Security of Russians in Transnistria is under threat, says Russia’s Security Council secretary

The information of Russian citizens successful the breakaway portion of Transnistria, located successful Moldova, is presently nether threat, Russia’s Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu said, according to the authorities quality bureau TASS.

Shoigu stated that Russia volition usage each disposable means to support its citizens successful Transnistria.

New Russian strikes successful Ukraine

At slightest 25 radical were injured, 15 of them successful the metropolis of Sumy adjacent the Russian border, pursuing overnight drone attacks launched by Moscow, section authorities said.

According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia launched 2 missiles and 143 drones during the night; 1 rocket and 116 drones were changeable down.

In Sumy, successful northeastern Ukraine, astatine slightest 15 residents were injured, astir of them elderly, said determination subject medication caput Oleh Hryhorov.

Rescue services released images showing teams evacuating residents overnight from damaged buildings. However, “due to the menace of further attacks, rescuers had to suspend their operations respective times and question shelter,” they added.

Three much radical were injured successful the Kharkiv Oblast and different 3 successful the metropolis of Sloviansk, according to section authorities.

In the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, the politician reported that 4 radical were injured successful Russian aerial strikes.

Meanwhile, Russia’s Defense Ministry said that 97 Ukrainian drones launched overnight toward Russian regions were intercepted.

Battlefield developments

Russia’s apical wide said during an inspection that Russian forces person captured 1,700 quadrate kilometers of territory successful Ukraine this twelvemonth and are advancing toward the alleged fortified portion successful Donbas.

Since the commencement of the 2022 invasion, Russia has aimed to prehend the full Donbas portion successful eastbound Ukraine, wherever Ukrainian forces person been pushed retired of respective cities aft prolonged fighting.

“Since the opening of the year, a full of 80 settlements and much than 1,700 quadrate kilometers of territory person travel nether our control,” said Valery Gerasimov successful footage broadcast by the Defense Ministry.

Reuters was incapable to independently verify battlefield reports, and Ukraine’s subject bid did not instantly comment. Pro-Ukrainian maps bespeak Russia has captured astir 592 quadrate kilometers this year.

Gerasimov said Russia’s Southern Group of Forces is advancing successful the Donetsk fortified zone, including the cities of Sloviansk, Kramatorsk, and Kostiantynivka, with Russian forces present 7–12 km from Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.

Russian units are already warring successful parts of Kostiantynivka, helium added. He besides said Russian forces are advancing successful the Sumy portion and successful Kharkiv to found what helium called a “security zone.”

Territorial control

According to Russian estimates, Russia controls astir 90% of Donbas, astir 75% of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast and Kherson Oblast, and parts of the Kharkiv Oblast, Sumy Oblast, Mykolaiv Oblast, and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Russia besides controls Crimea, which it annexed successful 2014 pursuing conflict. The peninsula is internationally recognized by astir countries arsenic portion of Ukraine.

Pro-Ukrainian maps amusement Russia controls astir 116,793 quadrate kilometers, oregon 19.35% of Ukraine, though its beforehand has slowed this year.

Strike connected Russian lipid facilities

In a abstracted development, Ukrainian drones struck lipid facilities successful Russia’s Samara Oblast overnight, according to an authoritative from Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU).

The onslaught caused a occurrence and, according to preliminary data, damaged 5 lipid retention tanks, each with a capableness of 20,000 cubic meters, the authoritative said.