A new incident with a drone was recorded in the Moscow region, as well as in Kaluga. Moscow airport had to reject several flights “for technical reasons”. The situation on the battlefield has “escalated again” in the Bakhmut area as both camps try to seize the initiative, Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar said.
Highlights of the war in Ukraine, day 496, LIVETEXT:
08:30The Chief Prosecutor of Europe Laura Kodrutsa Kovesi and the Director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) Semyon Krivonos signed a working agreement on cooperation between the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) and NABU.
08:10Landings and takeoffs at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport were restricted Tuesday morning “for technical reasons beyond the airport’s control,” said Rosaviatsia, Russia’s federal air transport agency.
07:50Russia’s only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, whose overhaul schedule has been delayed several times, may return to naval service by the end of next year, state news agency TASS reported on Tuesday.
05:25The US ambassador to Russia was authorized on Monday to visit the American journalist Evan Hershkovich, who was arrested at the end of March, in prison, who, according to her, is “healthy”, AFP notes.
00:54Erdogan: Turkey will continue to oppose Sweden’s NATO candidacy until “demands are met”
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey “will not give up” its opposition to Sweden’s entry into NATO until all its “demands are met”, according to CNN.
Erdogan said his country’s expectations were clearly stated and that “we defend the same principles we defended last year.”
00:18Ukraine should become “the base of the European air shield” – Zelenskyi
Ukraine should become “the basis of the European air shield”, Volodymyr Zelenskyi said.
In his nightly video speech, the Ukrainian president mentioned the Russian drone attack in the northern city of Shumi, which killed at least two people and injured 19 others.
“Unfortunately, our country still does not have a sufficient number of high-quality air defense systems to protect our entire territory and shoot down all enemy facilities,” Zelenskyy said.
A brief summary of recent events:
- The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reports on the escalation on the front line in Bakhmut, the advance on the southern flank. The situation on the battlefield “escalated again” in the Bakhmut area, when both camps tried to seize the initiative, Deputy Minister of Defense Hanna Malyar said, Kyiv Independent reports.
- Ukraine’s counteroffensive is progressing more slowly than expected, but Kyiv forces still have the initiative, a military expert told Sky News. Philip Ingram, a former British military intelligence and security officer, said Ukrainian forces may have advanced one kilometer towards Bakhmut in the east.
- Yevgeny Pisarenko, commander of the Chechen special forces unit “Akhmat”, a group that supported Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and recently signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, was killed in battle in Donbas, Ukrainian Pravda and TASS report.
- One of the Telegram channels close to leader Wagner published an audio message allegedly recorded on Monday, in which Yevgeny Prigozhin promises “new victories at the front” and thanks people for their support.
- Erdogan: Turkey will continue to oppose Sweden’s NATO candidacy until “demands are met”
- NATO members are expected to agree on Tuesday to extend the mandate of Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg for another year, Reuters reported, citing four diplomats.
- Oleksiy Moskalev, a Russian man investigated by police after his daughter filmed an anti-war cartoon at school, told a Tula court on Monday that he would rather be sentenced to death than be separated from his daughter Masha, Reuters reported.
- Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter said on Monday that Hungary will ask the European Union to extend for one year an exemption from sanctions against Russia, which will allow the Slovnaft refinery, part of the MOL group, to export Russian refined products to the Czech Republic. Sijarto.
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