While all eyes are on the Middle East, fighting still rages in Ukraine. A deadly strike took place at a postal depot in the Kharkiv region while three Ukrainian missiles targeting Crimea were intercepted by the Russian army.
Ukrainian positions remain “protected” around Avdiïvka
Ukrainian positions remain “protected” around the disputed town of Avdiïvka, in the east, but the situation is “difficult” because Russian forces are carrying out numerous assaults, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday. “The areas of Avdiïvka and Marinka are particularly difficult. Numerous attacks by the Russians. But our positions are protected,” he assured in his daily message.
Avdiïvka, an industrial city, has been targeted in recent weeks by intense attacks by Russian troops, who seek to surround it.
Three Ukrainian missiles targeting Crimea shot down by Russia
These three projectiles were neutralized in the Kherson oblast, according to the pro-Russian authorities of the region annexed by Russia in 2014. According to a Telegram message and the collaborative Liveuamap map, explosions were heard in Sevastopol and a column of smoke s rose above the Cossack Bay, according to messages published on Telegram and the collaborative map Liveuamap. No official information has been released.
Deadly Russian strike at postal depot in Kharkiv region
At least six people were killed and 17 injured on Saturday by Russian missile attacks on a postal depot in the Kharkiv region in northeastern Ukraine, local officials reported. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shared a video on social media of what appears to be a badly damaged warehouse next to debris and a container bearing the logo of Ukrainian postal operator Nova Poshta.
The six people killed and the injured were “employees of the company who were inside the Nova Poshta terminal”, said the governor of the Kharkiv region, Oleg Sinegoubov.
kyiv will not agree to negotiate as long as Russia occupies Ukrainian territory
Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksi Danilov once again asserted that Ukraine will not conduct negotiations with Moscow as long as Russia occupies Ukrainian territory. “There will be no meaningful negotiations as long as Russia continues to occupy the territory [ukrainien]Crimea included,” he explained at Kyodo Newsa Japanese news agency.
He also indicated the country’s intention to continue its counter-offensive against military infrastructure in Russia, and added that Moscow had become “subordinate to China” in its attempts to move closer to Beijing for diplomatic and economic support.