Live War in Ukraine, day 1141: Major attack with Ukrainian drones, the Russians say they broke 158 overnight
Guard soldier in Kiev near the Wall of Memory, with portraits of Ukrainians killed in the fight against Russian aggression: SIPA USA / DDP USA / Profimedia
Ukraine has launched a major drone attack overnight overnight, disturbing Wednesday morning flights from the southern part of the country and forcing the evacuation of dozens of apartments in the Rostov region, Russian officials said. The Ministry of Defense in Moscow said that its air defense units destroyed 158 Ukrainian drones overnight, without specifying how many drones the Ukrainians have launched.
Wednesday's evolutions, day 1141 of the Ukraine War, LiveText:
The Russian Defense Ministry said that its forces destroyed 158 Ukrainian drones, including 69 above the Krasnodar region of the North Caucasus of Russia, 29 above the Southern Rostov region and 15 above the North-Alania oset.
There were no injured, but the residents of 48 apartments in a building in the city of Aksay in Rostov were evacuated due to the danger of a fallen drone, said the interim governor on Telegram.
Rosaviatsia, the civil aviation surveillance body in Russia, has announced that several airports in southern Russia were closed on Wednesday morning to ensure air safety.
The interview “I showed the Westerners how an alternative economy was created in Russia.” A voice of Russian exile warns that sanctions do not convince Putin.
In exile and already having a sentence to 8 years in prison in Russia because it was opposed to the Ukraine war, the former deputy of Dmitri Gudkov State Duma is a strong voice of the opposition to Putin, of which the West takes into account. In an interview for the public Hotnews, Gudkov has been stated that the economic sanctions or any other US or the EU pressure, apart from the military, will determine the Kremlin leader to conclude peace. But the former Russian dignitary also has good news: Russia is too weak for a war with NATO states.
Synthesis of the latest events:
- The Ukrainian forces were involved in confrontations with Chinese troops in eastern Ukraine and took two prisoners, President Volodimir Zelenski said on Tuesday.
- A new round of consultations between the US and Russia in Istanbul: “Ukraine is not on the agenda.”
- The new Ukrainian offensive on Russia. What is the strategy of Kiev and what we know so far about the extent of the operation. Zelenski mentioned Monday the presence of Ukrainian soldiers in the Russian region Belgorod
- The Russian forces in the front sector of Lîman, from the Eastern Ukrainian region Donetsk, sometimes exceed the number of Ukrainian troops in relation to 10 to 1.
- The thefts of car have grown suddenly in Russia. The phenomenon reveals a less observed problem, which gives the authorities.
- Former commander of the Ukrainian armed forces, Valeri Zlujnîi, current ambassador in London, confirmed that Kiev forces have planned with the US military operations against the Russian army.
- The significant decrease in the quotations of crude oil worldwide, following the customs duties announced by Donald Trump, is a risk to the Russian economy.
- High officials of the Defense Department take into account a proposal to withdraw up to 10,000 soldiers in Eastern Europe.
- Former Russian president Dmitri Medvedev said on Tuesday that several countries will be armed nuclear in the coming years.
Tuesday's events, day 1140 of the war, were live here
