Ukraine is destroyedA bridge in the Kursk region of RussiaKiev is trying to consolidate its territorial gains. Ukraine has already claimed responsibility for the attack, according to a message posted on the social networking site Telegram by Ukrainian Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk.
However, Moscow also recognized the attack. Russia accuses Ukraine of using Western missiles. “For the first time, the Kursk region was hit by Western rocket launchers, probably American Himars,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said via Telegram application.
“As a result of the attack, the bridge over the Seym River in Glushkovo district was completely destroyed and volunteers who helped the evacuated civilians were killed,” he said.
According to the Ukrainian military, Kiev currently controls more than 80 Russian settlements in the Kursk region. Of these 80, Sudja (population of more than six thousand) is included. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian troops were reinforcing areas controlled by Russia’s Kursk region, but Russia said it had already repelled an attack on three cities.
Over the past ten days, Kursk, on the border with Ukraine, has been the scene of a Ukrainian offensive, and this Saturday, Zelensky, after a meeting with the general staff, “announced General (Olexandre) Chirsky. The positions of forces in the Kursk region and the size of the territory confirmed”.
Other news of the day:
⇒ The Ukrainian Air Force announced it had destroyed 14 Iranian-made Shahed drones launched in a Russian airstrike, including an Iskander K ballistic missile, which it failed to shoot down. According to the Ukrainian military, the operation took place in the regions of Kyiv, Cherkasy and Poltava (center), Mykolaiv (south), Zaporizhia (southeast) and Dnipropetrovsk (east).
⇒ A Germany plans to halve military aid to Ukraine next yearAccording to the state budget proposal for 2025, profits from frozen Russian assets will support Kiev. According to a parliamentary source cited by AFP, confirming what was reported in the press, Olaf Scholes’ government is seeking to create Savings does not expect “any additional aid” to the four billion euros included in next year’s budget for military aid to Ukraine.
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