Ukraine-Russia Conflict Updates: Russian Army Loses 900 Men in 24 Hours, Strikes in Ukraine, Behind the Scenes of Sabotage

2023-10-21 14:24:41

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Saturday October 21, 2023

11:59

RUSSIAN ARMY LOST 900 MEN IN 24 HOURS, UKRAINE SAYS

According to the Ukrainian army, the Russian army lost around 900 men – killed or wounded – and 150 armored vehicles were put out of action on the Avdiïvka front in 24 hours. “The enemy has repeated its attacks and is not abandoning its attempts to surround Avdiivka,” the Ukrainian army general staff said in its morning report on Facebook. “Our soldiers firmly hold the lines of defense.”

President Volodymyr Zelensky said on

Ukraine eliminates 900 Russian soldiers in 24 hours Source: TF1 Info

11:41

STRIKES IN THE SOUTH

Several Russian strikes have left at least three dead and four injured in Ukraine over the past 24 hours, notably in Kryvyi Rig, the hometown of President Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukrainian authorities announced on Saturday.

On Friday evening, the bombing of a residential area left one dead and one injured in Kryvyï Rig, in the Dnipropetrovsk region, according to the national police. Another person died in a bombing in Nikopol, a town located on the bank of the Dnieper River, about 100 kilometers east of Kryvyi Rig, the regional administration said.

Even further south, in the Kherson region, a series of strikes has left one dead and one injured since Friday morning, according to national authorities.

07:30

BEHIND THE SCENES OF SABOTAGE

On October 5, the Ukrainian Bratstvo battalion carried out acts of sabotage against Russian troops in annexed Crimea. Exclusively for LCI, Commander “Borghese”, the brains of the operation, tells the story behind the scenes of this commando mission carried out in the greatest secrecy.

International07:29

ASSAULT ON THE CITY OF AVDIIVKA

Kiev announced yesterday that it had repelled a new Russian assault on the town of Avdiïvka, an industrial city in the east of its territory and targeted in recent weeks by intense Russian attacks. “The enemy has reiterated its attacks and is not abandoning its attempts to encircle Avdiivka,” the Ukrainian army general staff said on Facebook, while ensuring that it had inflicted “catastrophic losses” on the opposing camp. According to this source, the Russian army lost around 900 men, killed or wounded, and 150 armored vehicles knocked out of action in this area in 24 hours.

07:27

A SECOND AMERICAN JOURNALIST IN PRISON

A Russian court has extended until October 23 the detention of Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, who was arrested this week and became the second American reporter detained in Russia after Evan Gershkovich. “By decision of the court, the period of detention of Alsu Kurmasheva is extended by 72 hours,” said the Sovetsky court in Kazan, in the Russian region of Tatarstan.

06:25

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