Russian journalist Marina Ovsiannikova, famous for demonstrating against the offensive in Ukraine on state television, was sentenced on Wednesday October 4 in another case to eight and a half years in prison in absentia for criticizing the army. The journalist, who fled Russia in October 2022 and went into exile in France, was being prosecuted for “spreading false information” on the Russian armed forces and had already been sentenced for similar acts to a fine in August 2022. This new conviction was denounced “with the greatest vigor” by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Follow our live stream.
Russia says it has shot down 31 Ukrainian drones in the West. “Air defense systems operating over the territory of Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk regions intercepted and destroyed 31 Ukrainian drones”, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Telegram. There was no mention of possible injuries or damage.
“Partial destruction” in the Bryansk region. Alexander Bogomaz, governor of this region bordering Ukraine, said on Wednesday that a drone had been destroyed there by Russian forces, without causing any injuries or damage. According to him, kyiv also used cluster munitions against four districts in its region, provoking “partial destruction”.
An attempted landing from kyiv in Crimea. The Russian Defense Ministry reported that it had repelled an attempted landing of Ukrainian forces on the Crimean peninsula, annexed by Moscow in 2014. According to Russia, a “Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft” prevented a “fast military boat and three jet skis” to access Cape Tarkhankout.
American aid secured. The US federal government is able to continue its aid to Ukraine for “some months”, a White House spokesperson promised Tuesday. Support maintained, despite the fact that this aid was not approved this weekend by the American Congress, during the vote on its provisional budget.