986 days ago the Russian invasion of Ukraine began. Russians bombed a supermarket in Kharkov, injuring at least 14 people. The first North Korean soldiers came under fire in the Kursk Oblast. After meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin, NATO chief Mark Rutte said that Germany is the largest European donor of military aid to Ukraine. Here's what happened in and around Ukraine over the last 24 hours.
> At least 14 people were injured by a Russian FAB-250 glide bomb hit a supermarket in Kharkov. As a result of the shelling, residential buildings, passenger cars, a supermarket building and other commercial facilities were damaged.
> Boss NATO Mark Rutte after meeting with the Chancellor German Olaf Scholz in Berlin said that Germany is the largest European donor of military aid to Ukraine. – Your support saves lives on the battlefield every day – he added.
Ukrainian soldiers in the Donetsk region General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces/Facebook
> Head of the German Foreign Ministry Annalena Baerbock announced at a press conference with Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Andriy Sybiha new humanitarian aid for Ukraine in the amount of EUR 200 million before winter. German support for Ukraine for next year was also discussed.
> Andrei Tkachenko, one of the closest associates of the late head of the Wagner Group mercenary formation Yevgeny Prigozhin, drowned in a lake in Karelia – Russian media reported. According to an independent Telegram channel, WCzK-OGPU, Tkachenko performed “special assignments around the world” for Prigozhin.
> President Volodymyr Zelensky held a telephone conversation with the Prime Minister Canada Justin Trudeauand then announced that Canada is sending Ukraine the NASAMS air defense system, which will be delivered by the end of this year.
> According to Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR), 11,000 North Korean servicemen are already on the territory of the Kursk region in Russia, Zelensky said.
> – The first North Korean soldiers came under fire in the Kursk region – he wrote on Telegram representative of the authorities in Kiev, Andriy Kovalenko. Zelensky called on Western allies to stop “watching” and take action.
> Supplies of 600-700 thousand tons of rice per year, payments of about $200 million, as well as access to space technologies – this is according to South Korean media Russia will donate North Korea in exchange for soldiers and military equipment to fight Ukraine. The Kremlin may also offer military support to the Pyongyang regime in the event of an escalation of tension on the Korean Peninsula, writes The Korean Herald.
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