September proved to be the bloodiest month of attrition with 36,000 casualties for Vladimir Putin since the Russian invasion began in 2022, latest US intelligence assessment shows.
Russia suffered more than 1,200 casualties a day at an average – totalling to at least 36,000 casualties, according to the US and British military analysts, the New York Times reported. Officials in the West have called September the costliest month for Moscow’s troops but did not give an exact number of Russian casualties.
Russia has not released an official number of casualties of its forces in Ukraine and treats the information as a state secret.
Away from the frontline, Volodymyr Zelensky is promoting his “victory plan” in a widespread Europe visit that he said “aims to create the right conditions for a just end to the war” against Russia.
Yesterday, he met with prime minister Keir Starmer, Nato secretary general Mark Rutte, French president Emmanuel Macron and Italian premier Giorgia Meloni.
He is now set to meet Pope Francis today for a half-hour audience and then he will meet German chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin.
Russia attacked port infrastructure almost 60 times in recent months, says Ukraine
Russia attacked Ukraine’s port infrastructure almost 60 times in the last three months and is intensifying such strikes, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister Oleksiy Kuleba said.
“The purpose of these attacks is to reduce our export potential. We are talking about deliberately provoking a food crisis in those parts of the world that directly depend on Ukrainian grain supplies,” he said.
Mr Kuleba added that strikes damaged or destroyed almost 300 port infrastructure facilities and 22 civilian vessels.
Arpan Rai11 October 2024 06:01
Ukraine can hold Kursk territory for months, US officials say
Ukrainian troops can hold their captured territory in Russia’s Kursk for several months, senior US officials said, citing their latest intelligence assessment.
Kyiv’s hold on the territory hinges on the reliable flow of supplies into the region and Russia’s focus on advances in eastern Ukraine, the officials told Bloomberg on the condition of anonymity.
Ukrainian troops are now receiving a steady supply of shells after facing months of dire ammunition shortages, the officials said.
In the past three days, Ukrainian and Russian forces continued assaults in Glushkovsky Raion west of the main Ukrainian salient in Kursk but did not make any confirmed advances, the Institute for the Study of War said.
Barney Davis11 October 2024 06:00
World Bank board approves new Ukraine fund
The World Bank’s executive board has approved the creation of a financial intermediary fund (FIF) to support Ukraine, with contributions expected from the United States, Canada and Japan, three sources familiar with the decision said.
The only objection to the vote came from Russia, two of the sources familiar with the vote said.
The fund, to be administered by the World Bank, will help fulfill a pledge by Group of Seven rich democracies to provide Ukraine with up to $50bn in additional funding by the end of the year as it continues to battle Russia’s invasion over two years ago, the sources said.
Exact amounts to be contributed by the US, Japan and Canada are still being worked out, but will be backed by interest from frozen Russian sovereign assets, one of the sources said.
Arpan Rai11 October 2024 05:33
UK could send British troops to Ukraine to train soldiers
Arpan Rai11 October 2024 04:50
Putin’s troops faced bloodiest month of war in September, says US
Last month was the bloodiest month of attrition for Russian forces since Vladimir Putin’s invasion began in 2022, latest US intelligence assessment shows.
According to the US and British military analysts, Russia suffered more than 1,200 casualties a day at an average – totalling to at least 36,000 casualties, the New York Times reported. Officials in the West have called September the costliest month for Moscow’s troops but did not give an exact number of Russian casualties.
September’s casualties of Putin’s troops in Ukraine is slightly surpassing the previous record daily rate of the war seen in May this year.
The US officials say the high number of Russian casualties has been caused by the grinding war of attrition.
Russia has not released an official number of casualties of its forces in Ukraine and treats the information as a state secret.
Arpan Rai11 October 2024 04:22
Putin’s fall is inevitable, says freed prisoner Vladimir Kara Murza
Barney Davis11 October 2024 04:06
Work continues on military supplies for Ukraine, says Macron
Work continues regarding military supplies for Ukraine, French president Emmanuel Macron said, following a meeting in Paris with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday.
Mr Macron’s meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart came after Mr Zelensky had held talks earlier with Nato chief Mark Rutte and prime minister Keir Starmer, where they discussed his proposed “victory plan” and whether Ukraine could use Western missiles against targets in Russia.
Arpan Rai11 October 2024 04:00
Ukrainian journalist dies in Russian detention, officials say
A Ukrainian journalist who wrote first-hand accounts of life under Russian occupation has died in Russian detention, officials said yesterday.
Viktoria Roshchyna, who turned 28 this month, provided freelance reports for Ukrainian media outlets Ukrainska Pravda and Hromadske Radio and for US-funded Radio Liberty.
Roshchyna wrote vivid accounts of life in Crimea after Russia annexed the peninsula from Ukraine in 2014 and areas of eastern Ukraine seized by Russian-funded separatists.
She also documented the nearly three-month defence of the port of Mariupol after Moscow launched its February 2022 full-scale invasion.
At least 17 journalists have been killed while reporting on the war, according to international organisations.
Arpan Rai11 October 2024 03:51
Zelensky promotes ‘victory plan’ to allies during Europe visit
Volodymyr Zelensky is promoting his “victory plan” in a widespread Europe visit that he said “aims to create the right conditions for a just end to the war” against Russia.
The Ukrainian president detailed the proposals to European allies after a weekend summit in Germany with president Joe Biden was derailed by Hurricane Milton. Mr Zelensky’s talks in London with prime minister Keir Starmer and Nato secretary general Mark Rutte were quickly followed by another meeting in Paris with French president Emmanuel Macron, who just the previous day sent a strong signal of support for Ukraine by visiting Ukrainian troops being trained in France.
Mr Zelensky then embarked on his whistlestop tour of European capitals that have been among Ukraine’s staunchest allies outside of the United States.
Later yesterday, he met in Rome with Italian premier Giorgia Meloni, who assured Italy’s full and continued support “at both bilateral and multilateral level in order to put Kyiv in the best position possible to build a just and lasting peace”.
Today, Mr Zelensky is scheduled to meet Pope Francis for a half-hour audience, the Vatican said. Later in the day, he’ll meet German chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin.
Arpan Rai11 October 2024 03:48
Kremlin confirms Trump sent Putin Covid tests
Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Thursday that “all countries tried to somehow exchange between themselves” during the early phase of the pandemic, when there was not enough equipment.
“We sent a supply of ventilator units to the US, they sent these tests to us.”
The exchanges occurred “when the pandemic was starting”, he said, adding the tests were “rare items”.
According to Woodward, the Russian president told Trump: “I don’t want you to tell anybody because people will get mad at you.”
Barney Davis10 October 2024 23:47