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The fact of the day
This is the real-false announcement of the day. At the beginning of the afternoon, the Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Defense, Ganna Maliar, indicated on Telegram “Andriïvka is ours”, referring to a village located south of Bakhmout. However, she specified that fighting was still taking place in this sector as well as in neighboring areas. However, she had to backtrack a few hours later.
“The statement regarding the capture of Andriïvka is false and premature. Serious and intense fighting is currently taking place in the areas of Klichtchiïvka and Andriïvka,” tackled the third assault brigade, engaged on the ground. “Such statements are harmful, endanger the lives of personnel and harm the execution of combat missions,” she said. After several modifications and apologies, Ganna Maliar’s message now indicates that “successes have been recorded in Andriïvka and heavy fighting is underway.”
The number of the day
22,000. This is the number of Hasidic pilgrims who gather in Uman for the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, despite the war. “Most of them come from Israel, the United States and other European countries,” explains the regional governor, Igor Tabourets. “Mobile concrete shelters” were installed and a thousand law enforcement officers mobilized for the event, he added. Every year, Hasidic pilgrims come from all over the world to Uman for the Jewish New Year to the tomb of Rabbi Nachman of Breslev (1772-1810), one of the main figures of Hasidism, the orthodox branch of Judaism.
Sentence of the day
We monitor [les discussions entre Moscou et Pyongyang] with concern that this could result in a violation of the United Nations Security Council’s ban on arms transactions with North Korea. »
Japan on Thursday underlined a risk of “violation” of United Nations sanctions on North Korea’s armament after Wednesday’s meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Vladimir Putin notably spoke to the press about “prospects” of military cooperation with Pyongyang, despite international sanctions targeting North Korea because of its nuclear programs and its missiles in development. The United States also expressed fears over a possible delivery of North Korean equipment to Russia to support the invasion of Ukraine.
Today’s trend
Ukrainian air defense destroyed 17 Russian aerial drones overnight from Wednesday to Thursday, the Kiev Air Force reported Thursday morning, without providing information on possible damage or casualties. Five other drones, however, escaped the vigilance of the Ukrainian anti-aircraft defense, out of the 22 launches spotted towards various cities from the south to the northeast of Ukraine.
In the drone war, Russia also claims to have destroyed five Ukrainian naval drones in the Black Sea overnight from Wednesday to Thursday, as well as several aerial drones in the annexed Crimean peninsula and in western Russia, without reporting of victims. The five vehicles were destroyed by fire from the patrol boat in the Black Sea Sergei Kotovalready targeted at least twice this summer, according to Moscow.