978 days ago, the Russian attack on Ukraine began. Residents of annexed Crimea heard several explosions near Russian military airfields. 21 people, including five children, were injured as a result of the attack of Russian troops on Kharkiv. North Korean soldiers are transported to the front in trucks with civilian license plates. This is what happened in the last 24 hours in Ukraine and its surroundings.
> Residents of the cities of Zhankoy, Simferopol and Khvardiske of the annexed Crimea heard a series of explosions in the area of Russian military airfields on Sunday night, the “Krymsky Vetier” TV channel reported on Monday. . The details of the attacks are not known. Authorities in the annexed peninsula have issued air raid warnings.
> In the last 24 hours, at least five people were killed and 13 injured as a result of shelling by Russian forces in the Kherson region, the head of the authorities of this region, Alexander Prokudin, said on Telegram.
> 21 people, including five children, were injured as a result of the attack of Russian troops on Kharkiv, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine reports. Russian forces attacked Kharkiv using guided bombs on Sunday evening.
Emergency services at the scene of the attack in Kharkiv DSNS of Ukraine
> President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday that Russia had used more than 1,100 aerial bombs, 560 attack aircraft and about 20 missiles against Ukraine in the past week.
> Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that the Russian Defense Ministry is working on different ways to respond if the United States and its NATO allies help Ukraine launch a deep attack on Russia with long-range missiles from the West.
> Military intelligence in Kiev reported on Sunday that on that day the Russian military police stopped a truck of North Korean soldiers at one of the points on the Kursk-Voronezh route. A radio conversation between the two officers, which was heard and published by Ukrainian intelligence, shows that they were surprised by this fact. “The Russians have determined that the truck actually belongs to the occupation army and helped transport troops from North Korea,” the military intelligence service in Kiev said.
As previously revealed by South Korean intelligence, the Pyongyang regime has sent about 3,000 troops to the Russian Far East, and at least 10,000 troops are expected to arrive there by the end of this year.
North Korean soldiers at a Russian base. Ukrainians publish records of the Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security of Ukraine
> The Russian propaganda channel on Telegram, Fighterbomber, reported the crash of a Mi-28 attack helicopter in the Kerch Strait area. According to the report of the Ukrainian news agency UNIAN, the task of the Mi-28 aircraft in the region of Crimea, which is annexed by the Russian army, is to protect the Crimean bridge, which may be attacked by Ukrainian forces again.
Russian Mi-28 helicopter. Stock Photo / Shutterstock
> The Judo Federation of Ukraine announced the death of Daniel Klass, who died at the front. In 2017, this talented 23-year-old was the winner of the bronze medal of the Judo Championship among youths under 17 years of age of Ukraine, and in 2018, he was the winner of the cadet competition among youths under 18 years of age.
> President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi said on Sunday that cooperation within the framework of the “Ukraine and Northern Europe” format is gaining momentum, and more steps are expected next week to increase pressure on Russia. Zelensky thanked each country with this rank: Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland. – We are constantly increasing our cooperation within this format. Defense, political and economic – said the president.
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