The war in Ukraine continues. Sunday marked the 886th day of the Russian invasion. Russia has begun using new, cheap drones. It is trying to use them to identify anti-aircraft defenses and photograph any damage after its attacks. In the last five attacks, the Russians have used two new types of drones. They are made of plastic and plywood, a Ukrainian military intelligence officer told Reuters. They are equipped with a camera and a Ukrainian SIM card that can be used to send images to the Russian military. – They identify where our mobile groups are, where there are machine guns that they can destroy. They are trying to get a picture of where all our air defense assets are, said Andriy Chernyak, a spokesman for the military intelligence agency. Follow Wirtualna Polska’s live coverage.
A 71-year-old woman from Moskalevka in the Kharkiv region died. The head of the regional authorities, Oleh Synyehubov, reported that another person, a 54-year-old man, is in hospital and his health condition is assessed as serious.
Vadim Vilashkin, head of the regional military administration, said five people were killed in the Donetsk region. “On July 27, the Russians killed five residents of the Donetsk region – three in Ivanivka, one each in Konstantinivka and Toretsk,” the official said. Fifteen people were injured.
In Kherson region Four people were killed and four others were injured.The targets of the Russian attacks were an educational institution and residential areas, including three multi-storey buildings and 18 private houses. The head of the regional authorities, Oleksandr Prokudin, said that a gas pipeline and passenger cars were also damaged.
Russia has begun using new, cheap drones. They use them to spot anti-aircraft defenses and photograph any damage after their attacks. In the last five attacks, the Russians have used two new types of drones. It is made of plastic elements and plywood. – Ukrainian military intelligence officer’s report in an interview with Reuters.
It is equipped with a camera and a Ukrainian SIM card.Through which images can be sent to the Russian army.
– They locate our mobile groups, and where there are machine guns that they can destroy. They’re trying to get a picture of where all of our air defense assets are. – Andrei Chernyak, spokesman for the military intelligence agency, said.
At least ten people died. Over the past 24 hours, as a result of the Russian army’s shelling of the Kherson, Donetsk and Kharkiv regions in southern and eastern Ukraine, according to statements by the authorities of these regions, published this Sunday morning.
Governor Alexei Smirnov writes about the fire at the Russian oil depot on social media on Telegram. No one was killed or injured. The fire in one of the tanks was quickly extinguished, but the fire in the rest of the warehouse is still under control. He added that 32 firefighting units and 82 firefighters were brought to the scene.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi may visit Ukraine in August, Reuters reported, citing Indian media. Modi is scheduled to meet Ukrainian authorities in Kiev on the occasion of Ukraine’s Independence Day, which is celebrated on August 24.
Reuters indicated that this visit is scheduled just weeks after Modi’s meeting with Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
Switzerland will not follow the European Union and generate any income for Ukraine from frozen Russian assets held in Swiss banks, according to Swissinfo, which cites a statement from the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs.
In line with Swiss law and international obligations, Switzerland said it could not generate “any exceptional income in relation to Russian central bank funds.”
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The Russian Armed Forces say they have started taking pictures from Ukrainian Armed Forces drones. They are using them to attack the drone operators.
– The guys can do this, take the real picture and use it for their own purposes: they determine the enemy’s routes, the drone’s trajectory, they can determine where the operator is coming from in order to strike later. In general, the system has become more intelligent, the former commander of the communications unit says in an interview with the Russian news agency TASS.
Three Russian helicopters were damaged over the past week as a result of sabotage operations coordinated by the Ukrainian military intelligence agency (HUR).
Helicopters were damaged. Mi-28 and Ka-226 at the Moscow National Helicopter Construction Center Mila and Kamov, Mi-8 helicopter at Samara-Kryaz military airport in Samara OblastAbout 800 kilometers from the border with Ukraine.
Another Mi-8 helicopter was destroyed at a base in Samara earlier on April 17, although HUR has not confirmed that Ukraine was behind the attack.
Russia has one Kalibr missile aircraft carrier in the Black Sea, the Ukrainian Navy press service wrote in a recent statement on social media. At the same time, we read that there are no Russian ships in the Sea of Azov, and one Russian ship is missing in the Mediterranean.
An explosion occurred at night in the Kursk region of Russia. According to Russian media, an oil depot in the village of Poliva was attacked during the shelling.
Local residents reported hearing a series of explosions and later seeing black smoke rising above the oil depot.
Russia is deepening its ties with Iran and North Korea.which provides the Russian Federation with lethal assistance in the war in Ukraine, say experts from the Institute for the Study of War.
The Bank of Korea estimates that North Korea’s heavy and chemical industries will grow the most in 2023, including the production of iron, steel, copper, nickel and aluminum. South Korean Defense Minister Shin Won-sik also said earlier that Russian food supplies to North Korea in exchange for weapons have helped stabilize prices and are likely to boost North Korea’s domestic production.
Residents of the city of Toretsk in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine are rushing to evacuate from the city, which is under constant shelling by Russian forces; fewer than 5,000 remain there today. Civilians – the independent Russian portal Meduza has alerted.
– The idea of providing American aid to Kiev on loan-lease terms in order to obtain money from the future Kiev authorities for many years is a businessman’s approach to supporting Ukraine. – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. This comes in response to elements of Donald Trump’s plan for Ukraine revealed by former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
Real sanctions on the Kremlin, strengthening NATO, lending to Ukraine, and lifting restrictions on the use of American weapons in its war against Russia – In the opinion of former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, these are elements of Donald Trump’s plan for Ukraine if the Republican wins the presidential election.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed concern about China’s provocations over Taiwan during his meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Saturday, a senior State Department official said.
The joke He also warned that the United States would not remain indifferent to Chinese companies supporting Russia in the war against Ukraine..
At least 10 civilians, including six children, were wounded after a Russian attack using missile systems in the northern Ukrainian city of Glukhiv, local authorities said Saturday.
Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) drones destroyed a Tu-22M3 long-range strategic bomber at the Olenya airfield, 1,800 kilometers (1,100 miles) from Ukraine, located above the Arctic Circle in the Murmansk region, media reported on Saturday, citing intelligence sources.
The Kremlin has complained to the United States about Ukraine’s “covert operation” against Russia, which was allegedly planned with Washington’s approval; the New York Times revealed that after a conversation between Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov and Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin, the United States asked Ukraine not to take any action.
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