North Korea has shipped some 7,000 containers of weapons to Russia for its war against Ukraine since July, the South Korean Defense Minister said Monday March 18 during a press briefing. During his visit to Russia in September, Kim Jong-un said bilateral ties with Moscow were the “priority number one” of his country and Pyongyang became a staunch defender of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Follow our live stream.
kyiv says it shot down 17 Russian drones, Sumy region under bombs. Ukraine assured Monday that it had shot down 17 combat drones out of a total of 22 drones and seven missiles launched by Russia during the night, and reported the intensification of Russian bombings on its border region of Sumy, in the north. East. During the night from Sunday to Monday, Russia fired five S-300/S-400 missiles at the Kharkiv border region (east), two Kh-59 cruise missiles at the Sumy region (northeast) and 22 Shahed-type explosive drones, the Ukrainian Air Force said on Telegram.
Vladimir Putin says Russian forces have the advantage on the front. “Overall, the initiative lies entirely with the Russian armed forces, and in some areas our men are mowing down the enemy”, declared the Russian president after his re-election for a fifth term at the head of Russia. Vladimir Putin has once again promised that Moscow’s objectives would be “achieved”.
A military base in Transnistria hit by an explosive drone. Transnistria, a pro-Russian separatist region of Moldova, said on Sunday that an explosive drone, sent from neighboring Ukraine, had struck a military base in its capital, Tiraspol. Russia has supported this territory bordering Ukraine since the 1990s. But kyiv accuses Moscow of being in charge. “Russia carried out a provocation in Transnistria with a kamikaze drone attack on a military unit,” assured the Ukrainian Security Council. Moldova, for its part, has not confirmed “no attack”.