2023-10-06 09:00:44
Russian Defense Minister calls for speeding up bomber production
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has called for accelerating production of Su-34 tactical bomber planes to support Russia’s offensive in Ukraine.
“These planes, they have the most work, doing between four and five flights a day,” Shoigu said during a visit to an aircraft factory in Novosibirsk, Siberia.
“This is why we must accelerate” their production, he stressed.
According to the statement, the minister “instructed the factory management to accelerate production and repair work” of the Su-34s. The Novosibirsk Aviation Plant carries out, in particular, serial production, repair and modernization of Su-34 bomber aircraft. The Kremlin has reoriented all its politics and economics towards the war effort, increasing its military spending budget by 68% for 2024 compared to the previous year to reach 106 billion euros.
Bombing of downtown Kharkiv, child killed
After a Russian missile attack on the city center of Kharkiv, two buildings were damaged and another residential building was destroyed. A 10-year-old boy was found dead under the rubble. Sixteen others were injured.
Ukraine shot down 25 of 33 attack drones launched by Russia overnight
According to the Ukrainian army, Russian troops have again launched drones from Cape Chauda in Crimea. A total of 33 Shahed drone launches were recorded towards the southern, eastern and central regions of Ukraine. The Ukrainian Defense Forces destroyed 25 over the Odessa, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Cherkasy and Zhytomyr regions.
Zelensky says he has “clear agreements” with Europeans for more anti-aircraft systems
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday he had received “clear agreements” from Europeans to receive more anti-aircraft and artillery systems, after a summit in Granada, Spain.
“We will have more air defense – the agreements are clear. This is very important before winter. Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Great Britain – thank you! », indicated the Head of State in his daily message broadcast on social networks.
Eight Ukrainian drones shot down in western Russia
Moscow says it shot down eight Ukrainian drones in western Russia on Thursday evening.
Thursday around 11:30 p.m. local time, “air defense systems in service destroyed five Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the Belgorod region”, bordering Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry communicated on Telegram early this Friday.
Earlier in the night, the ministry had counted two other vehicles shot down in the same territory.
An eighth aircraft suffered the same fate in the Kursk region, also bordering Ukraine, Russian Defense announced Thursday evening.
The ministry did not provide an assessment of possible damage or casualties.
51 dead in Groza
The toll is heavy. Fifty-one people, including a child, were killed Thursday by a Russian strike in Groza, a small village in eastern Ukraine, on the sidelines of the funeral of a Ukrainian soldier.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in Spain for a meeting with European leaders, denounced an “inhumane terrorist attack” against this town located in the Kharkiv region, near Kupiansk, a town close to the front line which is regularly the target of Russian strikes.
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