Around 40 Russian planes may have been taken away from the front after the Ukrainian attack on an airfield in Krasnodar province
According to a message posted on X by the intelligence services of the British Ministry of Defense and spotted by The world the Ukrainian attack on the ” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer nofollow” class=””>Kushchyovskaya airfield on Thursday, in the Russian province of Krasnodar, probably led to the redeployment of around forty planes on bases further from the front line.
However, they add, “It is unlikely that the consequences of this act will be immediately obvious or spectacular (…) This will ultimately require more fuel, which will increase costs while making the task of crews more difficult.”
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Emmanuel Macron’s comments on sending troops to Ukraine are “very dangerous”, according to the Kremlin
150,000 Russian soldiers were killed according to France
Some 150,000 Russian soldiers have been killed since the start of the war in February 2022, according to French estimates communicated by Stéphane Séjourné in an interview published in the European edition of the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta. The French Minister of Foreign Affairs’ estimate is slightly lower than that revealed by Volodymyr Zelensky in February. He reported 180,000 Russian soldiers killed.
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NATO condemns Moscow’s “malicious activities” on its territory
NATO countries said Thursday that they were “deeply concerned by the malicious activities” of Russia “recently carried out on the territory of the Alliance”, while assuring that these will not “dissuade them from continuing to support the ‘Ukraine”. In a statement, the Allies denounced “hostile state activities affecting Czechia, Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and the United Kingdom.”
Berlin accuses Moscow of “intolerable” cyberattack
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said she could “unambiguously” attribute this cyberattack targeting members of the German Social Democratic Party to the APT28 group, led by Russian intelligence services. “In other words, this was a Russian-backed cyberattack against Germany and it is absolutely intolerable and unacceptable,” she added, promising “consequences.”
Visiting Europe, Xi Jinping ready to defend his ties with Russia
Chinese President Xi Jinping heads to Europe on Sunday, determined not to compromise on his unwavering support for Russia, going first to France, a key supporter of Ukraine, then to Hungary and Serbia, two allies from Moscow. This is his first European tour since the Covid-19 pandemic, reports AFP.
Moscow claims to have shot down drones over Belgorod and Crimea
Five Ukrainian drones were intercepted by air defense systems over the Belgorod region and one drone was destroyed over the Crimean peninsula, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Telegram on Friday.
Emmanuel Macron persists on the possibility of sending Western troops to Ukraine
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Seven children injured in Russian strike in northeast
Russian aerial bomb strikes injured seven children and one adult on Thursday in the town of Dergatchi, in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region, Ukrainian authorities said. According to the Ukrainian Prosecutor’s Office, two strikes hit a sports complex, inside which there were children and adolescents, and houses. “Seven children were injured. They were in the sports complex at the time of the strike. Among them, six boys and a girl. They are aged 9 to 15,” the Prosecutor’s Office said on Telegram.
The Zaporizhia region has been the target of numerous Russian strikes
The Zaporizhia region, in southern Ukraine, has been the target of numerous Russian strikes over the past twenty-four hours, the regional military administration said Friday morning on Telegram. The same Source listed “144 [attaques de] drones”, “eleven” missiles fired using multiple rocket launchers (MLRS) and “193” artillery shots. According to the regional military administration, these attacks caused no casualties.
