The town of Avdiïvka, in eastern Ukraine, has been the target of bombings since Tuesday morning, October 10. “massive” by Russian forces who “try to surround him”declared to the head of the military administration of the locality. “For more than a year, the risk that the city will be occupied has existed, but today the situation has quickly worsened”, added Vitaly Barabas. According to him, some 1,600 residents still live in Avdiivka, compared to 30,000 before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Follow our live stream.
Two Ukrainian Defense Ministry officials suspected of embezzlement. According to the State Bureau of Investigation, a former deputy defense minister in charge of army logistics and the head of a ministry department responsible for supply “ordered personal protective equipment of insufficient quality from abroad” by prepaying them in full and without respecting “the intended quality control procedure”. Their identity has not been revealed.
Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Romania for talks with his counterpart. “I arrived in Bucharest (…) to strengthen our good neighborly relations”, said the Ukrainian president, thanking his neighbor for his support against Moscow. This visit comes after several Russian bombings targeting ports on the Danube located on the border with Romania.
kyiv shot down around twenty Russian drones. Moscow carried out a new series of attacks in southern Ukraine overnight from Monday to Tuesday. Ukrainian forces destroyed “27 Shahed-131/136”Iranian-made devices, in “Odessa, Mykolaiv and Kherson regions”the Ukrainian Air Force said on Telegram.
Volodymyr Zelensky guest of France 2. The Ukrainian president will be the guest of the show “L’Événement, l’interview”Tuesday, from 8:40 p.m. This interview was carried out by journalist Caroline Roux in kyiv on Monday afternoon. He will discuss in particular the counter-offensive of the Ukrainian army and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.