2023-10-25 06:45:00
Day 609: About 1,000 civilians still in the heavily contested city of Avdiivka. Another CEO of a Russian oil company dies. All information in the news blog.
The most important things at a glance
Russian Army: Defense Minister Shoigu visits command posts in Ukraine
8:53 a.m.: Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu visited a command post in Ukraine, according to the Russian army. As shown in a video distributed by the army on Wednesday, he arrived by helicopter at the “Vostok” command post in the east of the country. The army did not say when the visit took place.
According to the information, Shoigu was presented with a report on the situation at the front and on the training of Russian special forces responsible for the use of drones. Shoigu also spoke to high-ranking military representatives regarding preparations for the winter with regard to uniforms and heaters for the soldiers.
Shoigu’s last visit to the front was in August. At that time he had inspected a command post and was shown a Swedish infantry fighting vehicle that the Russian forces had taken from the Ukrainian army during battles.
Russian drone attack on Khmelnytskyi in western Ukraine
7:52 a.m.: According to Ukrainian information, Russian troops attacked the Khmelnytsky Oblast in western Ukraine with drones on Wednesday night. The Ukrainian air defense intercepted and destroyed the drones, a representative of the oblast said on the short message service Telegram. In the Shepetivka district, an important piece of critical infrastructure was hit and damaged by falling debris.
At least 16 people were injured. The blast wave from the detonations damaged homes, other buildings and vehicles. The Ukrainian military said on Facebook that its air force had destroyed all 11 Russian drones fired at Ukraine during the night. Khmelnytsky Oblast has repeatedly been the target of Russian drone and missile attacks. Experts estimate that a Ukrainian military airfield in the area is the reason for this.
Zelenskyj: “We use all means”
4:13 a.m.: In his evening video address on Tuesday, Ukrainian President Zelensky also addressed the residents of the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014 in violation of international law, and citizens in other Moscow-controlled areas in the east and south of Ukraine. “You all feel that the Russian presence in our country is not permanent. I know that,” he said. Ukraine will retake its territories and the people there. “We will leave no one behind. We will use all means to ensure that this war ends with the occupiers’ defeat.”
The Ukrainian president also emphasized yesterday in a video address at a Crimea Platform conference: “Russia’s defeat means security for Europe.” He said at the meeting of Ukrainian supporters in Prague that Crimea also had to be retaken to free the people there from Russian oppression. Almost ten years following the annexation of Crimea, pro-Ukrainian currents on the peninsula are now growing stronger, said Zelensky. The nuclear power Russia has repeatedly emphasized that it will defend Crimea with all means at its disposal.
Another CEO of a Russian oil company dies
2:34 a.m.: The Russian oil company Lukoil has now also lost his successor following the fatal defenestration of its CEO last year. The company announced on Tuesday in Moscow that 66-year-old Vladimir Nekrasov died of acute heart failure.
According to media reports, the manager expressed his discomfort with the Ukraine war last year and expressed his condolences to the victims of the invasion. It is well known that open criticism does not go down well with the authoritarian ruler in the Kremlin.
Nekrasov had worked at the company for decades. He was appointed last year following then-CEO Rawil Maganov died following falling from the window of a Moscow hospital.
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