2023-10-19 06:30:19
Cover image: In the town of Avdiivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on October 17. STRINGER / REUTERS
A Russian missile attack killed two people on Wednesday evening in the village of Stepove, in the Ukrainian oblast of Mykolaiv (south). “One person was injured under the rubble of a catering establishment,” added the Ukrainian emergency service.The Russian Defense Ministry announced that air defense forces shot down two S-200 missiles flying over Crimea on Wednesday. Mikhail Razvojaev, the Moscow-installed governor of Sevastopol, previously said that an explosion had occurred in this city on the peninsula annexed by Russia, and that the Russian navy was battling an air attack.According to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), Russia is concerned “by ongoing Ukrainian activities on the eastern bank of Kherson Oblast”, and described “these activities as part of a possible larger operation”. Vladimir Putin also estimated that these movements foreshadowed a “next counter-offensive”.The mayor of Avdiïvka expects a « escalade » in the Russian offensive against his city. Vitalii Barabash said the situation was ” calmer “ in recent days because Russian forces were preparing a new attack, after being stopped by the Ukrainians.In Beijing, Vladimir Putin greets the ” success “ of the Forum of “new silk roads”. For his part, Xi praised Putin’s confidence “increasing” between China and Russia.ATACMS missiles will only prolong “agony” of Ukraine, judge Vladimir Putin. Ukraine announced on Tuesday that it had successfully used for the first time these missiles with a range of up to 165 kilometers, which the United States delivered to it in the utmost secrecy.Russian planes will patrol over the Black Sea with planes equipped with Kinjal missiles. These patrols respond to the deployment by the United States of two aircraft carriers in the eastern Mediterranean after the Hamas attack and the delivery of long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine.Sergei Lavrov in North Korea, a month after Kim Jong-un’s visit to Russia. The Russian foreign minister thanked Pyongyang for its support in its offensive against Ukraine. Mr. Lavrov, who is on a two-day visit, must prepare for a trip by Vladimir Putin to North Korea, a Kremlin spokesperson told the Russian agency Tass.Zelensky spoke with Macron about ” reinforcement “ of the defense of Ukraine. Ukraine is expecting a new Russian bombing campaign on its critical infrastructure this winter, as it did last year.The Duma votes against ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. According to the Russian president, this decline allows Moscow to align itself with the position of the United States, which signed but not ratified the treaty.
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