Malayalee News
Ukrainian defense forces claim that an armored train carrying Russian troops was bombed in the city of Meli Topol. However, Oleksi Arestovich, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Selensky, said the train derailed and blocked the armored train. He also claimed that Russian military equipment had been destroyed. Russia has not commented on the incident.
Meli Topol in southern Ukraine is currently under Russian military control. Mayor Meli Topol said the Ukrainian army was retaliating, killing about 100 Russian troops and recapturing more than 20 territories.
The shelling is strong in Donetsk. Kiev mine explosion kills 2 Four people were killed in a shelling in Luhansk. Russia says 1,730 Ukrainian troops have surrendered so far from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol.
Russia, meanwhile, says it has deployed its state-of-the-art laser weapons to shoot down Ukrainian drones. Although no details have been released about the laser weapons, Russia claims that the prototype “Peresweight” has been widely deployed and is capable of destroying satellites up to 1,500 km above the surface of the earth.
Russia has reportedly launched a new generation of more dangerous laser weapons than the Peres, including the Sadira, while the US and Switzerland have reopened their embassies in Kiev.
Russia says 1730 Ukrainian troops have surrendered so far in Mariupol. They were recorded as prisoners of war and evicted from the steel factory. Activists of the Red Cross, a human rights group, are collecting the names and details of the surrendered soldiers. Half of the Azov battalion members inside the factory reportedly surrendered.
The US Embassy in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, has reopened. The Senate yesterday approved the nomination of Bridget Brink as the new US Ambassador to Ukraine.
Leaders of Finland and Sweden, who have applied to join the NATO military alliance, arrived in the White House yesterday for talks with US President Joe Biden. Turkey reiterates opposition to membership application