▲ A communicator observes the fragments of a Russian ballistic projectile that hit Dnipro, Ukraine, last Thursday. The display of the rocket, an Oreshnik, occurred at a forensic analysis center yesterday at an undisclosed location.Photo Ap
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Monday, November 25, 2024, p. 26
Moscow. The Ukrainian army said yesterday that it shot down 50 Russian drones from the Oryol and Bryansk regions, while the Russian army destroyed two missiles and intercepted 34 drones from Ukraine.
The Ukrainian air defense intercepted the devices over the regions of kyiv, Cherkassy, Kirovohrad, Chernigov, Sumy, Poltava and Yitomir, so a total of 19 drones (of the 73 launched by Russia) disappeared of the radar.
For its part, the Russian Ministry of Defense explained that most of the drones were destroyed in the Kursk region (27); another four, in Lipetsk; two, in Belgorod, and one, in Oriol, but he did not specify the possible targets of the attacks that he described asterrorists.
Russia refused to receive military equipment from other states embroiled in conflict with Ukraine while removing a top commander from his post for making false claims about the progress of the war in parts of eastern Ukraine, according to military bloggers and Russian media, reported the American network CNN.
The outgoing US administration takes more and more reckless stepssaid Dimitri Peskov, Kremlin spokesman, who also emphasized that the use of the new Oreshnik intermediate-range missile against Ukraine is not an escalation, but a response provoked by the West, the RT news outlet reported.
The Syrian Foreign Ministry in turn condemned firmly the hostile actions of the United States against Russia by supplying Ukraine with long-range ballistic missiles that allow strikes deep into Russian territory.
Furthermore, the actions of the US government, the ministry denounced, pushes the region towards an unprecedented escalation that is leading the world to a nuclear war, the consequences of which will affect all the peoples of the world.
Weapons factory attacked in Dnipro
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian secret services (SBU) showed a group of journalists the fragments of a new Russian ballistic projectile, identified last Thursday by Russian President Vladimir Putin as Oreshnik and which bombed an arms factory in Dnipro.
Two state experts offered cautious assessments, limiting themselves to saying that the weapon was flying in a ballistic trajectory: These are preliminary conclusions and to say something more concrete requires time and a thorough study of the remains of the missile.explained Ivan, one of the specialists.
During the visit, none of them wanted to answer questions or give their last names and also, for security reasons, reporters were asked not to reveal the exact location of the place.
No confrontation
The team of the president-elect of the United States, Republican Donald Trump, will begin working with Joe Biden’s government to reach a agreement between Ukraine and Russia, indicated yesterday Mike Waltz, future White House security advisor.
To our opponents who think this is an opportunity to pit one administration against the other, you are wrong.he mentioned.
The US Air Force in Europe reported in a statement that several small drones were detected last week around three bases in the east of England, which are used by its troops. He did not specify the origin of the drones.
