Russia claimed Thursday to have neutralized 20 Ukrainian drones in several regions, particularly those bordering Ukraine. “During the night, several attempts by the Kiev regime to carry out terrorist attacks against sites located on Russian territory were prevented,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
The Russian army thus neutralized 20 drones, two Totchka-U ballistic missiles, as well as five balloons which are generally used to divert the attention of air defense systems, according to the same source.
Sixteen drones and two missiles were notably destroyed above the Belgorod region, bordering Ukraine and the target of almost daily Ukrainian strikes. A woman, injured in this attack, was hospitalized, according to the regional governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov. The other regions targeted are Voronezh, also bordering Ukraine, and Rostov, which houses the military headquarters of the Russian operation in Ukraine, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
The only Ukrainian gold medalist at the Tokyo Olympics, elected to his country’s Parliament, wrestler Zhan Beleniuk believes that the new restrictions imposed on Russian athletes by the IOC will push Russian athletes to boycott the Paris Olympic Games.
“For us, it’s a very good thing, that they cannot compete in this type of competition, with us other athletes against whom they are at war,” analyzes the wrestler, born to a Ukrainian mother and a Rwandan father, the first mixed race to enter the Ukrainian Parliament in 2019, under the colors of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s party.
Eighteen people were killed in the triple Russian strike on Wednesday in Cherniguiv, a large city in northern Ukraine, according to a new count published Thursday.
Like every day, the editorial staff of 20 minutes is mobilized to give you all the information on the conflict. This Thursday is the 784th day of the conflict. Wednesday, the day was marked by the triple Russian strike against the town of Cheniguiv, as well as the estimate of at least 50,000 Russian soldiers killed since the start of the conflict.