Russia’s representative in the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) said that Moscow would withdraw its ratification of the pact, which Washington criticized as a threat to the “global rule” against nuclear explosions. Odesa region, and the Ministry of Defense of Russia said that its forces shot down a drone near Moscow.

Highlights of the war in Ukraine, day 591, LIVETEXT:

09:10 Russian anti-aircraft missiles shot down a Ukrainian drone outside Moscow on Saturday morning, which did not appear to cause damage or injuries, state news agency TASS reported.

The attack, repulsed over the Istryna district northwest of the capital, was an attempt by Ukraine to attack Russian facilities, the Russian Ministry of Defense said.

The mayor of Moscow, Serhiy Sobyanin, said that according to preliminary data, there were no casualties or damage, but “emergency services are working at the scene.”

Flights have resumed at Moscow’s Vnukovo and Sheremetyevo airports after suspension, TASS reports.

09:02 Russian troops launched a missile attack on Ukraine’s Odesa region in the south of the country at night, damaging the port’s infrastructure, Ukrainian authorities reported early Saturday.

Governor Oleg Kiper reported that as a result of the attack on the guest house and the grain complex in the port, four people were injured. He did not specify where the attack took place.

The Ukrainian military said that the shelling was carried out by “Onyx” supersonic missiles fired from the territory of occupied Crimea. (Reuters)

00:20 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi predicted on Friday that Russia will try to “destroy” his country’s energy system this winter, as it did last year when it stepped up its massive bombing of major infrastructure facilities.

“This winter, Russian terrorists will try again to destroy our electricity industry,” Zelenskyy said.

A quick summary of the latest information:

• On Friday, the Kremlin defiantly reacted again to the question of the bloody strike by Russian troops, as a result of which more than 50 civilians were killed in the Ukrainian village of Groza, Kharkiv region.
• Russia said on Friday it was moving to quickly withdraw its ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty after President Vladimir Putin raised the possibility of resuming nuclear tests.
• Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijarto reiterated on Friday that Hungary is in a “special situation” with regard to the war in Ukraine, given the 155,000 ethnic Hungarians living in Ukraine’s Zakarpattia region, many of whom are fighting and dying at the front.
• Maya Sandu claims that Prigozhin tried to remove her from power. The President of the Republic of Moldova stated in an interview with the Financial Times that her country thwarted the assassination attempt by the fallen leader of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner.
• On Friday, the United States announced the expulsion of two Russian diplomats in response to Moscow’s expulsion of two American diplomats last month.
• Kazakhstan has developed a law to increase the use of the Kazakh language in the mass media instead of Russian.
• Ukrainians hit a new weapon of the Russians, which has just entered service, from a drone – VIDEO.
• Ukraine blocked the assets of some Russian oligarchs worth 464 million dollars. On Friday, the Kyiv prosecutor’s office and special services announced that a court in Ukraine had frozen the assets of Russian businessmen Mikhail Fridman, Petro Aven and Andriy Kosogov in the amount of 17 billion hryvnias (over $464 million).
• Thursday’s explosion off Sulina: Turks say Kafkametler ship unharmed and heading to Ismail.
• Two generals from Russia and Norway, a founding member of NATO, met Thursday in a rare meeting to discuss border cooperation and other related topics.
• The Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine (GUR), headed by General Kyryll Budanov, released a new video showing actions against Russian troops in Crimea, filmed by Ukrainian servicemen who took part in the operation.
• Volodymyr Zelenskyi will come to Romania next week – sources.
• VIDEO “It fell right at customs!” / New Russian drone attack right near the border with Romania.

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