Latest Updates on Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Drone Shootdown, Annexed Territories Elections, Aid Worker Tragedy, and US Analysis

2023-09-11 06:50:46

Russia claimed on Monday, September 11, to have shot down two Ukrainian drones over the Belgorod region, on the border with Ukraine, without causing any casualties. “Our defense system worked in the Yakovlevsky urban district: two aerial drones were shot down”, the region’s governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said on Telegram, adding that debris from the devices had fallen on a road near a residential building. Follow our live stream.

Moscow claims a large victory for Putin’s party in the elections in the annexed territories. The Central Election Commission of Russia affirmed on Sunday evening that the Russian president’s United Russia party had come first in these regional elections in the four territories annexed to Ukraine (Zaporizhia, Kherson, Donetsk and Luhansk), by more than 70%. votes. Polls considered as “illegal” by kyiv and its allies.

Two Western aid workers killed in Ukraine. A Canadian and a Spanish woman were killed on Sunday near Bakhmut, in the east of the country, in an attack attributed by kyiv to Russian troops. The two humanitarians worked for the NGO Road to Relief.

Still “30 to 45 days” of Ukrainian offensive, according to Washington. General Mark Milley, American Chief of Staff, judges in an interview at the BBC that this firing window is sufficient for the Ukrainians to succeed in their counter-offensive before the weather conditions deteriorate.

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