Russian troops continued offensive operations on the Kupyansk-Svatov-Kremin border, near Bakhmut, near Avdiyivka, to the west and southwest of the city of Donetsk, in the area of ​​the border of Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions, in the Robotyno region and northeast of Vasylivka, and advanced near Avdiyivka, Based on the materials of the Institute for the Study of War named after Ukrainian troops continued their offensive south of Bakhmut, but did not make confirmed progress.

Basic information about the war in Ukraine, day 631, LIVETEXT:

00:14 The war between Israel and Hamas has led to a slowdown in the supply of shells to Ukraine, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi said on Thursday. “Do you think the Middle East was the first to buy? 155 caliber projectiles. Our stocks have dwindled,” he said.

“It’s not like the USA said: we don’t give anything to Ukraine. No, we have serious, very strong relations,” Zelenskyy added.

A brief summary of recent events:

• Ukraine’s secret Black Box operation has cost Russia $900 million in eight months, the Come Back Alive Foundation said Thursday, which said components of the military technology project include a drone called the Beaver. which can fly up to 800 kilometers.
• Zelensky said that Ukraine took the initiative in the Black Sea and forced the Russian navy and warships to withdraw due to Kyiv’s use of maritime drones, Reuters reported. He thanked several Black Sea states, in particular Romania, for their cooperation.
• The head of the board of the beer company “Baltika”, the former subsidiary of Carlsbserg in Russia, Denys Sherstennikov and the vice president of the company Anton Rogachevskiy, were arrested in the case of “particularly large-scale” fraud. Russian prosecutors have accused former executives of Baltika, Carlsberg’s subsidiary in the country, arrested Thursday of conspiring to strip the Russian company of its brewing licenses before it is nationalized by the Moscow government.
• In recent days, the Russian army has stepped up its assault on the city of Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine, the mayor of the city, which has become the target of the Kremlin’s main offensive in the area, said on Thursday.
• The Finnish government said on Thursday afternoon that the border crossings it closes on its border with Russia tend to be the busiest, but that it is ready to lift the measure once the flow of migrants arriving from the Russian side stops.
• Russia has deployed another strategic nuclear missile equipped with the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle, which it says is its answer to US missile defense.

——————

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