kyiv announces having pushed back the Russian army several kilometers in the south

2023-11-19 19:12:24

Cover image: A Ukrainian soldier in a trench in Bakhmut, Ukraine on November 18, 2023. ANATOLII STEPANOV / AFP

Russia launched several attacks on kyiv early on Sunday (November 19) for the second night in a row, the Ukrainian capital’s military administration said. According to Serhi Popko, head of the city’s military administration, Ukrainian air defense systems shot down around ten Iranian-made Shahed drones in the capital and its surroundings.The Ukrainian general staff reports incessant attempts to encircle Avdiïvka. In his daily activity report published Sunday at 6 a.m., the Ukrainian General Staff declares that its army firmly holds its positions, inflicting significant losses on the Russian army and says it has repelled 26 attacks in the vicinity of Keramik, Novobakhmoutivka, Stepovo and Avdiivka, in the oblast ofUkraine said on Sunday it had repelled the Russian army “from 3 to 8 kilometers” deep on the left bank of the Dnieper occupied by the Moscow army, the first numerical estimate of the advance of kyiv’s troops in this area after months of disappointing counter-offensive.For Joe Biden, supporting Ukraine allows the United States to avoid going to war
In a column published in the Washington Post the president states that, “If we back away from today’s challenges, the risk of conflict could spread, and the costs of resolving them will only increase. (…) This belief is the basis of my approach to supporting the Ukrainian people (…) against Putin’s brutal war ».Former Russian pro-war blogger Igor Girkin declares his candidacy for the 2024 Russian presidential election from prison. Before his arrest in July 2023, Igor Girkin targeted the military and therefore, de facto, political hierarchy, accused of not leading the Russian offensive in Ukraine effectively.Russian air defense systems destroyed a drone launched by Ukraine heading towards Moscowdeclared the mayor of the Russian capital early on Sunday.Ukraine thanks the United Kingdom and France for the provision of materials. In a video, Ukraine thanks its two allies for the Storm Shadow/Scalp missiles jointly developed by London and Paris which were used in particular during the attack against the headquarters of the command of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol.Washington commits to providing spare parts for F-16s delivered to Ukraine. In a press release, the us department of defense recalls that the devices supplied by the Netherlands, Denmark and Norway will receive the necessary components to facilitate their maintenance and extend their operational life.Hundreds of people demonstrated in kyiv on Saturday against corruption demanding the reallocation of public funds to the army. On some signs, we could read: “We need drones, not stadiums. »A merchant ship hits a mine off the coast of Ukraine. I charge him Georgia-Sa Liberian-flagged merchant ship, was lightly damaged off the coast of Ukraine after possibly being hit by a floating mine, the agency reports Reuters.Russian propaganda networks broadcast a false intervention by Volodymyr Zelensky. The video uses the logos of the 1 + 1 television channel and the United News news telethon; the Ukrainian president announces the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from Avdiivka, false information.

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