Both the Ukrainian and Russian governments have issued claims of successful attacks on each other's military infrastructure, while accusing the other of attacking civilians.
The Ukrainian military announced that it had successfully attacked a major Russian weapons factory in the Kaluga region of Western Russia, a region of Eastern Europe bordering Moscow. Andriy Kovalenko, director of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council Center for Counterdisinformation, said the so-called “Typhoon” factory is an important part of the “Russian military-industrial complex.”
Kovalenko said some of the work being carried out at the bombed factory included the development and production of military electronics, including communications and sensors, air defense and missile components, and the maintenance of military equipment. Some media reports refer to the facility as a “missile factory.”
In addition to attacking the workshop, Ukraine also claimed to have attacked a refinery warehouse in the same area, which it said was a “confirmed success.”
Overall, he said, Ukraine “attacked many important objects of the Russian invaders in the Bryansk, Kaluga and Kursk regions of the Russian Federation.” The drone attack on Kaluga was claimed by Ukrainian media as the work of the country's Intelligence Directorate and is generally believed to be among the most daring and innovative drone attacks.
Russia denied that the attack had any major impact, claiming that its air defense forces shot down a drone in the area and that the fire was caused by falling debris.
Meanwhile, Ukraine said Russia was trying to attack cities and regions across the country. “Since last night, Russia has launched nearly 150 drones, aerial bombs and missiles targeting more than 10 regions of our country,” President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said this morning. Combat operations against air targets that remain in the air are still continuing. ”
According to Ukrainian state media, several people were injured in Kharkiv, including 19 people, including children. Ukraine has accused Russia of carrying out targeted attacks as winter sets in in an attempt to destroy the country's energy transmission system and undermine public morale and the will to continue fighting.
Russia also complains of counterattacks from the invaded country and boasts of its attacks on military targets in Ukraine. They said that in the past day, Ukraine had fired “more than 50 projectiles and about 25 drones into Belgorod Oblast, bordering Russia,” many of which were shot down, while others were injured by falling debris. , said the building was damaged.
One person was killed in a Ukrainian drone attack on Belgorod, a Russian region bordering Ukraine, they claimed. “Air defense systems shot down eight ballistic missiles, six US-made JDAM guided air strikes, and 45 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles,” the Kremlin said in a statement Monday morning.
Russia has also accused Ukraine of war crimes, claiming that Ukrainian drones repeatedly attacked and damaged Red Cross-marked ambulances, resulting in the deaths of airstrike victims who were unable to receive medical aid in time. However, this serious claim by Russian state media was made without corroboration.
Governor Vladimir Sardo was quoted as saying: And they did it completely deliberately, with a kind of savage mockery. He said those responsible for the alleged attack “will answer for all of this.”
As for the Russian attack, the Russian government announced overnight that it had struck a “military airfield” in Ukraine and related energy infrastructure supporting Ukraine's war effort.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said: “The attacks by operational tactical aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile units and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces damaged the infrastructure of military-industrial airfields, energy facilities that ensure the operation of enterprises of the military-industrial complex.” said. Enemy manpower and military equipment are concentrated in 138 districts, not just in Ukraine. ”
Russia's new invasion of Ukraine has now lasted more than 1,000 days, and after 2023 marked by failed Ukrainian counterattacks and battlefield stagnation, 2024 could see a more mobile war. Ta. British intelligence digest says Russian territorial advances have “accelerated” this year due to Russia's “generous tolerance for casualties” and willingness to launch simple human-wave attacks against Ukraine's defenses. .
For example, the UK Ministry of Defense has indicated that Ukraine is gradually losing territory in its Kursk foothold, yet Westminster has indicated that Ukraine is innovatively using drones to reduce Russia's ability to continue fighting. I admit that I did it. Regarding the drone attack on a Russian military warehouse, the newspaper said: “In mid-to-late September, Ukraine attacked four Russian strategic ammunition depots located several hundred kilometers from Ukraine.
“The total number of tons of ammunition destroyed in various locations represents the largest loss of Russian and North Korean supplies and ammunition during the war.”
These attacks highlight Russia's inability to defend its territory, the Defense Ministry said.
