Russia claimed to have intercepted and shot down 113 Ukrainian drones during the night from Wednesday to Thursday in the regions of Belgorod, Kursk, Voronezh and Bryansk, bordering Ukraine.
Russian air defense forces shot down 73 drones in the Belgorod region, 25 drones in the Voronezh region, 14 drones in the Kursk region and one in the Bryansk region, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. a press release published on Telegram.
A woman was injured in the town of Staryi Oskol in the Belgorod region, where one of these drones was shot down, the region’s governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said on Telegram.
The Russian army has not yet made any comments on the capture of Vougledar but assured in its daily press release that it was improving its positions in Donbass and having captured a town called Verkhnokamianské. Russian President Vladimir Putin has made the conquest of Donbass his “number one priority”.
The Ukrainian army announced on Wednesday that it was withdrawing from Vougledar, ceding this town of military and symbolic importance to the Russians after two and a half years of deadly fighting. The conquest of this city puts an end to the stability of this sector of the front line for two years. It also raises the question of the solidity of Ukrainian defenses in this area located at the junction of the Eastern (Lugansk and Donetsk regions) and Southern (Zaporijia and Kherson regions) fronts.
Hello everyone. Like every day, the editorial staff of 20 Minutes is mobilizing to give you all the information on the conflict in Ukraine. In the East, the situation is still extremely complicated for kyiv’s forces. The Ukrainians have been on the defensive for more than a year against better-equipped and more numerous Russian troops who are nibbling away at ground, despite heavy losses.