Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Telegram on Friday, September 13, the return to Ukraine of 49 prisoners of war held by Russia. He specified that some of the prisoners were veterans of Azovstal, the steel mill besieged by the Russian army in Mariupol in the spring of 2022. He did not immediately specify whether this release is the result of an exchange with Russia. Follow our live stream.
Russia sanctions six British diplomats accused of espionage. Russian intelligence services claim to have received evidence “documented” attesting “London’s coordination of an escalation of the international political and military situation” in the goal “to inflict a strategic defeat” to Russia.
The Ukrainian military says it has shot down 24 drones. “On the night of September 13, 2024, the enemy attacked with 26 Shahed-type strike drones”the army wrote on Telegram. It said it had killed 24 in the regions “from Mykolaiv, Odessa, Khmelnytsky and Ivano-Frankivsk”.
Joe Biden and Keir Starmer to discuss long-range missiles for Ukraine. The US President and the British Prime Minister will discuss on Friday Washington is asking kyiv to allow it to use long-range missiles against Russia. kyiv is demanding that its allies lift restrictions to allow it to strike deep into Russian soil military targets deemed “legitimate.”