Russia launched a three-and-a-half hour drone attack on the southern parts of the Odesa region early on Sunday, hitting Danube River port infrastructure and injuring at least two people, Kyiv said.
Ukraine’s air defence systems shot down 22 of the 25 Iranian-made Shahed drones that Russia launched on Odesa in the early Sunday hours, Reuters reports Ukraine’s air force as saying on Telegram.
Ukraine’s south military command said on social media at least two civilians were injured in the attack on what it said was the “civil infrastructure of the Danube”.
The Danube has become Ukraine’s main route for exporting grain since the collapse of a UN-brokered deal in July that had allowed Kyiv to ship its grain via the Black Sea.
There was no detail on which port facility was hit. The military said a fire that resulted from the attack at the facility was quickly extinguished.
Some Ukrainian media reported blasts in the Reni port, one of the two major ports on the Danube that Ukraine operates. There was no immediate comment from Russia.
The Ukrainian president’s chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, has commented on the reported Russian drone attack in the Odesa region that hit Danube River port infrastructure (see earlier post at 07.14).
He wrote on Telegram:
Russian terrorists continue to attack port infrastructure in the hope of provoking a food crisis and famine in the world.
Yermak also posted a photo of a firefighter directing water at the burning ruins of concrete structures, Reuters reports.
Some Ukrainian media reported blasts in the Reni port, one of the two major ports on the Danube that Ukraine operates, but these claims have not yet been independently verified.
The Associated Press has some interesting analysis on the state of the war:
The Ukrainian military now considers the battles in the north-east, specifically near the town of Kupiansk, in the northern Kharkiv region, and in the forests near Lyman, to be Russia’s main offensive.
At the same time, Ukraine’s main offensive operations are focused in the south, where they are inching toward the shores of the Sea of Azov in an apparent bid to cut the land corridor to the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia seized in 2014. Doing this would split in two the Russian-occupied land in southern Ukraine, undermining Moscow’s supply lines.
The deputy defence minister Hanna Maliar urged observers to measure Ukrainian progress not in kilometres or metres but “by the very fact that we are successful in moving forward in such conditions”.
While aiming to keep Ukrainian troops busy along the mostly static north-east front, Russia has also had time to reinforce its defences in the south, including laying widespread mines, Ukrainian officials said. The deep fortifications have slowed Kyiv’s advances in that direction.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainians must deal with limitations in manpower, air power and artillery. And the looming autumn rainy season adds even greater urgency to an already difficult battle. The muddy ground will hinder Kyiv’s infantry and heavy machinery.
In the south, Ukrainian forces have recently had more success breaking through Russian lines. Since the start of the counteroffensive, Ukraine has advanced 7km (4.3 miles) in the southern Zaporizhzhia region, overcoming dense Russian fortifications last week to retake the village of Robotyne – Ukraine’s first tactically significant victory in that part of the country.
It is a far cry from the sweeping territorial gains western allies hoped for. But winning control of the village brings Ukrainian forces one step closer to the town of Tokmak, about 30km away, an important Russian-occupied rail hub that would be a major strategic gain.
About 280,000 people have signed up so far this year for professional service with Russia’s military, the deputy chair of the Russian Security Council, the former president Dmitry Medvedev, said on Sunday.
“According to the ministry of defence, since 1 January, about 280,000 people have been accepted into the ranks of the armed forces on a contract basis,” including reservists, state news agency Tass quoted Medvedev as saying.
Last year, Russia announced a plan to expand its combat personnel by more than 30% to 1.5 million, an ambitious task made harder by its heavy but undisclosed casualties in Moscow’s war against Ukraine.
Some Russian lawmakers suggested Russia needs a professional army 7 million strong to ensure the country’s security – a move that would require a huge budget allowance.
Vladimir Putin ordered a “partial mobilisation” of 300,000 reservists in September 2022, prompting hundreds of thousands of others to flee Russia to avoid being sent to fight.
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Russia is exploiting foreign nationals in its effort to acquire more personnel for its war effort in the face of mounting casualties and probably views millions of migrants from central Asia as potential recruits, according to the UK Ministry of Defence.
It said in its latest intelligence update that since late June Russia had been appealing to citizens of neighbouring countries with recruitment advertisements for people to fight in Ukraine.
Online ads had been seen in Armenia and Kazakhstan offering 495,000 roubles (about £4,100/$5,100) in initial payments and salaries from 190,000 roubles (about £1,500/$2,000), the ministry said. There had also been recruitment efforts in Kazakhstan’s northern Qostanai region, appealing to the ethnic Russian population.
Since at least May, Russia had approached central Asian migrants to fight in Ukraine with promises of fast-track citizenship and salaries of up to US$4,160, the ministry said in its update, posted on X/Twitter.
“Uzbek migrant builders in Mariupol have reportedly had their passports confiscated upon arrival and been coerced to join the Russian military.”
The ministry also said:
There are at least six million migrants from central Asia in Russia, which the Kremlin likely sees as potential recruits.
Russia likely wishes to avoid further unpopular domestic mobilisation measures in the run-up to the 2024 presidential elections. Exploiting foreign nationals allows the Kremlin to acquire additional personnel for its war effort in the face of mounting casualties.
Here are some of the latest images coming in from Ukraine over news agency wires.
Traffic on the main bridge linking the Russian mainland with the Crimean peninsula resumed after a brief suspension early on Sunday, the Russian-installed operator of the bridge said on Telegram.
The administration did not disclose the reason for the suspension, Reuters reports.
Russia’s defence ministry said early on Saturday that its forces had destroyed an unmanned Ukrainian boat and three naval drones being used in an attempt to attack the Crimea bridge.
The bridge has been a target of increased air and sea drone attacks in recent months.
Russia launched a three-and-a-half hour drone attack on the southern parts of the Odesa region early on Sunday, hitting Danube River port infrastructure and injuring at least two people, Kyiv said.
Ukraine’s air defence systems shot down 22 of the 25 Iranian-made Shahed drones that Russia launched on Odesa in the early Sunday hours, Reuters reports Ukraine’s air force as saying on Telegram.
Ukraine’s south military command said on social media at least two civilians were injured in the attack on what it said was the “civil infrastructure of the Danube”.
The Danube has become Ukraine’s main route for exporting grain since the collapse of a UN-brokered deal in July that had allowed Kyiv to ship its grain via the Black Sea.
There was no detail on which port facility was hit. The military said a fire that resulted from the attack at the facility was quickly extinguished.
Some Ukrainian media reported blasts in the Reni port, one of the two major ports on the Danube that Ukraine operates. There was no immediate comment from Russia.
Welcome back to our live coverage of Russia’s war in Ukraine. This is Adam Fulton and here’s a snapshot of the latest news to bring you up to speed.
Russia launched an attack with 25 drones on the Odesa region’s south early on Sunday, hitting port infrastructure on the Danube River and injuring at least two people, Kyiv said.
Ukraine’s air defence systems shot down 22 of the Iranian-made Shahed drones that Russia launched in the three-and-a-half hour attack.
More on that story shortly. In other key developments:
Ukrainian forces have decisively breached Russia’s first defensive line near Zaporizhzhia after weeks of painstaking mine clearance, and expect faster gains as they press the weaker second line, the general leading the southern counteroffensive has told the Observer. Brig Gen Oleksandr Tarnavskiy estimated Russia had devoted 60% of its time and resources into building the first defensive line and only 20% each into the second and third lines because Moscow had not expected Ukrainian forces to get through.
Ukrainian forces were “on the move”, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, as the US acknowledged the “notable progress” of the counteroffensive over the past few days. Zelenskiy said on Telegram: “Despite everything and no matter what anyone says, we are advancing, and that is the most important thing.”
A Ukrainian court ordered tycoon Ihor Kolomoisky to be held in custody for two months on suspicion of fraud and money laundering on Saturday. The detention of Kolomoisky, who is under US sanctions and is a one-time supporter of Zelenskiy, comes as Kyiv is trying to signal progress in a corruption crackdown.
The Nobel Foundation has reversed its decision to invite ambassadors from Russia and Belarus to this year’s Nobel award ceremony in Stockholm, after the move sparked anger in Sweden and abroad. The foundation said on Saturday that it had chosen “to repeat last year’s exception to regular practice – that is, to not invite the ambassadors of Russia, Belarus and Iran”.
Russia has taken down three Ukrainian drones over the Belgorod region, the Russian defence ministry said on Saturday, while the regional governor said one man had been killed in a Ukrainian rocket strike on a village close to the border. Separately, the governors of the nearby frontier regions of Bryansk and Kursk said a string of border villages had come under fire from Ukraine, and a woman had been wounded in the Kursk region.
Zelenskiy said on Saturday that two more ships had passed through a “temporary” Black Sea shipping corridor established after Russia withdrew from a UN-backed grain export deal in July. On Friday officials said two vessels had cleared the corridor, bringing to four the number that have used it.
The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, is to host his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, for talks on Monday, the Kremlin has announced. It comes just over six weeks after Moscow broke off the deal brokered by Ankara and the UN that allowed Ukrainian grain to reach world markets.
Russia risks dividing its forces as it seeks to prevent a Ukrainian breakthrough in Ukraine’s south, the UK Ministry of Defence said. It said Ukrainian forces continued to take offensive action on the Orikhiv axis in southern Ukraine, with units reaching the first Russian main defensive line.
Russia’s defence ministry said its forces destroyed an unmanned Ukrainian boat and three naval drones being used in an attempt to attack the bridge linking the Crimean peninsula to the Russian mainland. The vessel had been “spotted and destroyed in time off the Black Sea coast”, it said early on Saturday.
Elections are under way in Russian-controlled provinces of Ukraine as part of a move to cement Moscow’s authorities in its “new territories” despite the ongoing conflict. Russia does not fully control any of the four regions where the votes are being held – Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson.
The largest refugee centre established to home Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion has been closed by Poland after it said the sanctuary was no longer required, since most had now found homes elsewhere.
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