The Russian Defense Ministry downplays claims made in an open letter through members of the Russian Pacific Fleet’s 155th Marine Brigade that they were sent on an “incomprehensible offensive” against Ukrainian forces near Donetsk.
The letter was published on Grey Zone’s Telegram channel, a Russian army blog.
“As a result of the ‘carefully’ planned offensive through the ‘great generals,’ we lost another three hundred people in four days, killed, wounded and missing,” the letter reads. He adds that brigade commanders “call other people fodder. “And they only care about their own careers.
Russian officials tacitly stated the letter of the letter, but said it exaggerated the losses.
“For more than 10 days, groups of the Pacific Fleet’s 155th Marine Brigade have been conducting effective offensive operations in the direction of Uludar,” the Defense Ministry said in a statement. combat strength and 7% of the wounded, a significant part of whom have already returned to service. »
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Nearly 8,000 Ukrainian civilians, totaling 430 children, have been killed since the war began on Feb. 24, according to the Ukrainian parliament’s Human Rights Commissioner, who also said some 11,000 civilians have been wounded.
Russia is tightening its lines in all professional zones, possibly aiming to block any immediate Ukrainian advance should troops break Russian lines, the British Defense Ministry said in its latest assessment.
Satellite imagery analyzed by The Associated Press shows an immediate expansion of a cemetery in southern Ukraine in the months following the capture of the port city of Mariupol by Russian forces. It is still unclear how many other people were buried there.
Two civilians were seriously injured by a landmine explosion in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region, where Ukraine has retaken territory, Governor Oleh Syniehubov said.
►The Russian-installed government in the occupied Kherson region said it had taken steps to evacuate citizens ahead of Ukraine’s planned advances.
Russia acquired more than 160 Iranian drones in August in exchange for the existing $141 million and 3 captured missiles, adding two from the United States, bound for Ukraine, Britain’s Sky News reported.
If accurate, the report would provide further evidence of Iran’s sale of war drones to Russia, something both countries have denied.
The anonymous security source quoted in the article said Tehran and Moscow recently agreed to send drones worth about $200 million. The source added that Iran would likely try to copy the generation of the captured weapons for long-term use.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told participants at the COP27 climate convention on Tuesday that Russia’s invasion resulted in the destruction of five million acres of forest in his country, while dramatically increasing fossil fuel costs worldwide.
“This has forced dozens of countries to resume coal-fired force generation to decrease strength for their populations,” he said in a video speech.
Zelenskyy said Russia’s “senseless and illegal war” prevents other countries from combining to tackle climate change, adding that army aggression like the one facing Ukraine forces nations to unite. in prompt coverage of the threat of longer-term threats.
“There can be no effective climate political peace on Earth,” he said.
While acknowledging the global effects of the war in Ukraine, a shock that Russia is largely investing in through oil sales, India’s foreign minister said Tuesday that his country benefits from buying oil at favorable costs and has no plans to stop.
Jaishankar suggested the Kremlin find a diplomatic solution to the war, but made clear that India would follow the trail of Western countries that have reduced or halted Russian energy purchases to force Moscow to withdraw its forces from Ukraine.
Speaking in Moscow, where he met with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, Jaishankar under pressure that India is the world’s third largest oil and gas customer, adding: “Our basic legal responsibility is to make sure Indian customers have maximum productive performance. “Access to the most advantageous products in foreign markets. And in this sense, honestly, Indo-Russian dating has worked in our favor. So if it works in my favor, I’d like it to continue.
The Ukrainian leader on Tuesday presented a rare but contingency case for peace talks with Russia, imploring the world to “force Russia into genuine peace negotiations. “
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy once accused Russia of failing to identify talks, his country’s repeated peace proposals “have always gotten meaningless Russian responses with new terrorist attacks, bombings or blackmail. “
Most likely, Zelenskyy’s demands for talks will result in an emphatic no from the Kremlin: the return of all Russian-occupied lands to Ukrainian control, respect for the UN Charter, payment of all damages caused by the war, punishment of any and all wars. thief and guarantee that Russia will no longer invade Ukraine.
“These are understandable conditions,” Zelenskyy said.
Russia has said it is willing to negotiate, but has rejected Ukraine’s terms.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US ambassador to the UN, met with Zelenskyy and an organization of farmers and grain processors in Kyiv, vowing to push for an extension to a very important shipping deal with Russia that is set to expire next week. The official said the Kremlin had not yet renewed the agreement.
“This has become more important because Russian forces have attacked many other Ukrainian grain facilities,” Thomas-Greenfield said in Kyiv, calling Ukraine “the breadbasket of the world. “
He also visited the families of war victims and urged the world to hold Russia accountable for the “atrocities. “
“The other Ukrainians have encouraged the world with their ordinary bravery as they fight for their freedom and territorial integrity,” he said. “In my meeting with the president, I made clear that America’s commitment to Ukraine is unwavering. “
North Korea has denied accusations that it is sending artillery shells and ammunition to Russia for use in its war against Ukraine. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby accused North Korea of secretly supplying Russia with a “significant amount” of munitions. And the nation’s secret factories produce uniforms for Russian soldiers, resources in North Korea told Radio Free Asia.
Last week, Russia sent North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a 30-thoroughbred horse exercise, opening the border with its neighbor for the first time in 2 years.
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