Ukraine war in the live ticker: +++ 04:49 Heavy fighting around Pokrovsk +++

09.09.2024

Ukraine war in the live ticker
+++ 04:49 Heavy fighting around Pokrovsk +++

The onslaught by Russian troops against the Ukrainian defense lines around Pokrovsk on the edge of the Donbass, which has been going on for weeks, is continuing with full force. During the course of the day, a total of 23 Russian attacks were repelled in the sector in the east of the country, the General Staff in Kiev said in its situation report. “The situation in the Pokrovsk sector remains tense,” it said. Similar heavy fighting has also been reported from nearby Kurakhove. There, the Russian army tried a total of 19 times to undermine the Russian defense.

+++ 03:32 Russian shelling in Mykolaiv: 70-year-olds in total +++
A 70-year-old woman died in the evening as a result of Russian shelling in Ochakiv in the Mykolaiv region. “The Russians shelled Ochakiv this evening with tube artillery and killed a 70-year-old woman in her own house,” wrote the head of the Mykolaiv State Administration, Vitali Kim, on Telegram.

+++ 01:32 Video: Ukrainian troops blow up last bridge in Kursk +++
In the Russian Kursk region, Ukrainian troops achieve a strategic success: a direct hit destroys the last remaining bridge in the Kursk region. The footage shows the spectacular end of one of the three bridges over the Seym River near the village of Karizh.

+++ 00:32 Selenskyj discusses “victory plan” with US congressmen +++
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed “some details” of the Ukrainian siege plan with a US congressional delegation in Italy. In his evening video address, he explained that the plan should be presented to US President Joe Biden and presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. “Our main focus now, at the beginning of autumn, is to strengthen the positions of Ukraine and Ukrainians as much as possible, to protect our cities and villages from Russian terror and, of course, to equip our warriors on the front lines with more operational capabilities,” Zelensky continued.

+++ 23:23 Selenskyj: Hundreds of people still in hospital after Poltava attack +++
After the serious Russian attack on the city of Poltava, which has so far left 58 people dead, 220 people are still being treated in hospitals, Ukrainian President Zelensky announced in his evening speech. Some are in critical condition. “Unfortunately, the beginning of September was marked by brutal Russian attacks,” said Zelensky. Russia fired two ballistic missiles at the city on Tuesday.

+++ 21:53 New Ukrainian Foreign Minister: Russian aggression also extends beyond Ukraine +++
Following the airspace violations in Romania and Latvia, the new Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha said the incident showed that Russia's aggression does not stop at Ukraine's borders. “The collective response of the allies should now be maximum support for Ukraine,” he wrote on X. “Ukraine needs concrete measures from its allies for this purpose. A bold joint decision to use the partners' air defenses to intercept Russian missiles and drones over Ukraine.”

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