Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov thanked North Korea for supporting his country’s war efforts in Ukraine and pledged Moscow’s “full support and solidarity” with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. long-range tactical ballistic missiles to Kyiv as “another mistake by the United States” in his first public statements since an unprecedented Ukrainian attack this week that destroyed helicopters at two airfields in Russian-occupied territory. At the front, Kyiv troops have made some progress in counteroffensive operations in the southern theater of operations, the Ukrainian military notes.

Basic information about the war in Ukraine, day 603, LIVETEXT:

07:15Russian President Vladimir Putin assured on Wednesday that long-range missiles placed by the United States in Ukraine will only “continue the agony” of the country, and Kyiv hopes that the weapons will help speed up its heavy counteroffensive, La Libre reported, citing La Libre. Radio Radio Romania.

06:18Russian-American journalist Kurmasheva was also arrested in the Russian city of Kazan, her employer Radio Free Europe/Radio Svoboda (Radio Free Europe) reported on Wednesday, AFP notes.

06:02 Images of the prime minister of EU member state Hungary shaking hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin were “very, very unpleasant” and defied logic given Budapest’s past with Moscow, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said on Wednesday, reports Reuters.

05:54 The bilateral meeting between the President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping and the President of Russia Vladimir Putin took place in the House of People’s Assembly in Beijing. “Our two countries have deepened mutual political trust and maintained close and effective strategic coordination,” Chinese and Italian media quoted Xi Jinping as saying.

05:40Joe Biden will address the Americans on Thursday evening from the Oval Office regarding “the response (of the United States) to the terrorist attacks by Hamas against Israel and the brutal aggression of Ukraine by Russia,” his spokeswoman Karin Jean-Pierre said on Wednesday, AFP writes.

01:15Almost 5,000 Ukrainian families in Great Britain were left homeless

About 8% (4,890) of Ukrainian refugee families accepted as part of the British Homes for Ukraine refugee assistance program were or remain at risk of becoming homeless, according to a report by the National Audit Office of Great Britain, cited by the Kyiv Independent.

The report also notes that this figure is likely to rise as more sponsorship deals are signed with the UK government.

In total, 131,000 Ukrainians have arrived in Britain as refugees since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion.

00:14Russian attacks overnight and on Wednesday killed at least eight civilians in Ukraine, as senior Ukrainian military officials said their forces had made some progress in counteroffensive operations in the southern theater of operations, Reuters reported.

00:07Eight civilians were killed during Russian attacks on Ukraine, Kyiv reports on progress in the south of the country

Russian attacks overnight and on Wednesday killed at least eight civilians in Ukraine, as senior Ukrainian military officials said their forces had made some progress in counteroffensive operations in the southern theater of operations, Reuters reported.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his nightly video message that the number of dead has increased to five from four during a rocket attack on a residential building in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia early in the morning.

Officials reported that a 31-year-old woman was killed during an attack on the village of Obukhivka in the central Dnipropetrovsk region, and a man and a woman were killed in the southern Kherson region at night.

A quick summary of the latest information:

• Zelenskyi: I am grateful to our Romanian partners for the real content of our joint activities
• Lavrov thanks North Korea for its help in the war against Ukraine
• Helsinki is investigating the damage to a Chinese and Russian ship on a gas pipeline in the Gulf of Finland. The Norwegian fleet watched the Chinese ship for 15 hours
• As of today, the official language of the Romanian minority in Ukraine is Romanian, not Moldovan, Prime Minister Marcel Cholaku said on Wednesday in Kyiv.
• Almost 5,000 Ukrainian families in Great Britain were left homeless
• The commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, Colonel Yuriy Ignat, said on Wednesday afternoon that new comments by Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding the deployment of MiG-31 aircraft with Kinzhal missiles in permanent missions over the Black Sea are nothing more than a “scary” attempt.
• Klaus Iohannis: I welcome today’s step by the Government of Ukraine regarding the implementation of the agreement on the issue of the so-called “Moldovan” artificial language

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