Russia announces it has shot down a Ukrainian anti-ship missile near Crimea

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2023-10-04 06:01:00

Cover image: Russian President Vladimir Putin chairing a meeting via video link at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on October 3, 2023, according to a photo distributed by Russian state agency Sputnik. ALEXEY BABUSHKIN / AFP

The Russian Defense Ministry announced that it had shot down a Ukrainian Neptune anti-ship missile near Crimea on Tuesday evening. “Air defense systems detected and destroyed a Ukrainian missile over the northwestern part of the Black Sea, off the Crimean Peninsula”described the ministry.Joe Biden worked on Tuesday to reassure United States allies about the sustainability of American support for Ukraine, which depends on the outcome of budgetary discussions. A conference call for “coordinate further aid to Ukraine” was organized with several of its partners.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyn announced Tuesday that he had visited the eastern front, the target of an offensive by Russian troops. “Today we visit our brigades fighting in one of the hottest zones, Kupiansk and Lyman”he wrote on Telegrampublishing a video in which he can be seen with soldiers in what looks like a fortified shelter.Several people were injured on Tuesday in the shelling of the town of Antonivka, Kherson Oblast. One person died from their injuries.According to General Oleksandr Tarnavsky, who is leading the Ukrainian counter-offensive in the south of the country, “the defense forces are advancing towards Tavriïa”. Without giving further details in his message published on TelegramMr. Tarnavsky reports, moreover, that his troops “carried out 1,198 fire missions during the day” Tuesday. The world is not able to independently verify this information.The Russian defense minister assured Tuesday that Ukrainian attempts to break through Russian defenses in the Verbove and Robotyne regions in the direction of Zaporizhia had ” failed “. According to Sergei Shoiguthe Russian army also “repulsed all attacks in the Soledar-Bakhmout direction”on the eastern front, a sector south of which Ukrainian troops claimed the capture of two villages.Two ships, Equator et Marantasailing under the flags of the Marshall Islands and Cameroon are heading towards the port of Odessa on the Black Sea, reported Tuesday a deputy of the Rada, the Ukrainian Parliament. Oleksiy Goncharenko published images of ships on Telegram.

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