On the 663rd day of the war, Russia continues powerful attacks on the front line in Avdiivka, despite a significant number of casualties. The Legion of Freedom of Russia, a paramilitary group of Russians opposed to President Vladimir Putin, has claimed a cross-border attack in Russia’s Belgorod region.

Ukrainian soldiers on a battle tankPhoto: Anatoly Stepanov / AFP / Profimedia

Basic information about the war in Ukraine, day 663, LIVETEXT:

08:05 The Russian Legion of Freedom, a paramilitary group of Russians opposed to President Vladimir Putin, said it was behind the cross-border attack in Russia’s Belgorod region.

The group, recognized by Russia as a terrorist group, said it destroyed a Russian military stronghold near the town of Terebrno, without specifying whether infrastructure was destroyed or soldiers killed, adding that it left landmines.

On Sunday, Vyacheslav Gladkov, the governor of the Belgorod region, which is often under fire from the Ukrainian military, said that Terebrene was under fire from the Ukrainian armed forces and that there was “battle” on the outskirts of the city.

He clarified that no civilians were injured, but three houses and power lines were damaged. On Saturday, he posted on the Telegram messaging app that 19 villages or farms had been targeted

A brief summary of recent events:

  • A listening device was discovered in one of the offices of the head of the Ukrainian army Valery Zaluzhnyi.
  • Vladimir Putin in his first election speech: “Russia cannot, like some countries, give up sovereignty in exchange for a few sausages”
  • Drone footage shows heavy Russian losses in the battles near Avdiivka
  • A powerful US senator said on Sunday he was “optimistic” about the possibility of a deal in the upper house of Congress on a major new aid package for Ukraine, in exchange for which Republicans are demanding tougher measures on immigration to the United States.
  • The Ukrainian military said that over the past week, almost 1,000 mines have been defused in three regions.
  • The Republic of Moldova has started military exercises near the separatist region of Transnistria, which is controlled by Russian troops, the Ministry of Defense in Chisinau reported on Sunday.
  • French President Emmanuel Macron says he will still consider talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin if it “helps create a lasting peace between Ukraine and Russia.”
  • VIDEO Two Russian tanks came out of the forest through the place where the four were shot down. The same fate soon befell them
  • Russian missile forces have loaded a new Yars intercontinental ballistic missile into a mine at the Kozelsk base in Kaluga Oblast, southwest of Moscow, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
  • Russia is not interested in restoring the Black Sea grain agreement, said the Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Dmytro Patrushev, quoted by the RIA news agency on Sunday.
  • Austria got what it wanted and no longer opposes new EU sanctions against Russia: Ukraine removed Raiffeisen from the blacklist
  • Vladimir Putin says Finland’s entry into NATO this year will create “problems” and announced a military build-up on the northwestern border in an interview broadcast Sunday on Russian public television.
  • Vladimir Putin reacted to Joe Biden’s statement: “This is complete nonsense. Russia is not interested in fighting with NATO

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  • Sunday’s events related to Russian aggression were broadcast LIVE on HotNews.ro