Ukrainian war hundreds of missiles in Kiev from the United States, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. The night of the attacks in Odessa: 13 Russian drones destroyed

The United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Denmark have announced that they will work together to provide Ukraine with high-priority air defense equipment. The initiative “will provide hundreds of short- and medium-range air defense missiles and associated systems needed to protect Ukraine’s critical national infrastructure and to ensure successful counterattack operations in the coming months,” according to a joint statement. Published by Downing Street, which explains how “delivery of equipment has already begun and should be completed within several weeks”.

Russia will hold local elections on September 10 in the four Ukrainian regions it annexed last year, as well as several other Russian regions. This was reported by RIA Novosti, referring to the decision of the Central Election Commission.

A three-year-old boy was killed in a bombing by the armed forces in Kiev on the Russian-controlled Kherson region in southern Ukraine. This was reported by the TASS news agency that the raid was going to hit the Dnipro.

In contacts in recent weeks, the United States and Russia decided to continue sharing information about each other’s strategic military maneuvers and reaffirmed their commitment to maintaining restrictions on nuclear arsenals under the New Start agreement, despite Moscow’s suspension of its participation. This was stated by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, citing the TASS agency.

The region’s pro-Russian governor, Vladimir Saldo, said on Telegram that the death toll in the Russian-controlled part of the region had risen to 18 following floods caused by the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station. He added that during the past 24 hours, 277 people were evacuated from the flooded area, while more than 7,500 people have been evacuated since the start of relief operations.

The leader and founder of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, came to directly challenge Russian President Vladimir Putin. British intelligence wrote this in its latest bulletin, emphasizing that Prigozhin had said plainly that his men “would not sign contracts” to enter under the control of the Ministry of Defense in Moscow. He repeated this after Putin expressed his position positively and openly on TV on June 13 regarding these contracts. The deadline to join is July 1 and this date, as the Ministry of Defense in London stresses, “could mark a turning point”.

Russian air defense in the annexed Crimea intercepted, last night, nine Ukrainian drones: according to the official of the Russian peninsula, Sergey Aksenov, as reported by RBC-Ukraine. In particular, in Telegram, Aksenov explained that six drones and three more aircraft were shot down with the help of electronic equipment. «A drone exploded in the Krasnogvardeisky district, in the village of Dokuchaevo»Added without going into details.

One person was injured last night when another Russian attack on the city of Kryvyi Rih in south-central Ukraine hit two industrial complexes, the head of the regional military department, Sergey Lysak, said on Telegram.

“Tonight the enemy again attacked Kryvyi Rih with missiles. Two industrial enterprises were affected. A 38-year-old man was wounded. Lessac added that the attack caused massive damage, including pipelines.

This is the second time that Kryvyi Rih, the hometown of President Volodymyr Zelensky, has been targeted by Russian attacks this week. At least 12 people were killed and several others injured after a missile hit a residential building and a grocery store in the city on Tuesday morning.

Russian forces attacked Odessa with 13 Shahed drones overnight, all of which were destroyed by Ukrainian air defences. This was announced by the spokesman for the regional military administration, Serhiy Brachuk, on Telegram. Yesterday, one of the Kalibr missiles fired by the Russians at the port city hit a supermarket warehouse, killing three workers instantly.