Ukraine war in the live ticker: +++ 03:40 Klitschko: Drone fragment hits Kiev city building +++

14.09.2024

Ukraine war in the live ticker
+++ 03:40 Klitschko: Drone fragment hits Kyiv city building +++

Kyiv’s mayor Vitali Klitschko reported on the messaging app Telegram that drone fragments had hit the Ukrainian capital. The fragments had fallen on a municipal building in the Kyiv district of Obolon, north of the city center, early in the morning. Klitschko wrote that emergency services were on their way to the scene. The mayor had previously stated that air defense units had been deployed in the capital.

+++ 01:35 Kim Jong Un promises Shoigu more cooperation +++
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un promises the Secretary of the Russian Security Council, Sergei Shoigu, greater cooperation. According to the state news agency KCNA, the two men had a “comprehensive exchange of views” during Shoigu’s visit to Pyongyang and reached a satisfactory consensus on issues such as greater “cooperation to defend mutual security interests.” Shoigu, who was Russian Defense Minister until May, initiated the start of closer relations between North Korea and Russia with a visit to Pyongyang in July last year.

+++ 23:36 Selenskyj presents his “victory plan” to Biden in September +++
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced a meeting with US President Joe Biden for September. “I will present him with the plan for victory,” the head of state said during an appearance in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. It is about a system of interdependent decisions that will give Ukraine sufficient strength to steer the war towards peace. “Such wars of conquest can be justified in several ways: either the occupying army is forced out by force or by diplomacy,” explained Zelensky. This will guarantee the country’s actual independence. However, Kyiv is dependent on the support of the United States to achieve the necessary strong position.

+++ 22:59 Russia shifts direction of attack to the south +++
According to the Ukrainian military, the heavy fighting in the east of the country is continuing. There were 115 battles, the General Staff in Kiev announced in its evening situation report. “The situation was hottest today in the direction of Kurakhove, but the enemy was also active in the direction of Lyman and Pokrovsk,” it said. Kurakhove is a small town south of Pokrovsk. For a long time, Pokrovsk was considered the main attack direction for Russian troops. Recently, however, the Russians have only been able to make a few gains in the area. Instead, they broadened their attack axis to the south in order to capture the mining town of Hirnyk near Kurakhove.

+++ 22:18 Selenskyj: Advance in Kursk has led to desired relief +++
According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian advance in the Russian region of Kursk is bringing the desired success. The enemy has been stopped in the Kharkiv region and the Russian advance has slowed in Donetsk, he says. Russia has not yet achieved any serious success in its counterattack in Kursk. Experts have recently repeatedly expressed doubts about the relocation of large Russian troop units from Donetsk and other regions to Kursk. Russia will have recaptured ten of the 100 occupied villages.

+++ 21:46 “The West is afraid” – Selenskyj with very clear words about allies +++
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accuses the West of being “afraid” to talk about helping Ukraine to shoot down Russian missiles. “If the allies are jointly shooting down missiles and drones in the Middle East, why is there still no similar decision to jointly shoot down Russian missiles and (Iranian) shahids in the skies of Ukraine?” Zelensky said at a conference in Kyiv. “They are afraid to even say: ‘We are working on it.’ And this does not happen even when missiles and drones are heading for the territory of our neighbors,” said the Ukrainian head of state. This is “shameful for the democratic world.”

+++ 21:30 Russia has so far deployed over 8,000 Iranian drones +++
According to the government in Kyiv, Russia has fired 8,060 Shahed drones developed by Iran at Ukraine since the beginning of the war. There are currently no statements from Iran or Russia. Ukraine first accused the government in Tehran of supplying the kamikaze drones to Russia in autumn 2022.

+++ 20:43 Permission for long-range weapons for Ukraine? USA blocks questions +++
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US President Joe Biden are meeting in Washington for talks. There is great anticipation as to whether there will be any announcements regarding the authorization of the use of long-range weapons for Ukraine. According to sources in the British Guardian, Britain has authorized Kyiv to launch attacks with Storm Shadow missiles. However, nothing will be announced on the subject at today’s meeting between the two partners, the report says. “I would not expect an announcement to be made today about the use of long-range weapons within Russia – certainly not by the US,” says the National Security Council’s communications director, John Kirby. He simply says that they are continuing to talk to Britain and France and other allies about “the nature of the capabilities that will be made available to Ukraine.” Kirby also does not give a clear answer to the question of whether the US government would announce it if there were a change. “I will not enter into a hypothetical discussion about what we will or will not say at a particular time.”

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