Day 453 of the Invasion of Ukraine: Russian Missile and Drone attacks in several Ukrainian Cities

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Day 453 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

  • Russia is digging trenches and setting dragon's teeth in Crimea in fear of a Ukrainian offensive
  • Codename "Storm" - Russia deploys an elite air group against Ukraine
  • Kyiv said Ukrainian troops were advancing around Bakhmut and Russia is building up forces
  • The Zaporizhzhia NPP was disconnected from the electricity grid
  • Russia sent missiles and drones against Dnipro, Odesa and Mykolaiv, Ukraine allegedly shot down Su-35 over the Black Sea
  • Zelensky: To date, Bakhmut is not occupied by Russia
  • The Russian ambassador to the US with a warning about the F-16
  • Biden: Zelensky gave "firm assurance" to the US that F-16s will not be used against Russian territory
  • Belgium will train Ukrainian F-16 pilots, but will not provide fighter jets to Kyiv


Russia is digging trenches and setting draconian teeth in Crimea in fear of a Ukrainian offensive

The Russian army is digging trenches in the annexed Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea and drawing defense lines with the help of pyramids - "dragon's teeth", apparently worried that a future Ukrainian offensive will spill over into the territory of the peninsula, the BBC reports in a report with satellite analysis by the BBC Verify. A program team has uncovered some of the large-scale defensive facilities built by Russia in preparation to meet a major Ukrainian counter-offensive. After months of standoff without a winner, the expected counteroffensive will be a...

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