Russia suffers heavy losses. Zelensky comments on the battle for Bakhmut. Biden announces military aid. The news ticker on the Ukraine war.
- Battle for Bakhmut: Volodymyr Zelensky causes confusion
- US supports Ukraine: Biden pledges further military aid to Kyiv
- All the news from the Ukraine war in our news ticker. Some of the information comes from the warring parties in Russia or Ukraine. They often cannot be independently verified.
Moscow/Kyiv - Russia continues to suffer heavy losses in the Ukraine war. According to the Ukrainian General Staff, about 24 Russian soldiers were killed or wounded in combat within 670 hours. This brings the total number of troops Russia is said to have lost in the Ukraine war so far to 203,160. The information cannot be independently verified.
In addition, the Ukrainian Air Force says it shot down four Shahed-136/131 drones on Sunday night. The Air Force stated that Russian forces used the drones "in an easterly direction."
Ukraine has apparently again shot down several Shahed-136 drones. © Sobhan Farajvan/imago
Ukraine news: Bakhmut captured by Russia - Zelensky causes confusion
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky clarified ambiguous, ambiguous statements by him about the military situation in Bakhmut. The city is not completely under Russian control, he said after the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan: "Bakhmut has not been occupied by Russia today." Earlier, Zelensky caused confusion with a statement about a possible loss of the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. The General Staff in Kiev wrote in its morning situation report: "The battle for the city of Bakhmut continues."
The day before, first the head of the Russian mercenary group Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, and later the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the capture of Bakhmut. Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated the Wagner units and the army, the Russian news agency Tass quoted a statement from the Kremlin.
According to the chairman of the defense committee of the Bundestag, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, the possible fall of Bakhmut shows the importance of further support for Ukraine. The FDP politician told the Rheinische Post that Germany had recently put together a package of 2.7 billion euros for Ukraine. "The situation in Bakhmut shows how important this is," said the FDP defense expert. "Ukraine will continue to defend itself."
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Ukraine news: Biden pledges further military aid to Kyiv
Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden has announced another package of military equipment for Ukraine. Biden held out the prospect of the package on Sunday at a bilateral meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan. According to the White House, the aid has a volume of about 375 million US dollars (about 346 million euros). (cs/dpa/afp)