Ukraine War: North Korea is said to have supplied weapons to Russia

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Heavy fighting around Avdiivka – Russia carries out air strikes

According to information from Kiev, the heavy fighting for the city of Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine continues. “Our defenders are bravely holding their position,” the Ukrainian General Staff said in its situation report.

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More than 1,000 containers full of weapons are said to have been delivered from Pyongyang to Moscow. And: Ukrainian media report that the military attacked two ships from the Russian fleet in the port city of Sevastopol on the annexed Crimean peninsula.

NAccording to the US, North Korea has delivered more than 1,000 containers of military equipment and ammunition to Russia for Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. The White House announced this on Friday.

Speculation about a possible arms deal between Moscow and Pyongyang accompanied North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s visit to Russia in September.

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un (l.) next to Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting in the Amur region of eastern Russia in September

Source: AP/Vladimir Smirnov

Meanwhile, according to media reports, Ukraine wants to be close to the annexed Crimean peninsula damaged two more ships from the Russian Black Sea Fleet. Ukrainian media reported successful attacks on the port city on Friday, citing sources at the SBU secret service Sevastopol. A “Bujan” missile ship and the patrol ship “Pawel Derzhavin” were said to have been attacked by Ukrainian naval drones with new “experimental weapons,” it said. The target was also the submarine “Alrossa”.

Media in Crimea also reported explosions in the port of Sevastopol. The Moscow-appointed governor of the port city, Michael Razwoshayev, claimed on Telegram that the background of the explosion noises were exercises against underwater sabotage teams. The Black Sea Fleet also reported on a maneuver in which the “Pawel Derzhavin” was supposedly taking part as planned. The Ukrainian fleet, on the other hand, had already reported damage to the “Pawel Derzhavin” on Thursday. The information could not initially be independently verified.

Heavy fighting in eastern Ukraine

The heavy fighting for the Avdiivka city in the East of Ukraine According to information from Kiev, the attacks are continuing. “Our defenders are bravely holding the position,” the Ukrainian General Staff said in its situation report on Thursday evening. Seven Russian attacks on the small town and seven more on nearby towns were repelled, the military leadership in Kiev wrote.

Russian military bloggers, on the other hand, wrote about further terrain gains by the Moscow military. The information provided by both sides cannot be independently verified.

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The commander of the southern sector of the front “Taurien”, Brigadier General Olexander Tarnawskyi, wrote on Telegram that heavy losses were being inflicted on the Russian attackers. However, the tense situation of the Ukrainian defenders is made clear by the General Staff report on Russian air strikes in the area.

Map of the current situation in Ukraine

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In recent months, Moscow has only used its aircraft sporadically, partly because Ukrainian anti-aircraft defenses have inflicted heavy losses on the Russian Air Force. But now, in addition to Avdiivka, the towns of Novokalinowe, Keramik and Stepowe to the northwest were also bombed.

Avdiivka is located in the immediate vicinity of the large city of Donetsk, which has been controlled by pro-Russian forces since 2014. The heavily developed fortress has been contested for months. The aim of the Russian offensive, which has been intensified again over the last two days, is apparently to cut off Avdiivka from supplies and to encircle the garrison stationed there.

Russian shelling in the… Eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk According to authorities, at least one person was killed and 13 others were injured. The Russian army used two Iskander-type rockets on Friday, damaging two buildings in the city center, the city’s military administration said. Rescue workers pulled at least three people out alive from under the rubble of the two houses in the morning, as the Ukrainian Civil Defense reported on Telegram.

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