The chairman of the Russian parliament’s Defense Committee argues that the Russian armed forces have sufficient means to replace the mercenaries of the Wagner group in Ukraine.
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Air alert in several regions of southern and eastern Ukraine
The Guardian reports that an air alert has been activated in several regions of southern and eastern Ukraine, including Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Kharkiv and Sumy.
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Ukraine shoots down 13 of 17 drones launched by Russia overnight
Ukraine’s air force says it has shot down 13 of the 17 Russian drones launched overnight. advances The Kyiv Independent. The four drones that were not shot down will not have reached their target.
⚡️Air Force: Ukraine shoots down 13 of the 17 drones that Russia launched overnight.
The remaining four drones that Ukraine’s air defenses did not shoot down failed to hit their targets, according to the Air Force.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) July 3, 2023
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Writer killed in Russian attack in Kramatorsk
Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina, wounded on Tuesday in a Russian attack on a restaurant in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, died on Saturday, a Ukrainian non-governmental organization (NGO) announced.
“We inform you that the writer Victoria Amelina died on July 1 in the Mechnikov hospital in Dnipro,” the NGO PEN Ukraine, which promotes freedom of expression and Ukrainian literature, said in a statement released on Sunday.
“The death occurred due to injuries sustained during the Russian bombardment” of the Kramatorsk restaurant, added the same source, indicating that the victim’s relatives had already been informed.
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Russia says the departure of the Wagner group from Ukraine does not take away its combat capacity
The chairman of the defense committee of the Duma (Russian parliament) believes that the departure of the Wagner group mercenaries from Ukraine does not pose risks to Russia’s combat capacity because the country’s armed forces have sufficient means to replace them.
“There is no threat of reduction of combat potential, both from a medium and long-term perspective,” Andrei Kartapolov was quoted as saying by the Tass agency.
Kartapolov adds that countering the Ukrainian counteroffensive was done “practically without his participation” [do grupo Wagner]. “As far as restocking them, there is something and someone to restock them,” she added.
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Zelensky in Odessa. Enemies will be “afraid” to approach Crimea
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Source: Observadora
