Russian troops have further stepped up their assault on Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine, attacking from two additional directions.A change which “proves that the enemy has received the order to seize the city at all costs”, believes the mayor of this industrial city which has become one of the epicenters of the fighting in recent months.Follow the latest information live.
“MUCH MORE MANY” RUSSIAN ASSAULTS IN AVDIIVKA
According to the mayor of Avdiivka, Russian troops are increasing their pressure on the town, with “much more numerous” attacks over the past two days. “The third wave of enemy attacks differs from the previous two in that it is launched from two new directions,” explains Vitaly Barabach, for whom the Russian army seeks to “divert attention as much as possible” from the Ukrainian soldiers.
“It is very likely that they are waiting for more favorable weather conditions to use military equipment in these areas,” he continues, believing that “the launch of new directions proves that the enemy has received the order to seize of the city at all costs.
Still according to the councilor, 1,295 civilians are still present in the industrial city, where intense fighting has been raging for almost two months.
AMERICAN SUPPORT
Without a vote on new funding by Congress, “by the end of the year” the United States will “run out of resources” to continue to support Ukraine militarily, warned the White House Budget Director . Shalanda Young sent a letter to the head of the House of Representatives, warning him that “cutting off the arrival of American weapons and equipment would destroy Ukraine’s war effort.”
RUSSIAN GENERAL KILLED
A Russian general, high ranking in the Northern Fleet, was killed in the combat zone in Ukraine, announced the governor of the Russian region of Voronezh, where this officer had served. “Brigadier General Vladimir Zavadsky, deputy commander of the 14th Army Corps of the Northern Fleet, died at a combat post in the special operation zone” in Ukraine, Governor Alexander Gusev said on Telegram, without providing details on the circumstances of his death.
RUSSIAN LOSSES
According to a latest report from the Ukrainian army, 770 Russian soldiers were killed in 24 hours in fighting in Ukraine, making a total of 332,810 members of the Russian army since the invasion of the country on February 24, 2022. 5,580 Russian tanks and 6,017 drones were also shot down in almost two years. If kyiv communicates daily on the losses inflicted on the enemy, it seems very difficult to really know what is really happening on both camps. Our article on the subject.
NIGHT ATTACK IN CRIMEA
Russia launched 23 drones and a cruise missile into Crimea in the early hours of this morning, the Ukrainian Air Force said, adding that air defense systems destroyed the missile and 18 of the drones before they were fired. ‘reach their targets. No details were given on possible damage caused by the attack.
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Two people died during Russian strikes in the Kherson region in the south, authorities announced, who also claimed to have shot down a missile and the majority of drones launched by Russia during a new night attack.
A 78-year-old man died on Sunday morning during a shelling of the village of Sadove, said the head of the Kherson military administration, Roman Mrochko. This locality is located on the banks of the Dnieper River, which marks the front line in the region, with Russian forces occupying the left bank. In the afternoon, further strikes on the regional capital, Kherson, killed a woman who “was in the street” and injured four other people, according to the local prosecutor’s office.
During the night, Russian forces launched twelve Shahed drones, Iranian-made devices frequently used by Moscow against its neighbor, the air force said, saying it had shot down ten of them. A Kh-59 guided aerial missile was also shot down, the armed forces said in their daily report.
kyiv has reinforced its air defense systems with Western weapons since last winter, during which Russia systematically struck its energy infrastructure.
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