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Zelenskyj: Security agreement with the USA soon
6.30 p.m.: According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine and the USA are preparing a bilateral security agreement. “We are already working on a concrete text,” says Zelenskyj in his evening video speech. The aim is to make this the strongest of all security agreements. Kiev has already concluded a number of security agreements with various European states in recent months. Zelensky does not provide any information on when the security agreement between Kiev and Washington will be signed.
“We are also working on setting specific support levels for this year and for the next ten years,” said Zelensky, outlining the agreement planned with Washington. This included armed support, financial support, political support and support for joint arms production. “The agreement should truly be exemplary and reflect the strength of American leadership.”
Russia reports progress in eastern Ukraine
1:51 p.m.: According to an agency report, Russia has taken over the town of Novobachmutivka in the Ukrainian Donetsk Oblast. It is close to the town of Ocheretyne, which has been hotly contested in recent days, as the Interfax agency reports, citing the Russian Defense Ministry. The information cannot currently be independently verified.
Russian authorities report large-scale drone attack
8:59 a.m.: Russia says it shot down 17 Ukrainian drones in several western regions on Sunday night. “The air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 17 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles,” the Russian Defense Ministry said on the Telegram online service. Accordingly, most of the drones were shot down in regions bordering Ukraine: nine in Bryansk, three in Kursk and two in Belgorod. According to the ministry, three more drones were destroyed in the Kaluga region.
Ukraine has reported several attacks on Russian oil refineries in recent months. Moscow also recently carried out severe attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, bringing some production to a standstill and leading to power outages and rationing.
Authorities: Hotel in Mykolaiv damaged by drone attack
7:41 a.m.: According to local authorities, a hotel was severely damaged in a Russian drone attack on the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv. There were no casualties and the fire that broke out as a result of the attack was quickly extinguished, the governor of the Mykolaiv region, Vitaly Kim, said on Telegram. The Russian state news agency RIA, citing Russian underground fighters in the Mykolaiv region, reports that mercenaries from English-speaking countries were staying in the hotel. The Reuters news agency cannot independently confirm the reports.
Institute: Russia will ‘make significant tactical gains’
4.50 a.m.: The American Institute for War Studies expects Russia to make “significant tactical gains” in the coming weeks as Ukraine awaits the arrival of US supplies. However, it is unlikely that the Russian armed forces will be able to overwhelm the Ukrainian defense, according to Saturday’s situation report. The Russian armed forces would have the opportunity to make significant tactical gains in the Avdiivka area and pursue an operationally important goal by taking Chasiv Yar. Here you can read more about it.
Russia places Bosch subsidiary under Gazprom control
2:10 a.m.: Germany and Italy have reacted angrily to Moscow’s decision to place the Bosch subsidiary BSH Household Appliances and the Russian subsidiary of the Italian heating technology company Ariston Thermo Group under “provisional supervision” of the Gazprom group. “We condemn the compulsory administration that has been ordered and reserve the right to react further in close coordination with Italy,” said the Foreign Office on Saturday evening. The Italian government summoned the Russian ambassador.
