2023-08-11 14:28:17 Zelensky fires all regional military leaders
Zelensky also announced that “before the appointment of new heads” of regional military recruitment “there will be an inspection by the SBU”, the security service of Ukraine. “In two weeks there will be a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council on this issue. “Decisions will also be” made, promised Zelensky. Ukrainska Pravda reports it.
2023-08-11 14:27:23 Moscow closes the airspace of two airports
The airspace of Kaluga airport, a Russian city about 160km southwest of Moscow, has been closed, a source at Russian aviation authorities told TASS. “The airspace above the Kaluga airport has been closed to ensure the safety of civilian aircraft flights,” the source said. This morning, the capital’s emergency services temporarily closed Vnukovo airport (south-west of Moscow) due to the presence of a drone. Meanwhile, according to eyewitnesses quoted on Telegram by pro-Russian blogger Oleksandr Talipov, a drone crashed northwest of the capital.
The Russian army today launched four Kinzhal hypersonic missiles towards the Kolomyia airport in the Ivano-Frankivsk region in western Ukraine: two hit the airport area, one fell in a nearby residential area, killing an eight-year-old boy years and the fourth was intercepted and shot down over the skies of Kiev. This was announced by the Ukrainian Air Force, as reported by Rbc-Ukraine. The news of the child’s death had earlier been given by the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office. For his part, the spokesman of the military administration of Kiev, Mykhailo Shamanov, had said this morning that more than one Kinzhal had been shot down over the capital’s skies, while in reality it was a single missile. Its debris fell in two districts of the city, including Obolon, where it landed on the grounds of a children’s hospital without causing injuries or deaths. The four Kh-47 Kinzhal missiles were fired from four MiG-31Ks while in the airspace of Russia’s Tula and Lipetsk regions, the Ukrainian Air Force said, and entered Ukrainian airspace from the north.
2023-08-11 13:45:39 007 Ukrainians: attacks will increase, Muscovites increasingly insecure
Muscovites expect more attacks, especially since the air defenses are “outdated, ineffective” and are unable to protect Russian citizens, said the spokesman of the Ukrainian military intelligence, Andriy Yusov, quoted by the Kiev Post. “Considering the dynamics of recent months, the number, geography and intensity, it is logical to anticipate an increase in daily attacks.” “The concept of security is increasingly distant from Moscow residents,” he added.
2023-08-11 12:32:07 Medvedev: ‘Kiev’s surrender could lead to peace’
Deputy head of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev wants Ukraine to surrender, but is not sure that this too would lead to peace with Russia. On Telegram he writes: «The people who suffer in the trenches of a divided country really only need to surrender, which, perhaps, would pave the way for peace.
But peace is not wanted either in Washington or in Kiev» 2023-08-11 12:26:11 Russia, airport reopened after drone threat
The airport of the Russian city of Kaluga has been reopened to traffic: a source of the Russian aviation authorities told TASS without providing details. The source confirmed that Moscow’s Vnukovo airport has also been reopened. Meanwhile, local Telegram channels reported that the Kaluga airport had been closed due to the presence of drones in the homonymous region for the second consecutive day.
2023-08-11 10:41:00 Kyiv attacked with hypersonic missiles Kinzhal
Kyiv was attacked today with Kinzhal hypersonic missiles and all enemy targets were shot down: the spokesman of the military administration of the Ukrainian capital, Mykhailo Shamanov, told the Kyiv24 TV channel, as reported by Rbc-Ukraine.
2023-08-11 09:52:11 Explosions in Kiev, rocket fragments on hospital
Explosions were heard in Kiev and fragments of a Russian missile fell on the ground of a children’s hospital in the capital’s Obolon district, according to correspondents of the Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne and the city’s Military Administration. For his part, the mayor of Kiev, Vitali Klitschko, said that the debris from the missile caused no injuries or casualties.
2023-08-11 08:27:25 Zaporizhzhia, hotel used by UN officials hit
Yesterday’s Russian missile attack on the city of Zaporizhzhia that left one dead and at least 16 injured hit a hotel that was often used by United Nations staff and NGO operators; said the UN humanitarian coordinator in Ukraine, Denise Brown, as reported by Reuters on her website. In an email sent to the Brown news agency she said she was “bewildered” by the attack on the Reikartz hotel on the Dnipro River.
2023-08-11 08:23:05 Explosive Kherson
Explosions were heard this morning in Kherson, in southern Ukraine: local Telegram channels report it, as reported by Rbc-Ucrain
2023-08-11 08:22:42 Moscow two drones shot down in Kursk
Russia reports that it has intercepted and shot down two other “Ukrainian drones”. According to the governor of Kursk, Roman Starovoyt, who reported the operation via Telegram, the two drones “were headed for Kursk”. The region is located in western Russia. “Around 11 pm the air defense forces shot down two Ukrainian unmanned aircraft headed for Kursk”, Starovoyt said, thanking “our soldiers” for their work and “professionalism”. Yesterday, the Moscow Defense Ministry confirmed that 13 drones flying in the direction of Moscow and Sevastopol had been shot down the previous night.
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