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Fact of the day
The Russia claimed on Sunday the conquest of a new village in the Ukrainian region of Donetsk (to the east), where its army has been advancing more rapidly in recent weeks against Kiev’s undermanned and under-equipped troops.
“Units of the Centre armed group have liberated the locality of Voltchenka,” said the Russian Defense Ministry in a statement. The town is about 5 km from the industrial city of Kurakhove.
Admiral Tony Radakin, British Chief of Staff, told the BBC that Russia was making territorial gains, but stressed that these were “tiny portions of territory”. He claimed that an average of 1,500 Russian soldiers were killed or wounded every day in October. This was the worst month for the Russian army in terms of casualties since the war began in February 2022.
“Russia is on the verge of reaching 700,000 people killed or wounded, which illustrates the enormous pain and suffering the Russian nation has to endure because of the ambition of President Vladimir Putin “he added.
Sentence of the day
” “The signals are positive. Trump, during his election campaign, said that he perceives all this [le conflit en Ukraine] via agreements. And that he can get a deal that brings peace.” “
These were the words of Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov in an interview broadcast on Sunday.
Number of the day
144. Ukraine was targeted on Saturday night by 145 Russian drones. A “record”, said the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky on the X social network.
In a statement, the Ukrainian Air Force said that 62 of these 145 drones had been neutralized over thirteen regions of the country.