Ukraine and Russia say hundreds of enemy soldiers have been killed in a single day in the Battle of Bakhmut, as Kiev forces repel relentless attacks by Moscow forces and the small town of Bakhmutka is now the new front line.

The latest on the war in Ukraine, day 382, ​​LIVETEXT:

10:00 a.mAccording to the latest Ukrainian calculations, the Russian army lost 1,090 soldiers, 8 tanks, 7 other armored vehicles, 4 artillery pieces, 2 anti-aircraft systems and 4 different vehicles over the past day:

09:34Where the most Russian soldiers died in the war: a huge difference between Moscow and the poor regions of the east

09:22 According to the Institute for the Study of War, Russian forces did not make confirmed progress in Bakhmut on Saturday.

Ukrainian and Russian sources continue to report heavy fighting in the city, but Wagner Group fighters are likely increasingly trapped in urban areas such as the AZOM industrial complex, making it difficult for them to make much progress.

Patriarch Kirill wrote to Pope Francis

08:53 The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine called on Germany to speed up the supply of ammunition and start training Ukrainian pilots on Western fighter jets.

Dmytro Kuleba told Bild am Sonntag that the “number one” problem in Ukraine’s struggle with the Russians is the lack of ammunition.

He said German arms manufacturers told him last month at the Munich Security Conference that they were willing to supply but were waiting for the government to sign off on the contracts: “So the problem is with the government.” (Reuters) )

08:16 Ukrainian army: More than 500 Russian soldiers were killed and wounded in Bakhmut during the day

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A brief summary of recent events:

• The People’s Movement, formed around the SOR party, plans to organize a new protest in Chisinau on Sunday, given that there have been recent warnings that Moscow will start provocative actions at these demonstrations.
• Dmytro Kuleba called it “an example of hypocrisy” that Zelensky was not invited to speak at the Oscar award ceremony.
• Pope Francis said he is ready to go to Ukraine, but only if he can also go to Moscow.
• Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Saturday that he will run for president in next year’s presidential elections – but not in Russia, as temporarily assumed, but “in Ukraine”. Chief Wagner also starred in another video where he repeats the Kremlin’s theses regarding the invasion of Ukraine: “Why are we fighting? Our goal is simple”
• The Russians would have managed to at least damage, if not completely disable, one of the modern weapons sent by Great Britain to Ukraine with the help of a kamikaze drone.
• Iran has reached an agreement to purchase modern Su-35 fighter jets from Russia, Iranian state media reported on Saturday.
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• Zelensky said that he is analyzing the petition with the proposal to rename Russia to Muscovy. Medvedev reacted with a sharp appeal to the “supreme Nazi from Kyiv”
• The Russians continue to build defensive lines in rearguard areas, far from the current front lines and in areas of Russia that will probably never see combat. There are possible explanations for such a huge waste of resources
• The Bakhmutka River and the strip of open ground near its banks are now a “killing zone” for Wagner’s troops trying to advance on the western side of Bakhmut

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• Saturday’s events were broadcast live on HotNews.ro