A drone has attacked an airport in Russia's Kursk region
, bordering Ukraine, its governor announced after Moscow yesterday accused Kiev of hitting two of its airbases with drones.
Due to a "drone attack in the Kursk airport area, an oil storage tank caught fire. There were no casualties," Roman Starovoyt said on social media.
Russia will not relinquish control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant
to create a nuclear safety zone: said the spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, as reported by the Kyiv Independent.
"Russia's withdrawal from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant or the transfer of control over it to some 'third party' is out of the question," Zakharova said yesterday.
Last December 2nd, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, had hoped to reach an agreement with Russia and Ukraine by the end of the year on the protection of the plant currently occupied by Moscow troops.
Earlier, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov denied what Ukrainian sources said that Russian troops intended to withdraw from the plant.
Russia yesterday launched Kh-101, Kh-555, Kh-22, Kh-59, Kh-31P and Kalibr missiles on Ukrainian territory during 17 air raids: the General Staff of the forces announced this morning Ukrainian armies in its daily report recalling - as had already emerged yesterday - that overall there were 70 missiles, of which more than 60 were shot down by the forces of Kiev.
UNIAN brings it back.
Yesterday "the enemy launched a massive missile attack against critical infrastructure and civilians in Ukraine - reads the report -. Residential buildings and critical infrastructure were hit in Vinnitsa, Kiev, Mykolaiv, Odessa and other regions of our state".
Russian forces also carried out 38 attacks with multiple launch systems yesterday.
Furthermore, according to the General Staff,
At least four people died in Ukraine following yesterday's Russian bombing:
President Volodymyr Zelensky said this last night in his usual video message to the nation, as reported by the national media.
PUTIN IN CRIMEA
- Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the bridge that connects Crimea with the territory of the Federation, hit by an attack last October.
The president crossed the bridge, which has been repaired, and spoke to some of the workers who are working on it
, reports the Tas agency Putin personally drove the car in which he crossed the bridge, accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin, who gave him a report on the repair work.
In a video broadcast by Rossiya-24 television, the president can be heard saying, "We are walking the bridge on the right side. The left side, as I understand it, is fine, but it needs to be completed. It has suffered more or less the same damage, it is necessary to bring it in optimal condition".
The attack took place on October 8, when a truck bomb exploded, killing four people and collapsing two arches of the part of the bridge reserved for vehicle traffic.
According to the Russian internal security service, FSB, the attack was masterminded by the Ukrainian military intelligence services,
Putin drives over bridge in Crimea affected by bombing
According to Putin, Russia can count on "a huge army" of civilian volunteers, made up of 21 million people.
Putin spoke of those civilians who serve to help the most needy part of the population.
"It is difficult - said the president - to find words for those who selflessly, following their hearts, help seriously ill people, participate in the organization of sporting events, help keep order, take care of nature and dedicate a significant part of their lives to others, to those who need this help".
There are 21 million volunteers in Russia, i.e. more than 15% of the population, Putin added, calling them "an army, an immense army".
Meanwhile,
the Wall Street Journal
claims that the United States secretly modified the Himars rocket launchers it delivered to Ukraine so that they could not be used for long-range missiles capable of hitting Russia.
The newspaper cited administration sources as saying
the change was a necessary precaution to reduce the risk of a broader war with Russia.
