Live ticker According to a military spokesman
Ukrainian troops repulsed Russian offensives on the Eastern Front
“Russians Want to Disrupt Grain Exports”
Russia strikes Ukraine’s Danube ports near Romanian border with drones Military expert Wolfgang Richter says of the Ukrainian counteroffensive: “Ukraine has to report successes, but it mostly involves gaining a few hundred meters of ground.”
“We continue to repulse heavy enemy attacks near Klishivka and Andryvka,” a Ukrainian military spokesman said. President Volodymyr Zelensky rejected criticism that progress was too slow and full of strategic errors. More on Live Ticker.
DAccording to a military spokesman, Ukrainian troops are currently repelling attacks by Russian forces on the Eastern Front. “We continue to repel heavy enemy attacks near Klishivka and Andreevka,” Ilya Yevlash said on Ukrainian state television.
In a post on Telegram, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky briefly mentioned “our progress in the Donetsk sector” in the east, but did not provide any details. Zelensky said the counteroffensive would take time and dismissed Western critics who said progress was too slow and fraught with strategic errors.
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09:57 – British ministry: Russia has lost 90 planes so far
Britain reckons the Russian Air Force has lost 90 aircraft so far in its war of aggression against Ukraine. “Some of their fighter jets are flying more aggressively than in peacetime,” the British Ministry of Defense said in its daily update.
All aircraft have a life expectancy in flight time. The British believed that Russia would use up these flying times faster than planned air and space forces because of the war. In addition, Brits wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that maintenance work will be more difficult due to high demand and lack of spare parts due to restrictions.
8:49 am – German arms pledges to Ukraine total 18 billion euros
The central government has given or promised about 18 billion euros worth of arms to Ukraine since the war began last year – and has not demanded payment for them. According to the Federal Finance Ministry’s response to a request by left-wing Bundestag member Sevim Tagtelen, military support services are “not subject to withdrawal”.
Last year, the value of arms supplied totaled two billion euros, and this year it is expected to reach 5.4 billion euros, the federal finance ministry wrote. In addition, there will be commitment authorizations for 10.5 billion euros in the following years.
7:25 am – Ukraine says it shot down more than 30 Russian drones
Ukraine’s military said it shot down more than 30 Russian drones Thursday night. Russia has particularly hit the south of the country with “massive” attacks, military spokeswoman Natalia Kumenyuk wrote in Telegram. Air defense destroyed a number of drones in Odesa and Mykolaiv regions. In addition, Russia attacked targets in the heart of the country with drones.
“The consequences of the attack are now being clarified, because it was indeed a massive attack,” Kumenyuk said. “But the air defense was very effective.” Russian attacks on Ukrainian grain export infrastructure in the Odesa and Mykolayiv regions have increased since Russia canceled the grain deal in late July.
12:44 am – Lavrov: Moscow ready for talks on Ukraine
According to Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Russia is ready to conclude agreements on Ukraine under certain conditions. “Our position remains the same: taking into account the current situation, we are ready to reach agreements,” state news agency Dos Lavrov quoted him as saying. Likewise, Russia’s security interests must be taken into account, including “preventing the creation of a hostile Nazi regime near Russia’s borders.”
According to Doss, Lavrov has already said that the longer Kiev delays negotiations with Moscow, the more difficult the deal will become. Before any possible negotiations, Moscow insists, among other things, that Ukraine relinquish its territories occupied by Russian troops. Ukraine firmly rejects this. On Tuesday, former Ukrainian boxing world champion Wladimir Klitschko said he currently sees no possibility of peace talks with Russia. “Negotiate with whom, Russia, (Russian President Vladimir) Putin, Lavrov, with whom?”, 47-year-old Markus answered a question on Lance’s ZDF program.
11:03 pm – Southern Ukrainian region of Kherson reports casualties after Russian shelling
Authorities in the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson have reported at least one person killed in fresh Russian attacks. A 41-year-old man was killed in the regional capital of the same name, Kherson, military governor Oleksandr Prokhudin said in a telegram. Another person was injured. Russian military airstrikes were also reported not far from the city of Perislav. In the past few days, civilians have been killed or injured several times by shelling in the region, some of which is still occupied by Russian troops.
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