Drone assaults on Russian territory in a single day broken a prepare station and fell round two Russian army items, officers there stated, blaming Ukraine. An uptick in assaults deep inside Russian territory doubtless means Russian army leaders are below stress to tighten air defenses, Britain’s Protection Ministry stated.
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The assault on Chernihiv turned “an unusual Saturday … right into a day of ache and loss,” Zelensky stated. The United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Ukraine, Denise Brown, condemned the assault — about 80 miles north of the capital, Kyiv, and much from the entrance strains of the struggle — saying in an announcement that it “is heinous to assault the principle sq. of a giant metropolis, within the morning, whereas individuals are out strolling, some going to the church to rejoice a non secular day for a lot of Ukrainians.”
Movies verified by The Washington Submit confirmed an explosion on the roof of the Chernihiv theater earlier than a fiery projectile slammed right into a constructing about 320 toes away. Performing mayor Oleksandr Lomako stated some houses have been broken by the blasts. Among the many injured have been 15 youngsters and 15 cops, Inside Minister Ihor Klymenko stated.
5 individuals have been injured after a drone assault on a prepare station in Russia not removed from the Ukrainian border. The governor of the Kursk area stated in a Telegram put up early Sunday {that a} Ukrainian drone strike on the station prompted a fireplace on the roof, and the individuals have been “barely injured” by falling glass.
Russia stopped an tried Ukrainian drone assault on Moscow early Sunday, the Russian protection ministry stated. The ministry stated it used digital means to disable the drone. It stated the assault did no harm and nobody was harm. The Submit couldn’t independently confirm the report.
Russian forces additionally thwarted a drone assault in its southern area of Rostov, regional governor Vasily Golubev stated early Sunday. Golubev stated two drones “fell on the territory of a army unit in Kamensk,” a Russian city bordering the jap Ukrainian area of Luhansk, and stated one other drone fell close to Novoshakhtinsk, some 50 miles south. He stated there have been no casualties or harm. The Submit couldn’t independently confirm the report.
Russian army leaders are “extremely doubtless below intense stress to enhance air defences over western Russia,” the British Protection Ministry stated, as Ukraine’s skill to strike deep inside Russian territory has improved in current months, resulting in extra frequent drone and ballistic missile assaults. The stress to cease these strikes might be falling on “the management of Russia’s Aerospace Forces,” or VKS, and notably on “VKS Chief of Employees, Colonel-Normal Viktor Afzalov,” the ministry stated Sunday in its day by day intelligence evaluation.
It’s “untimely to make assessments concerning the general success” of Kyiv’s counteroffensive, the Institute for the Examine of Battle stated in an evaluation, following a report by The Submit through which individuals accustomed to a labeled forecast from the U.S. intelligence neighborhood stated Ukraine would fail in its goal of severing Russia’s land bridge to Crimea on this yr’s push. The D.C.-based assume tank stated it maintains that “the general degradation of the Russian line of defense creates alternatives for any Ukrainian breakthrough to be probably operationally vital.”
Kyiv has an settlement with Stockholm to provide armored autos generally known as CV-90s inside Ukraine, Zelensky stated in his nightly deal with. He didn’t specify what number of, or what the settlement entailed. On his go to to Sweden this weekend, Zelensky and Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson additionally mentioned Ukraine’s want for Swedish-made Gripen fighter jets, which Stockholm earlier this summer time agreed to permit Ukrainian pilots to check.
The USA is anticipated to quickly double its prewar month-to-month manufacturing of the usual NATO artillery spherical, The Submit studies, rising its output from 14,000 items a month earlier than Russia’s invasion to ultimately 28,000 items a month. However business specialists warn of challenges in sustaining the elevated manufacturing ranges, not simply to assist Ukraine struggle efforts but additionally to make sure U.S. safety in potential conflicts with China or Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited army officers in Rostov-on-Don, based on studies by state media. The journey to town in southwestern Russia, close to the Ukrainian border, is his first since Wagner Group mercenaries briefly took management there throughout their short-lived June insurrection.
Ukraine working out of choices to retake vital territory: Greater than two months into the extremely anticipated counteroffensive that officers touted as Ukraine’s essential alternative to retake territory from Russian forces, it seems that the hassle is stalling and Ukraine is working out of choices, The Submit’s Susannah George studies.
The slogging effort has stoked fears in Washington and Europe that the struggle may very well be reaching a stalemate and worldwide assist may erode. Franz-Stefan Gady, a senior fellow with the Worldwide Institute for Strategic Research and the Heart for New American Safety, stated “the query right here is which of the 2 sides goes to be worn out sooner.”
