September 30, 2024 | 09.53
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While Kiev was subjected to a massive drone attack overnightVladimir Putin declared that Russia ”will achieve all objectives” which it set itself ”because the truth is on our side”. The Russian president spoke in a video message released on what the Tass news agency called the ‘Day of the reunification of the Donetsk People’s Republic, the Lugansk People’s Republic and the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions with Russia’.
“The truth is on our side! All the objectives set will be achieved!”, underlined Putin, thanking all the Russians who played a role in the conquest of the Ukrainian territories.
Kiev under attack during the night
For his part, Serhiy Popko, head of the Kiev military administration, said that the unmanned aircraft were all neutralized by the air defense forces. And he specified that, “as during the last attacks, the enemy once again used the Shahed attack UAVs, in waves and from different directions. The alert in the capital lasted more than 5 hours. The air defense means neutralized the drones that threatened Kiev. There was no damage to the city and no casualties.”
Kiev: 1,250 Russian soldiers killed in the last day
Russia has lost 653,060 soldiers in Ukraine since the war began on February 24, 2022, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported. This figure includes the 1,250 casualties suffered by Russian forces over the past day.
According to the report, Russia also lost 8,874 tanks, 17,503 armored combat vehicles, 25,548 fuel vehicles and tanks, 18,822 artillery systems, 1,204 multiple rocket launch systems, 963 air defense systems, 369 aircraft, 328 helicopters , 16,224 drones, 28 boats and a submarine.
Moscow: “One dead in Kiev drone attack in Belgorod”
The village of Oktyabrsky, in the Belgorod region, was attacked by drones of the Ukrainian armed forces and a Russian soldier was killed, while a civilian was injured. This was reported by the regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov on Telegram.
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