Ukraine war in the live ticker: +++ 01:29 Ukrainian army under pressure in Pokrovsk +++

24.09.2024

Ukraine war in the live ticker
+++ 01:29 Ukrainian army under pressure in Pokrovsk +++

The Ukrainian military says it is still under pressure in the east of the country. “The situation in the Pokrovsk and Kurakhove area remains tense,” said the General Staff in Kiev in its evening report. Of the 125 Russian attacks along the front, more than 50 were in this sector. “The enemy made the main efforts in the direction of Pokrovsk,” specified the Ukrainian military leadership. While independent observers themselves confirm that the Ukrainians have slowed the Russian advance on the strategically important Pokrovsk, the situation in front of Kurakhove further south remains dangerous for the defenders. Advances by Russian troops near the mining town of Hirnyk threaten to encircle several units there. A similar bypass of the defensive positions was also indicated further south near the town of Vuhledar, which the Russians tried in vain to take with frontal attacks in the past.

+++ 00:28 US citizen convicted in Russia of child abduction +++
A US citizen was sentenced to prison in Russia six years ago because, according to the judiciary, he wanted to leave the country with his Russian son without the mother’s consent. A court in the Kaliningrad enclave found the man guilty of attempted “kidnapping”. He must therefore serve his sentence in a penal colony. According to the verdict, the US citizen had attempted to travel to Poland with his four-year-old son in July 2023. “Without obtaining the mother’s consent, he tried to take the child out of the country,” the court said on the Telegram online service. According to the verdict, he had tried to cross the border into Poland with the boy through a forest area before he was stopped by border officials. Relations between the US and Russia are extremely tense, particularly because of the Ukraine conflict.

+++ 23:14 Russia reports deaths after attack on Belgorod +++
According to local authorities, three people were killed in an attack on a Russian village on the border with Ukraine. The village of Archangelskoye, five kilometers from the border, was “bombed by the Ukrainian army” on Monday, the governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said on the Telegram online service. Two adults and a teenager were killed. There were also two injured, including a child, the governor added.

+++ 22:13 Selenskyj thanks Scholz for German support at meeting in New York +++
After a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in New York, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj emphasized the importance of Germany. “We are deeply grateful to Germany for its support,” Zelenskyj said on X. “Together we have saved thousands of lives and we can certainly do even more to strengthen security across the entire European continent.” Scholz, meanwhile, reiterated the German government’s position not to provide Ukraine with long-range weapons.

+++ 21:35 Forbes: While only Russian aircraft carrier decays, crew is sent to war +++
Russia has a single aircraft carrier. It is called the “Admiral Kuznetsov” and is a frequent subject of reports, as it has only been deployed a few times since it was launched in the 1980s – but has always suffered from breakdowns. Now the magazine “Forbes” is reporting that more and more soldiers from the 15,000-strong Kuznetsov crew are being sent to the war in Ukraine. Not on their aircraft carrier, however, but as part of their own battalion. According to “Forbes”, this is one of the measures to cover Russia’s monthly recruitment needs, which the magazine estimates at 30,000 new fighters each month. The Kuznetsov is falling into disrepair, however, and is increasingly likely to become a permanent “resident of the Murmansk coastline”, where, according to the report, it will be stationed for a long time.

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