The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense claimed, Monday September 11, “success” on the southern front, where his army has advanced slightly in recent weeks, and in the east near Bakhmout. Ukrainian forces “continue their offensive operations in the South” And “have recorded successes south of Robotyné [localité reprise aux Russes fin août] and west of Verbové”Deputy Defense Minister Ganna Maliar told state television. It is in this area of Verbové, in the region of Zaporijjia, that kyiv says it has “pierced the first line of defense” Russian. Follow our live.
Moscow claims to have shot down two Ukrainian drones in the Belgorod region. “Our defense system worked in the Yakovlevsky urban district: two aerial drones were shot down”said the governor of the region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, on Telegram, adding that debris from the devices fell on a road near a residential building. These attacks caused no casualties, according to Russia.
Russia claims a landslide victory for Putin’s party in elections in annexed territories. The Central Election Commission of Russia affirmed on Sunday evening that the Russian president’s United Russia party had come first in these regional elections in the four territories annexed to Ukraine (Zaporizhia, Kherson, Donetsk and Luhansk), by more than 70%. votes. Polls considered “illegal” by kyiv and its allies.
Two Western aid workers killed near Bakhmout. A Canadian and a Spanish woman were killed on Sunday near Bakhmout, in the east of the country, in an attack attributed by kyiv to Russian troops. The two aid workers worked for the NGO Road to Relief.
Still “30 to 45 days” of Ukrainian offensive, according to Washington. General Mark Milley, American Chief of Staff, judges in an interview with the BBC that this firing window is sufficient for the Ukrainians to succeed in their counter-offensive before the weather conditions deteriorate.