2023-06-11 11:26:15
11/6/2023–|Last updated: 11/6/202302:27 PM (Mecca Time)
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense said today that its forces had recovered a town north of the city of Bakhmut, in the east of the country, while the Kremlin expressed Moscow’s readiness to hold talks with Kiev without preconditions.
And Ukraine announced that its forces had regained control of the town of “Blagodny” in the vicinity of the city of Solidere, which is located north of Bakhmut, and the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense added that the Russian forces withdrew from Blagodny.
And the Ukrainian forces published pictures that they said were of soldiers raising the Ukrainian flag in the town. She indicated that she would publish pictures and information about what she called the progress of her units, at a later time.
Earlier, the spokesman for the Operations Command of Eastern Ukraine, Serhiy Cherivati, said that the Ukrainian forces advanced about 1,400 meters towards the Bakhmut region from different directions, taking advantage of the exchange of Russian forces there.
Cherivati added that his forces killed 138 Russian soldiers, and that the Russian bombardment continues on the positions of the Ukrainian forces and the cities and towns surrounding Bakhmut.
Kherson front
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense said that Russia had begun transferring units of elite forces to Kherson in the south of the country, specifically from the Marine Corps and Airborne Forces.
The Ukrainian General Staff stated that it bombed Russian military sites and shot down 4 Russian drones during the battles in Kherson Province.
Hana Malyar, the Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Defense, said that the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam a few days ago came to prevent an attack by the Ukrainian forces in Kherson, and to narrow the potential geography of the active actions of the Ukrainian army.
The Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Defense added that the bombing of the dam was also intended to provide an opportunity for the deployment of Russian reserve forces in the regions of Zaporizhia and Bakhmut.
In turn, the British Ministry of Defense said, today, Sunday, in its latest intelligence update that it is almost certain that the collapse of the Kakhovka Dam disrupted the main source of fresh water for the residents of the Ukrainian Crimea peninsula, which was annexed by Moscow in 2014.
Also regarding the dam, the Ukrainian Ministry of Interior said that the search for missing persons is still continuing after the destruction of the dam, as there are still 29 missing persons.
Kiev and Moscow share responsibility for the bombing of the Kakhovka Dam and also for the bombing of civilians during the rescue operations that take place in the aftermath of the dam bombing.
Russian novel
Meanwhile, a spokesman for the Russian Ministry of Defense said that the Ukrainian forces lost 9 tanks, including 4 German “Leopard” models, during the Russian forces’ repulsion of attacks in Zaporizhia and southern Donetsk province.
The Russian spokesman added that the losses of the Ukrainian side on the last day amounted to 300 soldiers and 9 tanks, including 4 Leopard tanks.
According to the same spokesman, during the day, Russian forces repelled 5 Ukrainian attacks in the regions of Klychevka and Dubovo Vasilievka in southern Donetsk, and more than 200 Ukrainian soldiers were killed.
The Russian air defenses also shot down a Ukrainian fighter in the Platonovka region in the province that forms with Lugansk Province the Donbass region.
And the Russian Ministry of Defense published pictures that it said were of the extent of the destruction of Ukrainian equipment during the clashes that took place south of Donetsk, and said that 12 American-made Bradley tanks were completely destroyed.
Russian interior
The governor of the Kaluga region, south of the Russian capital, Moscow, said that two Ukrainian drones fell in uninhabited areas in the province, stressing that there were no damages or injuries.
This incident comes less than a week after an accident involving two drones, targeting the district, 400 km southwest of Moscow.
And in the Russian border province of Belgorod with Ukraine, the governor of the region said that Ukrainian forces bombed separate areas of the province about 175 times yesterday, Saturday.
The Russian governor added that the Ukrainian bombing led to the derailment of 15 empty train cars in the Alekseevsky area.
In political developments, the Russian presidency announced today, Sunday, that Moscow does not have any preconditions for possible talks with Kiev.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in televised statements that Russia understands that the regime in Kiev is neither willing nor ready for dialogue.
Peskov added that Moscow does not see any basis, even if it is weak, to build a dialogue with Kiev.
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