Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that hundreds of Russians were killed every day in the Donetsk region.
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The Ukrainian army has been successful in pushing back the occupiers in the south and east. The recent escalation on the part of Moscow has also led to the world providing new aid to Ukraine, according to Zelenskyy. The overview.
An the face of the fierce Russian attacks on his country, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has praised the international willingness to help. “The current escalation of Russian missile and drone terror has only resulted in the world (…) responding with new aid for Ukraine,” Zelenskyj said in his video speech on Tuesday night.
Zelenskyj also reported successes in pushing back Russian troops in the occupied areas in southern and eastern Ukraine. According to him, hundreds of Russians die every day in the Donetsk region in particular. The Ministry of Defense in Moscow, on the other hand, denies such high losses in its own ranks. The information provided by both sides can hardly be verified independently.
Ukraine will receive more western anti-aircraft systems
Shortly before, Defense Minister Oleksiy Resnikov announced that Ukraine had received additional anti-aircraft systems from the West to provide better protection against Russian missiles and drones. “Look who’s here!” he wrote on the short message service Twitter for pictures that were supposed to show US and Italian-made Nasams and Aspide ground-based air defense systems. “We will continue to use it to shoot down enemy targets that are attacking us,” Reznikov promised. The minister thanked Norway, Spain and the US for the delivery.
Most recently, Russian missile and drone attacks had destroyed significant parts of Ukraine’s electricity and water infrastructure. Since then, several million Ukrainians only have electricity for a few hours every day. Against this background, Germany already delivered the Iris-T air defense system in October.
