Russian rockets hit the hometown of Ukrainian Eurovision representatives right during the competition. According to Melinda Simmons, the ambassador of Great Britain to Ukraine, among the objects of the attack was Ternopil, the hometown of the members of the band “Tvorchi”. Local authorities reported that two people were injured as a result of strikes on several warehouses.

Synthesis of the last 24 hours of the war

• Volodymyr Zelenskyi has landed in Berlin, the message on Twitter of the Ukrainian president says. “Already in Berlin,” Zelensky tweeted after midnight Sunday after arriving from Italy, where he met with Italian officials and Pope Francis. The German government has announced another €2.7 billion in military aid to Ukraine, the largest package of its kind since the Russian invasion.

• Russian rockets hit the hometown of Ukrainian Eurovision representatives right during the contest. According to Melinda Simmons, the ambassador of Great Britain to Ukraine, among the objects of the attack was Ternopil, the hometown of the members of the band “Tvorchi”. Local authorities reported that two people were injured as a result of strikes on several warehouses.

• The Russian newspaper “Kommersant” reports that on Saturday two Russian fighter jets and two military helicopters were shot down near the border with Ukraine. “Kommersant” also reports that they were “shot down almost simultaneously” in the Bryansk region

• Ukrainian forces have retaken at least a kilometer of territory in Bakhmut amid Russia’s withdrawal, reflecting an “acute troop shortage” in Moscow, Britain’s Ministry of Defense said at an intelligence briefing.

• Japan has expressed concern over Russia and China’s military cooperation in Asia and believes the two countries are stepping up joint exercises. Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said the security situation in Europe and the Indo-Pacific region has been volatile since the start of the war in Ukraine and that Russia’s invasion has “shaken the very foundation of the international order.”

• In the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv, three people were wounded as a result of Russian shelling, the mayor of the city, Oleksandr Sienkevych, reported on his Telegram channel. According to him, Russian troops fired at the factory, also destroyed neighboring residential buildings, set fire to three apartments and destroyed an educational institution.

• Russian officials stationed in Luhansk said rockets fired by Ukrainian forces wounded six children and a Russian lawmaker and damaged two abandoned factories in the capital of Ukraine’s eastern region, about 100 km behind the front.

Highlights of the war in Ukraine, day 444, LIVETEXT:

06:45 The air alert was announced on the night from Sunday to Monday first in Kyiv, then at 2:47 a.m. in the Zaporizhzhia region, and by 6 a.m. the alert covered the entire territory of Ukraine, the authorities said.

06:41The Ukrainian military will receive 105 Vector drones as part of the contract of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine with the German manufacturer of UAVs Quantum-Systems GmbH, the Intelligence Department of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported. “This is already the second batch of Vektor drones for the Ukrainian army, financed by the government of the Federal Republic of Germany. In August 2022, Ukraine ordered and received 33 German drones of the same model, which have proven their high efficiency on the battlefield,” the message reads.

23:47 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that he spoke with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday and called on him to help implement Kyiv’s peace plan to end the war with Russia, Reuters reports.

Zelenskyi said this in a video message from Rome a day after Ramaphosa’s conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. South Africa positioned itself as neutral in the conflict.

23:08President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi said on Saturday in Rome that the results of the inevitable counteroffensive to retake the territories captured by Russia will soon be visible, but he did not want to give details of the operation, as it “will not help Ukraine.” This is reported by EFE, Agerpres reports.

10:30 in the eveningRussian military recruiters allegedly encouraged 15-year-old schoolboys from the town of Volodymyr, about 200 kilometers from Moscow, to sign contracts to join the Russian army so they could go and “make Ukrainians,” independent analyst Chris Owen said. Twitter.