The Ukrainian military announced Thursday that it had shot down three more Russian Su-34 fighter-bombers, continuing its string of successes. Secretary of War via telegram Oleksandr Shirushkyi “After successful combat operations against enemy aircraft on the night of February 29, two more Russian aircraft were destroyed. A Su-34 fighter-bomber was shot down in the Avdiivka and Mariupol districts,” it said. .
The Ukrainian army Pushing back the Russian army from the village of Orlivka, West of Avdiivka, However, the situation on the Eastern Front remains severe.said Shirschiky. Orlivka is less than two kilometers northwest of Lastochkine, which was recently occupied by Russian forces.
Mr Shirschiky said Russian troops were trying to capture Russian towns and villages. Tonenke, Orlivka, Seminivka, Berdiki, Krasnohorivka It is located in eastern Donetsk region. These are the areas where military officials said they would form a new line of defense after Ukrainian troops withdrew from Avdiivka on February 17.
In southeastern Zaporizhzhya, Russian troops Focus on recapturing Verbov and Robotina town that Ukraine regained in 2023 in a counterattack last summer, Shirschiky said.
What the Russians did was Dozens of shellings on border areas and settlements in Sumy Oblast The Ukrainian military announced on Thursday. “The communities of Yunakivska, Khotynska, Viropolska, Volozhybyanska, Krasnopilska, Velikopisarevska, Shalyginska, Seredino-Budoska, Zunob-Novgorodska and Drzhbyvska were hit by gunfire.” In Volozhybyan, one person was injured and a warehouse In some cases, there was a fire.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said in his annual address to parliament that Western countries were trying to “destroy our country” and “suppress our development.” President Putin said Western countries risking nuclear war if they send troops to fight in Ukraine.
Nuclear war is a familiar threat posed by the Putin regime and its supporters, and after his speech, the United States said: There was no indication that Russia was preparing to use such weapons. “This is not the first time we have seen President Vladimir Putin’s irresponsible statements. Leaders of nuclear-weapon states have no say in the matter.” said State Department spokesman Matthew Miller.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy Volodymyr Karpenko appointed as new commander of the Logistics Forces of Ukraine, according to the Executive Order. Karpenko previously served as the logistics commander of the Ukrainian ground forces. On behalf of Ole Juliacahad held the position since 2021.
Jack Teixeira, a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, was indicted. Leak of military secret documents on social media Information about the air defense system of UkraineAccording to court documents, the defendant is expected to plead guilty.
European defense and foreign ministers are expected to meet in Paris in the coming days for discussions. Further support for Ukraine and Moldovaa French Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Thursday.
Ukraine has identified 511 war crime suspects since Russia’s invasion in February 2022 and has already convicted 81, the country’s prosecutor general announced Thursday in Kiev. Andriy Kostin He was speaking at a war crimes conference along with the chief prosecutors of Poland, Lithuania and Romania, and the head of the EU’s judicial body Eurojust.
Ukraine on Thursday planned to export large amounts of electricity to take advantage of lower domestic consumption during a period of mild weather, the Energy Ministry said. The country’s electricity exports, which began shortly before the Russian military invasion in 2022, have been halted following repeated Russian attacks on power infrastructure and the seizure of Zaporizhzhia’s largest nuclear power plant.
A Russian court on Thursday rejected a Russian-American woman’s appeal against her detention on treason charges. The FSB Security Service said last week: Ksenia Karelina He was detained on suspicion of raising funds for the Ukrainian military. According to the FSB, the Los Angeles resident was collecting funds for a Ukrainian organization whose ultimate beneficiary was the Ukrainian military.
Sri Lanka has decided to stop issuing free long-term visas to Russian and Ukrainian nationals. Government officials said the people had lived there for the past two years.
