Zelensky says Russia attempting to incite warfare within the Middle East
Two civilians have been killed in Russian shelling on the japanese Ukrainian stronghold city of Avdiivka as Putin’s forces try to encompass the town, based on metropolis officers.
Russia’s navy has continued with assaults in town for a fifth consecutive day with emergency crews unable to get well the useless from wrecked buildings, the Donetsk area administration mentioned.
Oleksandr Syrskyi, the commander of Kyiv’s floor forces, mentioned Russian forces had regrouped after losses and had been attacking across the village of Makiivka and in the direction of the town of Kupiansk.
“The main objective of the enemy is the defeat of a grouping of our troops, the encirclement of Kupiansk and to reach the Oskil River,” he mentioned in feedback carried by an official navy platform.
Syrskyi added that Russian forces had been finishing up “dozens” of assaults every day, however that Ukrainian troops had been prepared and had been holding their floor.
The growth comes as Kremlin forces had been additionally pummelling the strategic Ukrainian metropolis of Avdiivka, on a unique part of the japanese entrance, in what Russian and Western officers mentioned amounted to a brand new offensive.
Two civilians killed in Russian assaults on Avdiivka
Two civilians had been killed in Russian assaults on the japanese Ukrainian city of Avdiivka on Saturday, based on the Donetsk area administration.
In one in all its few offensives in months, Russia’s navy pressed on for a fifth day with assaults on Avdiivka, with shelling so fierce that emergency crews had been unable to get well the useless from wrecked buildings.
The administration of the Donetsk area mentioned on Sunday on the Telegram messaging app that yet another person was injured elsewhere within the area.
The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces mentioned on Sunday its forces had repelled 15 Russian assaults close to Avdiivka, Tonenke and Pervomaiske within the Donetsk area, whereas Russian forces launched heavy air strikes within the space.
Oleh Sinehubov, governor of the Kharkiv area additionally in Ukraine’s east, mentioned on Sunday a 54-year-old girl and a 57-year-old man had been killed and one girl injured in an in a single day Russian air attack.
Reuters couldn’t independently confirm the studies.
Smoke rises from the world within the course of Avdiivka, as seen from Donetsk
(REUTERS)
Lydia Patrick15 October 2023 08:00
Putin says Ukraine’s counteroffensive “failed completely”
Vladimir Putin has branded Ukraine‘s counteroffensive a “failure”.
While Kyiv took back territory taken by Russia last year, the Ukrainian army has struggled to penetrate Russian lines which have been bolstered with minefields and thousands of extra troops.
“As for the counteroffensive, which is allegedly stalling, it has failed completely,” Mr Putin said in video remarks posted to social media by a Kremlin journalist Pavel Zarubin.
“The opposing side is preparing new active offensive operations. We see it and we know it,” he added when asked about the battle for the eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiivka.
According to the Belfer Center at Harvard, Ukraine made a net gain of 8 square miles of territory the month to 10 October.
The conflict in eastern Ukraine began in 2014 after a pro-Russian president was toppled in Ukraine‘s Maidan Revolution and Russia annexed Crimea, with Russian-backed forces fighting Ukraine‘s armed forces.
Sam Rkaina15 October 2023 09:39
Russia conducting ‘active defence’ Putin says
Russian forces are conducting an ‘active defence’ and have been in a position to enhance their positions at almost complete line of contact in Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin mentioned on Sunday.
“What is happening now along the entire length of the [line of] contact is called ‘an active defence’,” Putin mentioned in video remarks posted to social media by a Kremlin journalist Pavel Zarubin.
“And our troops are improving their position at almost entire area. Quite a large area.”
(by way of REUTERS)
Sam Rkaina15 October 2023 08:30
Putin to fulfill Xi in China
Russian president Vladimir Putin is about to fulfill Xi Jinping in China this week, marking solely his second go to exterior former USSR for the reason that begin of the warfare in Ukraine.
The Russian president might be attending the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing on 17, 18 October.
This would even be Mr Putin’s first journey exterior of former USSR since Hague-based International Criminal Court issued a warrant for him in March over the deportation of youngsters from Ukraine.
Vishwam Sankaran15 October 2023 07:30
Russia’s Black Sea Fleet conducts drills in Crimea
Russia’s Black Sea Fleet is conducting drills utilizing rocket launchers off the Crimean-port Sevastopol.
“Everything is calm in the city,” the Crimean-port’s Russian-installed governor mentioned immediately in a put up on the Telegram messaging app.
It is understood that Russia’s Black Sea Fleet launches a lot of its drone and missile assaults on Ukraine from the Black Sea.
Vishwam Sankaran15 October 2023 06:45
‘Russia’s Black Sea Fleet doubles down on defence’
Russia’s Black Sea Fleet has doubled down on defence measures after struggling setbacks within the recent months, based on the UK Defense Ministry.
“Since suffering a series of strikes in August and September, the Russian Black Sea Fleet (BSF) has highly likely doubled down on its defensive and reactive posture,” the Defense Ministry mentioned yesterday.
Ukraine has gained the initiative within the northwest Black Sea since June launching unmanned floor vessels, unmanned air automobiles, and missile assaults in opposition to Russia’s Black Sea Fleet.
The Russian fleet has principally continued to defend itself whereas additionally launching missiles into Ukraine, which “it can almost certainly continue to do so from the eastern (region of the) Black Sea,” the UK Defense Ministry mentioned.
Vishwam Sankaran15 October 2023 05:30
Ukraine launches drones over Kursk area
More than two dozen drones launched from Ukraine have reportedly been destroyed over Kursk and different Russian areas.
About 18 of those had been downed over Kursk in southern Russia and two the place destroyed over Belgorod, one other area bordering Ukraine, Russia’s defence ministry mentioned early immediately.
Kursk governor Roman Starovoit mentioned there have been no casualties within the drone attack, Reuters reported.
Vishwam Sankaran15 October 2023 04:45
Third of Ukrainian territory unsafe as a consequence of mines, Zelensky says
Nearly a 3rd of Ukrainian territory is unsafe as a consequence of mines and unexploded ordinance, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned yesterday.
Demining and clearing of explosive supplies had been points mentioned at a two-day convention in Croatia in October.
About 250 folks have reportedly been killed by mines thus far in Ukraine, and over 500 have been injured.
More than 40 nations took half within the convention in Croatia, and collectively pledged about 500 million euros ($530 million) to help in demining
Vishwam Sankaran15 October 2023 04:14
Russia ‘relocating prize Black Sea assets’
Russia’s Black Sea Fleet has moved quite a lot of its ‘prestige assets’ following a sequence of strikes by Ukraine in August and September, the Ministry of Defence has mentioned.
In it’s each day update on progress on the warfare, the MoD mentioned cruise missile succesful ships and submarines had been relocated from Sevastopol to bases additional east.
“The risk of further military losses and the dire political consequences of Russian naval forces overtly attacking merchant shipping would highly likely outweigh any gain from attempting to enforce a blockade of Ukrainian-bound trade.”
Sam Rkaina14 October 2023 16:02
Russian assaults in east “relentless”
Ukrainian officials have said assaults being carried out by Russian forces are “relentless”, as the continued attack on the japanese Ukrainian metropolis of Avdiivka entered its fifth day.
“The enemy has not stopped either assaulting or shelling positions” round Avdiivka, metropolis head Vitalii Barabash mentioned on Ukrainian tv.
Barabash additionally reported that Moscow was deploying extra forces to encircle the strategically vital metropolis within the japanese Donetsk area, located simply north of the Moscow-held regional capital, additionally known as Donetsk.
Around 1,600 civilians stay inside the metropolis, a stark distinction to its prewar inhabitants of about 31,000.
Barabash’s feedback got here after Russia’s U.N. ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, informed a U.N. Security Council assembly on Friday that the intensified assaults within the east amounted to a brand new stage in Moscow’s marketing campaign in Ukraine.
“Russian troops have, for several days now, switched over to active combat action practically throughout the entire front line — The so-called Ukrainian counteroffensive can therefore be considered finished,” he mentioned.
Sam Rkaina14 October 2023 13:58
