Here is the circumstance on Saturday, August 19, 2023.
Combating
- A Russian rocket attack on the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv eliminated 7 individuals and injured 144, according to authorities. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated the dead consisted of a six-year-old woman which there were 15 kids amongst the injured. “Our soldiers will react to Russia for this terrorist attack– a concrete response,” he vowed.
- A United Nations main knocked the raid, which came throughout the Orthodox vacation of the Transfiguration of the Lord, as “abhorrent”.
- The strike hit a theatre in Chernihiv’s primary square throughout an event of drone makers and aerial reconnaissance training schools, organiser Mariia Berlinska validated. Berlinska stated the occasion was formally settled on beforehand with the regional authorities and location.
- Ukrainian authorities likewise reported downing more than a lots Russian drones in an over night attack. Russian forces “assaulted from the north with ‘Shahed-136/ 131’ attack UAVs. An overall of 17 attack drones were introduced from the Kursk area,” the Ukrainian Air Force stated on Telegram.
- On the battleground, the Russian army stated it “gotten rid of” 150 Ukrainian soldiers who attempted to cross the Dnipro River into Russian-occupied area in southern Ukraine.
- In Russia, the defence ministry reported a flurry of Ukrainian drone attacks targeting the areas of Moscow, Novgorod and Belgorod. It stated the drone targeting the Novgorod area harmed a warplane and triggered a fire at a military airfield.
- The tried attack on Moscow resulted in a short-term closure of Moscow’s Domodedovo and Vnukovo airports, the state-run TASS news firm stated.
- The Kremlin stated Russian President Vladimir Putin took a trip to the southern city of Rostov-on-Don, where he listened to reports from Valery Gerasimov, the leader in charge of Moscow’s operations in Ukraine. He likewise consulted with other leading military brass at the head office of Russia’s Southern Military District.
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, on the other hand, stated in an interview released on Saturday that Moscow’s nuclear weapons safeguard it from security dangers which the Kremlin needs to continuously advise the West of the dangers of a nuclear dispute.
Military Aid
- Ukraine’s Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov stated training has actually started for Ukrainian soldiers to run United States F16 fighter jets and included that the procedure might take a minimum of 6 months and potentially longer.
Diplomacy
- Zelenskyy consulted with Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson in Harpsund, west of the Swedish capital, Stockholm, and requested for Gripen air jets to enhance Ukraine’s air defences. The Ukrainian president and very first girl, Olena Zelenska, later on satisfied Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia at a palace in the location.
- Ukraine and Sweden likewise signed an arrangement that will see Kyiv start production of Sweden’s CV90 fight car.
Source
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Al Jazeera and news companies