At a press conference on Wednesday, when asked whether more recruits should be called up in view of the high losses, Zelenskyy also stated that the military leadership was asking for more soldiers to be mobilized.
Second freighter is said to have left Odessa
3:53 p.m.: A second cargo ship has left the port of Odessa. The “Primus” is on its way to Bulgaria, Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Honcharenko said on Telegram. He posted a picture showing the ship leaving the port.
After the end of the grain agreement between Ukraine and Russia, a “humanitarian corridor” was established in the Black Sea through which ships that have been stuck in ports since the beginning of the war can leave Ukraine despite Russian threats. Last week, the “Joseph Schulte” was the first ship to reach Istanbul via the corridor.
Three Ukrainian pilots die in plane crash
2:48 p.m.: According to media reports, three pilots were killed in a collision between two planes in Ukraine on Saturday. Two L-39 training aircraft collided in the air in the Zhytomyr region on Friday evening, sources said. The pilot Andriy Pilschchykov, known under his pseudonym “Juice”, is among the victims.
His friend Pavlo Pozeluyev confirmed Pilschchykov’s death on social media. Pilshchykov was a pilot of the Mig-29 fighter jet and had taken part in a number of air battles since the start of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, including in the defense of Kiev. In interviews with Western media, he had repeatedly asked for the delivery of Western F-16 fighter jets.
Dead in Russian attack on café near Kharkiv
11:53 a.mAccording to the authorities there, two people were killed in Russian shelling in eastern Ukraine. One person was injured when a café in the village of Podoly was hit, Kharkov region governor Oleh Synehubov wrote on Telegram.
Podoly was occupied by Russian soldiers shortly after the Russian invasion in February 2022, but was recaptured by Ukrainian troops in September. The Russian army has been trying to advance on the front in the Kharkiv region in recent weeks.
The Ukrainian army speaks of battles that have become more difficult. However, their own positions were successfully defended. For the time being, there was no reaction from Moscow to the report on the latest attack in Podoly. Russia has consistently denied allegations of targeting civilians.
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