2023-09-25 14:56:19
The first American Abrams tanks have arrived in Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Monday, September 25, welcoming this “good news”. “Abrams are already in Ukraine and are preparing to reinforce our brigades”, declared the Ukrainian president on Telegram without further details, while the United States had promised the delivery of these armored vehicles last week. Follow our live stream.
The Ukrainian military claims to have killed the commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. He died Friday in a strike against the headquarters of the Russian fleet in Sevastopol, in annexed Crimea, according to kyiv. “Thirty-four officers, including the commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, died” following the strike, Ukrainian special forces said on Telegram.
Russia places ICC president on its wanted list. Moscow has added the president of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Pole Piotr Hofmanski, to its wanted list, without specifying the reason. In the spring, the ICC issued an arrest warrant targeting Vladimir Putin for his role in the deportation of Ukrainian children.
Odessa region attacked by Russian drones. Moscow “attacked the Odessa region with offensive drones and two types of missiles”explains on Telegram the governor of the region, Oleg Kiper, who mentions several “strikes”including the attack of a “port infrastructure”. According to kyiv, 19 drones, all destroyed, and 14 missiles, 11 of which were shot down, targeted this region of southern Ukraine, regularly targeted by Russia. A woman was injured.
A second Ukrainian wheat cargo ship in Istanbul. L’Aroyat, a bulk carrier flying the flag of Palau, left on Friday from Chornomorsk, near Odessa. It is the second ship to use a maritime corridor set up by kyiv, along the western coasts of the Black Sea, to circumvent Russia’s blockade.
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