Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky stated his forces had been nonetheless holding the strategic japanese city of Bakhmut regardless of repeated Russian assaults whereas the scenario within the bigger Donbas area remained tenuous. Learn our stay weblog to see how all of the day’s occasions unfolded. All occasions are Paris time (GMT+2).
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10:05pm: Heavy combating round Donbas cities of Soledar and Bakhmut, Zelensky says
Heavy combating is happening round Soledar and Bakhmut, two cities in Ukraine’s Donbas area, President Volodymyr Zelensky stated on Sunday.
“The important thing sizzling spots in Donbas are Soledar and Bakhmut,” Zelensky stated in his nightly video tackle. “Very heavy combating is happening there.”
The city of Bakhmut has been the following goal of Russia’s armed forces of their gradual advance via the Donetsk province since taking the important thing industrial cities of Lysychansk and Severodonetsk in June and July. Soledar lies simply to the north of Bakhmut.
3:05pm: Russian forces intensify shelling of strategic japanese city of Bakhmut
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated Saturday that Ukrainian troops had been going through a “most troublesome” scenario close to the japanese city of Bakhmut, which has been underneath assault from the Russian military for weeks.
Ukraine is clawing again territory in each the east and south, occupied by Russia for months, however is going through a problem in some areas.
“A really extreme scenario persists within the Donetsk and Luhansk areas,” Zelensky stated, referring to 2 of the areas Russia claims to have annexed in staged referendums in September.
“Probably the most troublesome is close to Bakhmut, like in earlier days. We’re nonetheless holding our positions,” he stated.
Russian troops have for weeks been pummelling Bakhmut, a wine-making and salt-mining city that after had a inhabitants of 70,000.
3:05pm: Ukraine says capturing in Russian army base attributable to row over faith
The gunmen who killed 11 and wounded 15 at a Russian army coaching camp close to the Ukrainian border had been from Tajikistan and had opened fireplace after an argument over faith, Oleksiy Arestovych, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, stated on YouTube.
No civilians died within the assault however many troopers had been killed or wounded, the governor of Russia’s Belgorod area stated.
2:45pm: Russia says Belgorod area bordering Ukraine hit by recent strikes
The Russian Belgorod area bordering Ukraine was hit by strikes on Sunday, leaving at the least 4 individuals injured within the newest assaults within the space, Russian officers stated.
“Because of shelling in Belgorod, three individuals from the identical household had been injured,” regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov posted on Telegram on Sunday after visiting the household. Two of them had been hospitalised.
Gladkov posted pictures of injury, smashed home windows and craters after strikes within the metropolis and within the area of Belgorod. Round 16 explosions had been recorded within the metropolis of Belgorod, Russia’s investigative committee, which investigates critical crimes, stated Sunday.
2:14pm: Belarus says it’s internet hosting just below 9,000 Russian troops
The defence ministry in Minsk on Sunday stated just below 9,000 Russian troops can be stationed in Belarus as a part of a “regional grouping” of forces to guard its borders.
“The primary troop trains with Russian servicemen who’re a part of the (regional grouping) started to reach in Belarus,” Valeriy Revenko, head of the defence ministry’s worldwide army cooperation division, wrote on Twitter. “The relocation will take a number of days.”
“The overall quantity shall be rather less than 9,000 individuals.”
Extra info can be offered at a briefing for army attachés, he added.
1:22pm: Russia says its forces repelled Ukrainian advances in Donetsk, Kherson, Mykolaiv areas
Russia’s defence ministry on Sunday stated its forces had repelled efforts by Ukrainian troops to advance within the Donetsk, Kherson and Mykolaiv areas, inflicting what it described as important losses in opposition to the enemy.
The battlefield stories couldn’t instantly be verified.
Russia additionally stated it was persevering with air strikes on army and vitality targets in Ukraine, utilizing long-range precision-guided weapons.
11:26am: Rockets strike mayor’s workplace in separatist Donetsk
The mayor’s workplace in a key japanese Ukrainian metropolis managed by pro-Kremlin separatists was struck by rockets Sunday morning, Russian state businesses reported. There have been no instant stories of casualties.
In keeping with RIA Novosti, the municipal constructing in Donetsk was severely broken by the assault, which native separatist authorities blamed on Ukraine.
Pictures circulating on social media confirmed plumes of smoke swirling across the constructing, rows of blown-out home windows and {a partially} collapsed ceiling. RIA Novosti and native media additionally reported that three vehicles parked close by had burnt out because of the strike.
Kyiv didn’t instantly declare accountability or touch upon the assault.
6:59am: No civilians killed in assault at Russian army base, says native governor
No civilians had been killed within the assault at a army base in Russia‘s Belgorod area, however many troopers had been killed or wounded, the governor of Belgorod area Vyacheslav Gladkov stated early on Sunday.
“A horrible occasion occurred on our territory, on the territory of one of many army models,” Gladkov stated in a video submit on the Telegram messaging app.
“Many troopers had been killed and wounded … There are not any residents of the Belgorod area among the many wounded and killed.”
Gladkov didn’t say what number of troopers had been killed. The state RIA information company cited the defence ministry as saying that 11 individuals had been killed and 15 others had been wounded.
9:36pm: Not less than 11 useless, 15 wounded in capturing at Russian army coaching floor
Not less than 11 individuals had been killed and 15 extra wounded at a coaching floor in south-western Russia on Saturday when two attackers opened fireplace on a gaggle of volunteers who wished to struggle in Ukraine, the RIA information company stated.
The Russian information company, citing the defence ministry, stated the 2 assailants had been shot useless after the assault within the Belgorod area, which borders Ukraine. It stated they had been nationals from a former Soviet republic however didn’t give any particulars.
“Throughout a firearms coaching session with people who voluntarily expressed a need to take part within the particular army operation (in opposition to Ukraine), the terrorists opened fireplace with small arms on the personnel of the unit,” RIA cited a defence ministry assertion as saying. “Because of the capturing, 11 individuals had been fatally wounded. One other 15 individuals with wounds of various severity had been taken to a medical facility,” it stated.
Authorities in Belgorod have repeatedly accused Ukraine of attacking targets within the metropolis, however Kyiv has not claimed any accountability.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and REUTERS)
