​On Saturday, Ukraine fired 15 cruise missiles at a shipbuilding plant in the Crimean port city of Kerch, damaging the ship, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported. Thirteen missiles were destroyed in midair and one hit a ship, the ministry said in a brief statement, without naming the ship. The head of the Ukrainian Air Force noted that there is one of the most modern ships of the Russian Navy, which carries Kalibr cruise missiles.

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08:24 The new Russian nuclear submarine “Emperor Alexander III” successfully test-launched the Bulava ballistic missile designed to carry nuclear warheads, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on Sunday.

An intercontinental ballistic missile launched from an underwater position in the White Sea off Russia’s northern coast hit a target thousands of kilometers away on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East, a source said.

The announcement came after Ukrainian military intelligence said on Saturday that Russia had recently conducted failed tests of its nuclear-powered Yars and Bulava ballistic missiles, indicating serious problems with Moscow’s military nuclear capabilities.

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A brief summary of recent events:

• Ukraine says it struck a shipyard on the Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula in the port of Kerch on Saturday.
• U.S. and European officials have discussed with the Ukrainian government potential peace talks with Russia to end the war, a senior U.S. official and former U.S. official told NBC on condition of anonymity.
• European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Saturday in Kyiv, a few days before the presentation of a key report on Kyiv’s candidacy for membership, that Ukraine has made “excellent progress” on its way to EU membership.
• “We have one Putin.” Kremlin spokesman Dmytro Peskov again tried to dispel what the Russian news agency called “myths” about the “doppelgangers” of President Putin.
• The Russian army lost a huge number of armored vehicles and soldiers on the Avdiyiv front, where it eventually attacked with infantry without the support of mechanized forces, according to the British Ministry of Defence.
• Russian forces, which for weeks have been focused on capturing the key city of Avdiyivka in eastern Ukraine, now intend to capture its huge coke plant, the city’s mayor said.
• On Saturday evening, Zelenskyi said that Ukraine “has come a long way” in terms of joining the European Union, noting that the necessary transformation of the state is ongoing.
• Ihor Yovkva, the chief diplomatic adviser to President Zelensky, criticized the comments in The Economist by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Zaluzhny, who warned against disclosing information from the battlefield.

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