A drone strike sparked a fire at a fuel storage facility in the Crimean port of Sevastopol, and a huge plume of black smoke could be seen tens of kilometers into the sky before it was extinguished, the city’s governor said. Ukraine still controls a key supply route in Bakhmut, a military spokesman said on Saturday, as the head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group threatened to withdraw some of his troops from the eastern city unless Moscow sent more ammunition.
Basic information about the war in Ukraine, day 431, TEXT:
15:51Czech President Petr Pavel, a former general, asked Russian troops to leave Ukraine in a unique way, he left a message written on Ukrainian military vehicles: “Come home before it’s too late” home before it’s too late ).
Ukraine warns the Russians that the fire in Sevastopol is just the beginning
15:18The fire at the PMM warehouse of the Russian fleet in occupied Sevastopol is a preparation for the active actions of the Ukrainian army, said the spokesperson of the Southern Operational Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Nataliya Humenyuk.
14:37 Russia will use missiles manufactured last fall or winter to strike Ukraine, Air Force spokesman Yuriy Ignat said on national television on Saturday, The Kyiv Independent writes.
2:30 p.mPoland is installing a barrier on the border with the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad and a “security perimeter,” Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said during a visit to Bartoszyce, 60 kilometers from the enclave, Euronews reports, News.ro reports.
13:34Russian troops shelled Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region with five rockets on the night from Saturday to Sunday, said the governor of the region, Pavlo Kyrylenko, The Kyiv Independent quotes.
One of the rockets hit a residential area of the city, the rest hit an industrial zone and a field outside Kramatorsk, Kyrylenko said.
According to the governor, there were no casualties.
13:17Athletes from Russia do not agree with the conditions put forward by the IOC for reintegration into the competition
The recommendation of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to allow Russians and Belarusians to return to international competitions as neutrals is “excessive and discriminatory”, the commission of athletes of the Olympic Committee of Russia (OCR) said, according to Reuters.
13:03Since the beginning of the invasion on February 24, 2022, Russia has lost 190,510 military personnel in Ukraine, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on Sunday.
This number includes 470 losses of Russian troops in the last day alone, notes The Kyiv Independent.
“Wolves of the Night” went on the “wheels of victory” on a “patriotic” trip to Berlin
12:34 pmHundreds of motorcyclists loyal to the Kremlin in leather vests, on powerful motorcycles and with the Russian flag under the banner of the “Night Wolves” club took to the streets of Moscow on Saturday for a “patriotic” action that captivated the roads of Europe, writes The Moscow Times. The rally passes through eastern Ukraine and ends in Germany, reports AFP.
12:08 pmOn Sunday morning, Russian troops shelled the central district of the city of Kupyansk, Kharkiv region, from multiple rocket launchers, reports The Kyiv Independent. No loss was recorded.
11:47 amResidents of Gagauzia, a semi-autonomous region of the Republic of Moldova, are expected to elect their governor (no – governor) at polling stations on Sunday. People have a choice between eight candidates registered for election races, reports desdechi.md. All are against the pro-Western leadership of Chisinau.
11:25Two people were killed on Saturday evening as a result of attacks from the territory of Ukraine on the city of Bryansk, Russia, the local governor, quoted by Reuters, said.
“According to preliminary information, one residential building was completely destroyed, two more were partially destroyed,” Governor Oleksandr Bogomaz said in the Telegram messenger.
Ukraine almost never publicly takes responsibility for attacks inside Russia and on Russian-controlled territory of Ukraine.
Both sides deny attacks on civilians during Russia’s 14-month invasion of Ukraine. (news.ro)
The Hungarian group MOL complains about tariffs for transportation of Russian oil
11:03 amRussia sees no point in maintaining diplomatic relations with Poland as long as anti-Russian forces remain in power, Deputy President of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmytro Medvedev said on Saturday, TASS reports.
10:29 amThe Hungarian group MOL disputes the increase in tariffs for the transportation of Russian oil through pipelines that pass through Ukraine and Croatia
Hungarian oil group MOL expects to be able to choose between Russian crude oil and other sources for its refineries by 2026, its president and CEO Zholt Ernady told Reuters after making significant investments, news.ro writes.
10:03 amRussian commanders began “punishing indiscipline” by keeping soldiers in what they called “dungeons,” meaning pits in the ground covered with metal mesh, Britain’s Ministry of Defense said in an assessment Sunday morning.
09:33Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of Wagner’s group, which often claimed unverifiable successes, said his troops had advanced 100 to 150 meters deep into Bakhmut, leaving just under 3 square kilometers of the city in Ukrainian hands.
09:07They live in the midst of rockets and artillery fire, but despite all this, they refuse to leave the village where they have lived all their lives. Many residents of the village of Rai Oleksandrivka, which is in the immediate vicinity of the city of Slovensk, Donetsk region, remained in their houses, located only three to four kilometers from the front line, reports the special representative of Agerpres.
08:20The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, in an interview with the Scandinavian media, assessed that his army is ready to launch a long-awaited counteroffensive to try to return the territories occupied by Russia, although this is not enough for it yet. Western armaments guarantee the success of this operation, but believe that it will still succeed, counting on the weakening of the Russian army after more than a year of war, reports the EFE agency.
A brief summary of recent events:
- A major fire in the Crimean city of Sevastopol was extinguished on Saturday after the Russians reported an attack by a Ukrainian drone on fuel tanks at a Russian naval depot.
- The number of people killed as a result of Russian airstrikes in Ukrainian cities since Friday morning has increased to at least 25 people, including five children. Rescue teams have stopped searching for survivors.
- The Russian state television channel “Rosiya-1” showed footage of the aftermath of a rocket fire by Moscow forces in the city of Uman, where 23 people died, but claimed that it was showing footage of the Ukrainian bombing of Donbas, journalist Julia Davis reports.
- South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Friday that it was necessary to ensure that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine failed and that Seoul was considering its options for lethal military-technical assistance to Kiev, Reuters reported.
- Ukrainians say about 10 destroyed tanks, Russians say that during the fire in Sevastopol there were much less.
- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kyiv announced on Saturday that it had submitted notes of protest to Poland and the European Union, assessing the restrictions on the import of Ukrainian wheat as “categorically unacceptable”.
- Since the beginning of the invasion, Russia has lost 190,040 soldiers, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces.
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