Ukrainians say Moscow appears to be sending fewer troops and equipment to the battle for the town of Avdiyivka, considered the gateway to the Donetsk capital. Oleksandr Stupun, Ukrainian military spokesman, said Avdiivka, a town with a prewar population of about 32,000 that had been under Russian attack for more than a month, had seen fewer ground attacks and airstrikes. About 1,500 residents remained in Avdiivka.

Basic information about the war in Ukraine, day 637, LIVETEXT:

07:43 Russia’s Defense Ministry said its anti-aircraft forces destroyed three Uran drones over the Crimean peninsula around 07:30 on Wednesday morning (06:30 in Romania).

07:40 “The Russian occupying forces have reduced the number of ground and air shelling of Avdiyivka, although they still violate the rules of warfare by shelling medical brigades and evacuation vehicles,” said Oleksandr Stupun, spokesman for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, on national television. plans for the Avdiyivka encirclement. Eight attacks were repelled today.”

The head of the military administration of Avdiyivka, Vitaly Barabash, said that the fighting is taking place in the industrial area, and Ukrainian forces are holding their positions. “The enemy continues to put pressure on our guys. The main direction is drones. And drones again,” he told Radio NV. (Reuters)

07:31 The Ministry of Defense of Russia announced that four maritime drones were detected and destroyed in the Black Sea, which were headed for the Crimean Peninsula, TASS reports.

“All identified targets have been destroyed,” the ministry said, adding that the drones were spotted early Wednesday in the western Black Sea.

06:48Russian citizens continue to sell their real estate in Bulgaria due to restrictions on its use after the war in Ukraine and sanctions imposed by the European Union.

00:37 The Embassy of Ukraine in Sofia announced its position regarding the statement of Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, according to which “diplomacy is an alternative to war.” “President Radev’s message is not a support for diplomacy, but rather serves the interests of the aggressor state,” the Ukrainian diplomatic mission emphasizes.

A brief summary of recent events:

• In an interview with HotNews.ro, analyst Armand Goshu explained what the stake of the Ukrainian landing force on the left bank of the Dnieper is and why neither Ukraine nor Russia fulfilled their goals on the battlefield.
• Igor Lipsits, one of Russia’s most famous economists, says that the real state of the country’s economy under Vladimir Putin is “bad”, despite the optimistic statements of the Kremlin and its propagandists.
• More than 10,000 civilians have been killed in Ukraine since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, while about half of the latest deaths occurred far behind the front lines, the UN human rights office said on Tuesday.
• On Tuesday, Zelensky suggested that Ukraine reserves the right to oust Vladimir Putin, as Russia also plans to oust Kyiv’s leadership by the end of the year.
• Russia cannot coexist with Ukraine’s current “regime” and will resist NATO’s push to help Kiev, no matter how long it takes, a senior diplomatic official in Moscow said on Tuesday.
• Germany will support Ukraine with another package of military aid worth 1.3 billion euros, which will include the IRIS-T air defense system.
• A video of a St. Petersburg evangelical service featuring songs about ballistic missiles and a choir singing “Russia for Christ” went viral over the weekend, with the pastor at the center of the video, Olga Golikova, coming forward to point out that God has a “special purpose” for of Russia
• The Wagner Group, at the request of Russian authorities, is “preparing to deliver an air defense system to either Hezbollah or Iran,” a White House spokesman said Tuesday.
• The US government on Monday imposed an entry ban on two Russian officers accused of “involvement in massive human rights violations” in eastern Ukraine, including Azatbek Omurbekov.

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