![]() ![]() Ukraine, Sudan conflicts fuel alarming surge in tuberculosis Russia has intensified shelling of Bakhmut hoping to take it by Tuesday, Ukraine’s top general in charge of the defence of the besieged city said late on Sunday, vowing to do everything to prevent it. Reuters news agency verified the location from the buildings, road layout, and field, which matched satellite photography of the area. The footage shows damaged buildings and heavy plumes of smoke rising over the city, which has been the focus of heavy fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces. Watch: Moment shell explodes in Bakhmut amid heavy fightingįootage from a Ukrainian military drone shows the moment a shell exploded in the western part of embattled Ukrainian city Bakhmut. Late yesterday, he had said preliminary data showed his troops were beginning to get the ammunition, while cautioning they had not “seen it in practice”. However, he added that he does not want to “spoil” Russia’s grand Victory Day parade today and reserved more details on ammunition hunger for later. “The people who were supposed to fulfil the (shipment) orders have so far, over the past day, not fulfilled them,” Prigozhin said in a video post on Telegram. Russia’s mercenary Wagner forces have not yet received the ammunition promised by Moscow, the group’s leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said, backtracking on his previous comments from just hours earlier claiming that they were being supplied with promised weapons. Wagner says no sign of promised ammunition from Putin This comes just a day after Russia launched its biggest drone swarm yet in a renewed air campaign unleashed 10 days ago after a lull since early March. “Air defence systems are working on the outskirts of Kyiv,” the administration said on its Telegram. Ukraine’s air defence systems are repelling Russian attacks on Kyiv, the capital city’s military administration said early today as air raid sirens wailed across the country in the small hours. Ukraine’s air defence systems repel overnight attacks on Kyiv The package is paid from Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) funding which allows president Biden’s administration to buy weapons from industry rather than pull from US weapons stocks. Ukraine will receive 155-mm Howitzer ammunition, counter-drone ammunition, and funding for satellite imagery as well as various types of training in this tranche of aid, the official said. The Biden administration is likely to announce a new $1.2bn (£9.5m) military aid package for Ukraine, packing in air defence systems, ammunition and funds for training, an official said. ![]() US to announce $1.2bn in military aid for Ukraine Ukraine says Russia has effectively stopped Black Sea grain deal ![]() Putin launches suicide drone attack on Kyiv Vladimir Putin will oversee the Moscow celebrations of the anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany in the Second World War with a parade in Red Square amid tight security arrangements. Air raid sirens wailed across Ukrainian cities in the early hours of Tuesday, with more than two-third of Ukrainian cities under air raid alert. ![]()
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