According to the governor of the region, one person was injured and the windows and roof of an administrative building were damaged as a result of an attack by Ukrainian drones on the Bryansk region in southern Russia on Saturday. The attack took place in the city of Trubtsevsk.

Highlights of the war in Ukraine, day 585, LIVETEXT:

08:33Italian bank Intesa Sanpaolo has received permission from Russian President Vladimir Putin to sell or transfer its assets in Russia, according to a document published on Friday on the Russian government’s website, Reuters and news.ro reported.

A quick summary of the latest information:

• A massive fire broke out Saturday after an oil pipeline ruptured in western Ukraine, injuring three people, emergency services said, AFP reports. The place of the fire is hundreds of kilometers from the front line with Russian troops, in the east of the country,
• The government in London wants to send military instructors to Ukraine, in addition to training the Ukrainian armed forces in Great Britain or other Western countries, as is happening now, British Defense Minister Grant Shapps said in an interview, Reuters reported on Sunday. Until now, Britain and its allies have avoided a formal military presence in Ukraine to reduce the risk of direct conflict with Russia.
• The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, announced his country’s plans to become an international military hub. According to him, Ukraine will offer special conditions to companies that want to jointly develop weapons with Ukraine.
• Slovaks are voting in parliamentary elections that could radically change the country’s approach to Ukraine and create deep divisions within NATO. The main favorite is the pro-Kremlin figure, former Prime Minister Robert Fico, who has declared that he will no longer send weapons to Ukraine.
• On Saturday, the anniversary of Russia’s annexation of the Ukrainian regions of Kherson, Zaporizhzhya, Donetsk and Luhansk, Russian President Vladimir Putin promised to restore the war-torn regions.
• ​Ukraine’s military has lost more than half of the Bradley infantry fighting vehicles it received from the United States, as hostilities in southern Ukraine appear to have entered a new phase of intensity.
• The deployment of forces in Galatasaray, where authorities were searching for the drone, after he called 112 on Friday night and said he heard a loud bang.

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Saturday’s events regarding Russian aggression were broadcast LIVE on HotNews.ro