors,” writes Yermak, “The President awarded the military, we discussed the current situation . Bakhmut stands. The defense forces are holding the city”.
Zelenskyi: “Zaporizhia bombarded with bestial ferocity”
Zelenskyy sent a telegram denouncing the indcriminati attacks in Zaporizhia. “Just now a Russian missile hit a multi-storey building. Russia is shelling the city with bestial ferocity. City, our state, our people.” And then he attacked Russia, the day after the meeting between Putin and Xi. “More than 20 Iranian killer drones, plus rockets and numerous bomb attacks. And that was just on the last night of Russian terror against Ukraine. Every time someone tries to hear the word ‘peace’ in Moscow, someone else there gets the order for these criminal raids,” Zelenskyy wrote. “The success of Ukraine’s land, air and sea forces really brings peace closer. Full compliance with the sanctions regime against Russia restores the strength of the UN Charter. Global unity can do the restore global stability.”
Moscow has warned the US is not “testing Russia’s patience” by continuing drone flights over the Black Sea. The new threat comes from Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. The diplomat, quoted by RIA Novosti news agency, said the US denied ” cynical” the Russian-imposed ban on overflights in an area of the Black Sea following the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
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Pact on the New World Order. Zelenskyy wants to hear from Beijing. The White House criticizes: “China does not have an impartial position on the war” (ANSA)
The regional military administration of Kiev said via Telegram that three people were killed and seven others injured in a drone strike launched by Russian forces last night. “As a result of a night drone strike in the Kiev region, a civilian target was damaged. We are currently aware of three dead and seven injured. The information is being clarified,” the statement said. Air raid alarms also sounded over Kiev this morning,
Kishida on Bucha: “I am outraged by the brutality that took place here”
An assessment of the attacks came from the General Staff of Kiev Armed Forces in its daily update on the conflict: 114 Russian attacks were repelled in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine yesterday. Russian troops continue to focus their offensives towards Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Mariinka and Shakhtarsk, the army said. The Ukrainian Air Force carried out six strikes on Russian bases, while ground forces destroyed an ammunition depot, two anti-aircraft missile systems, a radar station and another key unidentified military facility. Yesterday, Russia launched 10 missiles into Ukraine, conducted 32 airstrikes and 90 multi-launch missile system attacks against civilian infrastructure.