2024-10-20 00:31:00
This Saturday, Russia claimed the city of Zoryane in eastern Ukrainenot far from the industrial city of Kurajove, west of the city of Donetsk, already under the control of Moscow. “The city of Zoryane (…) was liberated” thanks to the “successful actions” of Russian forces, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
The ministry had already claimed responsibility for the capture of the town, located about 10 kilometers from Kurajove, on 8 October, but clashes have continued in the area in recent days. Him The Russian army tries to put pressure on Ukrainian forces in the Kurajove area by continuing to advance towards Pokrovska key city for Ukrainian troops, located a little further north.
In Kurajove, AFP recently noticed buildings damaged by daily fighting. The city had around 20,000 inhabitants before the start of the Russian offensive in February 2022.
Kiev bombed
Parallel to the ground offensive on Friday evening and Saturday morning Russia attacks Ukrainian capital Kiev with droneswhere anti-aircraft systems intercepted all the drones, but one woman was injured, the Efe agency reported. The head of the Kiev regional military administration, Follow Popkonoted on his Telegram channel that the attack came from multiple directions and lasted more than three and a half hours.
Russian troops have also intensified their attacks in recent days in Zaporizhzhia, in the south of the former Soviet republic. Besides A Russian rocket hit a residential neighborhood in the Ukrainian port of Odessain the Black Sea, causing a fire but causing no casualties.
Kursk
The Russian Ministry of Defense assured this Saturday that it did The rotation of Ukrainian troops in the Kursk border region was hinderedwhere Kiev forces have been since August 6th.
According to a statement, the rotation was prevented by open fire from Ka-52m helicopters, which hit armored vehicles and concentrations of enemy troops. On Saturday, the Russian military also reported more than 270 casualties among Ukrainian soldiers fighting in Kursk.
For its part, the Russian news agency RTVE he reported it Ukrainian air defenses shot down 80 of 135 Russian drones launched Thursday nightaccording to what his army assured.
In turn, the president of the United States, Joe Bidenwill discuss Ukraine with his European allied counterparts (Olaf Scholz, Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer) during his visit to Berlin this Friday.
G7 support for Ukraine
On Saturday in Naples, the defense ministers of the main Western economies (G7) promised “unwavering support” for Ukraine, including military support.
The group reiterated its “unwavering support for the freedom, sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Ukrainefor as long as necessary” and indicated its “intention to continue providing aid to Ukraine, including military, “in the short and long term” in the final joint statement of the G7 meeting, made up of United States, German Canada, France, Italy, United Kingdom and Japan.
Also present at the meeting were the head of European diplomacy, Joseph Borrelland the Secretary General of NATO, Marco Rutte. In June the G7 approved a $50 billion loan program to Kiev, financed by interest earned on frozen Russian assets.
Moscow assured that the Ukrainian president’s “Plan for Victory”. Volodymyr Zelensky could lead to a direct conflict between Russia and NATO. “For many weeks there has been talk of an illusory peace plan. Most likely it is the same American plan to fight with us to the last Ukrainian, which Zelensky disguised and called a ‘peace plan’,” the Russian presidential spokesman said . Dmitri Peskov, at a press conference.
North Korean troops
On the other hand, the South Korean spy agency assured this on Friday North Korea has decided to deploy 12,000 soldiers in the war in Ukraineas reported by the South Korean news agency Yonhap.
The news came a day after Zelensky cited intelligence that 10,000 North Korean soldiers may join the war. Ukrainian military intelligence sources have specified that the Russian army is forming a unit of North Korean troops.
The South Korean president, Yoon Suk Yeolcalled a security meeting on Friday in which he indicated that the international community must respond with “all available means.”
In turn, the Ukrainian government announced the return of 95 prisoners of war after an exchange with Russia, as Zelensky reported on his Telegram channel on October 18. Among those released are soldiers who were defending Mariupol, the Azovstal plant and several regions such as Donetsk, Luhansk and Kherson.
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