Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has been going on for 541 days. A drone strike damaged a building in central Moscow, causing it to explode, Russian officials told Reuters. An agency witness who was in the area described it as a “major explosion”. The Russian Defense Ministry said Ukraine was behind the drone attack. Kyiv did not comment on these reports overnight. Here are the highlights of the last hours.
> United States approved sending F-16 fighters to Ukraine from Denmark and the Netherlandsas soon as pilot training is completed, Reuters reported, citing US authorities.
> The Ukrainian command sent the best-trained unit of the airborne troops, the 82nd Air Assault Brigade, to fight in the Zaporizhia Oblast, the American magazine “Forbes” reported. According to him, the deployment of these forces at the front should result in faster progress of the counter-offensive against the Russians.
Soldiers of the 82nd Air Assault Brigade 82nd Air Assault Brigade/Facebook
> A drone strike damaged a building in central Moscow, causing it to explode, Russian officials told Reuters. An agency witness who was in the area described it as a “major explosion”. The Russian Defense Ministry said Ukraine was behind the drone attack. Kyiv did not immediately comment.
> Since the beginning of the armed invasion, the Russian army has lost 256,050 soldiers in Ukraine – informed the general staff of the Ukrainian armed forces in a daily report. In addition, several thousand Russian tanks and armored vehicles and over five thousand artillery systems were destroyed.
Ukrainian soldiers PAP/Leszek Szymanski
> The container ship Joseph Schulte, which left on Wednesday morning from Odessa the sea humanitarian corridor announced by the Ukrainian authorities, reached Istanbul, the AFP agency reported, citing data from portals tracking ship traffic.
Main photo source: PAP/Leszek Szymanski