2023-11-24 20:22:36
Did you miss the latest events on the war in Ukraine? 20 Minutes takes stock for you every evening at 7:30 p.m. Between the strong declarations, the advances on the front and the results of the battles, here are the main points of the day.
The fact of the day
A strategic city or symbol? Both my captain. The Russian army launched its third wave of assaults since October 10 against the town of Avdiivka, in eastern Ukraine, and systematically bombarded its center. Mayor Vitaly Barabach reported, on Ukrainian television, attacks from “all sides.” In the city, there are 30 to 40 massive strikes per day. » The Russian military uses guided aerial bombs and has recently begun using cluster munitions.
The Russians particularly want to seize a coking plant which they consider strategic, according to Ukraine. Avdiïvka briefly fell in July 2014 into the hands of pro-Russian separatists armed by Moscow, before returning to Ukrainian control. Since then, this largely destroyed city marks the front line in this area and has become the symbol of Ukrainian resistance. According to Vitaly Barabach, around 1,350 people still live in Avdiïvka, despite the fighting and bombings, while the town had around 30,000 inhabitants before the war.
Sentence of the day
We are counting on the vigilance of the Chinese authorities to ensure that no structure in China, particularly private, contributes directly or indirectly to Russia’s illegal war effort. »
French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna was in Beijing on Friday, during a press conference joint with his counterpart Wang Yi. She took the opportunity to repeat a form of European warning against Beijing, which has recently made a strategic rapprochement with Russia.
The number of the day
13.500. More than 13,500 Ukrainian civilians have managed to leave Russia since July via a humanitarian corridor set up in the border region of Sumy, in northeastern Ukraine, Kiev announced on Friday. Among them are 1,653 children, said the Ukrainian Ministry of Reintegration, cited by the Interfax-Ukraine agency.
Today’s trend
The drone war, episode… a lot. Russia said on Friday it had destroyed 16 Ukrainian drones in the south of the country and above the annexed Crimean peninsula.
During the night from Thursday to Friday, “an attempt by the Kiev regime to commit a terrorist attack using aerial drones against sites on the territory of the Russian Federation was foiled,” the Russian Ministry of Defense said. Defense. Air defense systems destroyed 16 drones, including 13 over the Crimean peninsula and three over the territory of the Volgograd region. »
For its part, the Ukrainian military said its air defense systems had shot down three Iranian-made attack drones launched by Russian forces overnight.
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