2023-06-13 08:54:08
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DAMAGED GERMAN TANKS
The German Minister of Defense warned that he might not replace all the tanks supplied by his country to Ukraine and put out of use during the fighting, while Russia claims to have captured or destroyed several of them. “We are not going to be able to replace every tank that stops working,” Boris Pistorius told RTL-Germany television channel Monday evening.
To date Berlin has supplied or promised Kiev 110 Leopard 1 tanks and 18 Leopard 2 combat tanks. German-made Leopard and American-made Bradley tanks, supplied to Kiev by the West for its counter-offensive.
SOUGHT-AFTER AUSTRALIAN F-18 FIGHTERS
“There was a request for information,” Mr Myroshnychenko said. “Ukraine is looking for fighter jet capabilities, including this one,” he added.
The United States in May gave the green light to future deliveries of American-made F-16 fighter jets to Kiev, which has been relentlessly demanding them to counter Russian power in the air and hit the rear lines of troops in Moscow. .
FLOOD TOLL RISE TO 17 DEAD
Russia on Tuesday raised the death toll from flooding in areas it controls in southern Ukraine to 17, following the destruction of a dam on the Dnieper River last week.
“The death of 12 people in Golaia Pristan and five people in Alechki has been confirmed,” said the head of the Russian occupation in the Kherson region, Andrei Alekseyenko. A previous report communicated by the authorities installed by Russia reported 8 dead.
RUSSIAN ARMY SAYS HAS CAPTURED GERMAN AND AMERICAN TANKS
The Russian army claimed on Tuesday, with video support, to have captured for the first time on the front in Ukraine German-made Leopard tanks and American-made Bradley armored vehicles, supplied to Kiev by the West for its counter-offensive .
“Leopard tanks and Bradley infantry fighting vehicles. Now these are our trophies,” the Russian Defense Ministry said on Telegram, accompanying its message with a video filmed on the phone showing several damaged military vehicles.
STRIKE ON A BUILDING IN KRYVYI RIG
At least six people were killed by a Russian night strike that hit an apartment building in Kryvyi Rig, central Ukraine, according to a new report announced Tuesday morning by local authorities.
“Unfortunately, we already have six dead,” said Oleksandre Vilkoul, head of the municipal administration of this industrial locality, birthplace of President Volodymyr Zelensky, on Telegram. Earlier in the morning, Mr. Vilkoul had reported three dead, 25 injured and seven other people “probably under the rubble”.
POINT POSITION
The Ukrainian army offensive is “difficult” but “progressing”, said Volodymyr Zelensky. kyiv gave an upwardly revised toll of human losses caused by the floods following the destruction of a Kakhovka dam, with ten dead and 41 missing. Back to the highlights of the last 24 hours.
REPORTAGE
The counter-offensive led by the Ukrainian army in the east of the country has begun. President Zelensky and his staff want to play on the element of surprise, a key element. We only know that three localities were recaptured; our special envoys were able to go to this area.
ZELENSKY SALUTES A “DIFFICULT” OFFENSIVE
The long-awaited offensive of the Ukrainian army is “difficult” but “progressing”, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday, following his administration assured during the day that it had taken back at least seven villages from Russian forces.
“The fights are tough, but we are making progress, and that’s very important,” he said in his daily address. “Enemy casualties are exactly at the level we need.”
“The weather is not favorable – the rain makes our task more difficult – but the strength of our soldiers is giving good results”, he added, welcoming the return of the Ukrainian flag to “newly liberated territories”. .
3 DEAD AND 25 INJURED IN THE DNIPROPETROVSK REGION
A residential building was hit by a missile strike before dawn on Tuesday in the town of Kryvyi Rih, in the central-eastern Dnipropetrovsk region, killing three and seriously injuring 25, local authorities reported.
The head of the city’s military administration, Oleksandr Vilkul, said on his Telegram account that “high-precision monsters” hit the city in several places, including a five-story residential building.
“There are victims in extremely serious condition, there are probably people under the rubble,” he said shortly before the announcement of the first human toll.
BONJOUR
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