2023-08-16 08:26:29
Ukraine accuses Russia of carrying out two drone attacks on grain warehouses at a port in the Odessa region (Ukraine) on Wednesday August 16. “Consequence of enemy strikes on one of the Danube ports: grain warehouses were damaged”, says the governor of the Odessa region, Oleg Kiper, on social networks. Follow our live.
kyiv claims to have taken over a village on the southern front. Ukraine claims to have regained control of a village in the Donetsk region as part of its counter-offensive once morest Russia. “Ourozhaine has been liberated. Our defenders are established nearby. The offensive continues” in the region, Deputy Defense Minister Ganna Maliar said in a statement.
Another drone incursion into Russia. Moscow said on Wednesday it shot down three Ukrainian drones in the Kaluga region (Russia), located southwest of the capital. “All drones were detected and destroyed in time by Russian air defense systems”continued the Ministry of Defense, adding that the attack caused no casualties or damage.
Russia evokes an attempted incursion into the Briansk region. Russian forces prevented an incursion of a “group of saboteurs” Ukrainians in this border area of Ukraine, assured the regional governor, Alexander Bogomaz. According to this same source, “no one was hurt”but industrial premises and a car were damaged by Ukrainian shelling.
Volodymyr Zelensky met troops on the southern front. Ukraine’s president met with Ukrainian troops in the Zaporizhia region on Tuesday, according to the presidency. “Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the locations of brigades conducting offensive operations in the Melitopol sector”, assured the Ukrainian presidency in a press release.
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