2023-09-02 07:06:37
The night from Friday to Saturday was again the scene of drone attacks, naval this time. Russia said on Saturday September 2 that it had shot down three Ukrainian naval drones in the Black Sea which it said were targeting the Crimean bridge. “On September 2, at around 2 a.m. Moscow time, the third unmanned Ukrainian semi-submersible boat, sent by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack on the Crimean bridge, was destroyed in the Black Sea”, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Telegram. Follow our live.
Washington approves the sale of armored vehicles to Bulgaria. The United States announced Friday the approval of the sale of armored vehicles to Bulgaria for the amount of 1.5 billion dollars, a new major transaction with an Eastern European country member of the NATO, in the context of the war in Ukraine. In total, the US State Department has given the green light to the sale of 183 Stryker armored vehicles, half of which are infantry transport vehicles. This sale will allow the Balkan country to“use its increased capabilities to bolster its homeland defense and as a deterrent against regional threats”, assures Washington in a press release. It comes a month after Bulgaria agreed for the first time to send around 100 armored personnel carriers to Ukraine.
Ukraine claims a drone attack from Russian territory, a first. Kiev claimed to have carried out a drone attack this week against a Russian airport from Russian territory, a first, kyiv striving to carry hostilities to Russia in the midst of a counter-offensive to liberate the occupied areas. Drone attacks attributed to Ukraine and targeting both Moscow and other Russian cities have been almost daily for several months, while Russian forces continue their massive bombardments of Ukrainian cities.
Russia says it has seized “key positions on heights” near Kupyansk. Moscow claimed to have conquered “key positions on heights” near the city of Kupyansk in eastern Ukraine, a sector of the front on which his troops have been on the offensive for several weeks. “In the direction of Kupiansk, the tactical position of the units of the ‘Western’ group of troops has been improved by taking enemy bastions and key positions on heights”the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Telegram.
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