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The Russian Defense Ministry added in its daily report that the “Central” forces struck formations of 4 Ukrainian brigades in their area of ​​responsibility and repelled 7 counterattacks, while the enemy’s losses amounted to about 530 soldiers.

The Russian Defense Ministry stated that the total losses of the Ukrainian army during the past day reached about 2,145 soldiers. The following are the most important points in the Russian Defense Ministry report:

• Units of the “North” group of forces targeted enemy formations on the Lipetsk (Kharkov) and Sumy axes and repelled 3 counterattacks, the enemy lost about 115 soldiers.
• Units of the “West” group of forces improved their tactical position and repelled 4 counterattacks, inflicting losses on the enemy of up to 490 soldiers.
• Units of the “South” forces group took control of more suitable lines and positions, enemy losses included about 780 soldiers, and two field ammunition depots were destroyed.
• Units of the “East” group of forces improved their position on the front line, while Ukrainian forces lost about 145 servicemen.
• Units of the Dnepr group of troops struck enemy formations in the Kherson region, and the enemy’s losses there exceeded 85 servicemen.
• Last night, Russian forces launched a massive air-to-air strike with long-range, high-precision weapons, including Kinzhal missiles, as well as drones, on critical airport infrastructure facilities in Ukraine.
• Hit of enemy forces and military equipment in 142 areas
• 4 Tochka-U tactical missiles, 3 French-made Hammer guided bombs and 31 drones were shot down.

Source: RT

On Monday, hurricane-force winds and snow battered southern Ukraine, which has already been hit hard by Russia’s full-scale invasion.

Strong winds are also raging in Moscow-occupied territories of Ukraine and southern Russia.

“Twelve people died due to weather conditions,” said Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenka.

Since Tuesday, that number has increased by one person. Another 23 people were injured, the minister added.

According to officials, although the adverse weather conditions have subsided, hundreds of villages are still without electricity.

Currently, intensive repair work is underway in the southern regions of Ukraine. Kyiv said that in the event of a power outage, Ukraine imports it from its three western neighbors.

The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine announced that 812 settlements were left without electricity due to bad weather conditions and the ongoing war.

According to the ministry, 368 settlements lost power due to the storm, and another 444 due to hostilities and technical problems.

Ukraine has been intensively preparing for Moscow’s campaign for weeks, fearing that it will launch attacks on the country’s energy grids.

Last winter, such attacks left millions of Ukrainians in the dark and cold.

Energy operator Ukrenerho said that the most difficult situation is currently in the southern regions of Odesa and Kherson, where Russia is constantly conducting attacks.

The operator imports electricity from neighboring Slovakia, Romania and Moldova, Ukrenerho said.

Moscow said four people were killed in storms in occupied Crimea and southern Russia.

On Wednesday, Moscow-appointed head of Crimea Sergei Aksionov declared a state of emergency in 15 municipalities on the peninsula, including the main city of Simferopol and the seaside resort of Yalta.

He indicated that about 43 thousand people remained without electricity. people and that repairs are underway.

On Monday, the Russian Energy Ministry reported that nearly two million people were without power due to severe storms in Russia and the Moscow-occupied territories of Ukraine.

BRUSSELS (EFE).— The city yesterday inaugurated the floral carpet that adorns its emblematic “Grand Place” every two years and which in this edition was created by Belgian artist Océane Cornille and is dedicated to “Art Nouveau.”

Brussels is expecting thousands of visitors by Sunday to admire a carpet made up of some 105,000 flowers, making it a unique tapestry in the world.

The last edition of this event, held in 2022, attracted around 150,000 people, according to organizers.

This year’s event, which is celebrating its 23rd edition, aims to pay tribute to Brussels as the floral capital of Europe and also seeks to highlight the city as an artistic reference and the birthplace of surrealism.

The designer

“For me, creating this design is a really nice opportunity. It is very interesting to be able to work with plants in urban spaces,” said Océane Cornille, the artist who designed this edition, in an interview with EFE. She studied at the Ecole Supérieure de l’Art de Liège and specialised in street art.

The dahlias, all grown and harvested in Belgium, began to arrive early in the morning.

Volunteers worked from 7 a.m. to build the drawing, which measures 70 meters long by 24 meters wide.

“I wanted to show the diversity of this city, where every neighbourhood has its own cultural, linguistic and historical identity, and forms this crazy city,” says Océane, who has previously worked painting murals on walls in different parts of Belgium.

The artist’s goal in this edition was to break with the classic design of previous editions and create a piece more focused on street art.

“This year’s work consists of an accumulation of vegetal and organic elements that roam freely in the tapestry and create this movement of displacement that we find naturally in the inhabitants of the city,” reflects the artist.

The assembly process has two phases: first, a sketch of the design is printed and placed on the ground, with numbers written on it, each of which corresponds to a type of flower. Secondly, volunteers can easily fill in each area and create the complete drawing.

Around 130 people are involved in placing the flowers, mainly dahlias, according to the organisation.