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“The situation at the front has deteriorated.” That has Oleksandr Syrsky, the commander of the Ukrainian army, admitted on Facebook on Sunday. Russia “is actively attacking the entire front line, achieving tactical successes in some sectors,” Syrsky said.

According to the Commander-in-Chief, Moscow has a “significant benefit” in terms of troops and resources. In the past week, “fought hard“, with captured positions sometimes changing camps several times a day.

Syrsky admits that the Ukrainian troops have withdrawn from the villages of Berdytchi, Semenivka and Novomykhaïlivka. In the Pokrovsk and Kurakhové zone, the situation is currently “the most complicated”, according to the commander, who mentions “ruthless fighting“.

The Ukrainian army is since the fall of the strategic city of Avdijivka put on the defensive in February. One plays a role in this shortage of men and ammunition bother them.

The Russian military says one on Sunday village in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine conquered. Fighting in Ukraine has mainly taken place in the area around Novobachmutivka in recent days, Russia says.

The Russian Ministry of Defense also says Ukrainian attacks near Chasiv Yar to have repulsed. At the beginning of this month, the Russians reported having reached this larger town in eastern Ukraine, which Ukraine denied at the time. Tchasiv Yar is considered one important place in the regionPresident Putin would like the city to be conquered within a few weeks.

The Ukrainian army leadership recognizes that Russia achieved “tactical successes” in Donetsk last week and that the own positions have been weakened.

Ukraine can aid from the United States looking forward to. President Joe Biden signed a support package on Wednesday for 61 billion dollars, equivalent to 57 billion euros. In the short term, Ukraine can count on anti-aircraft defense, artillery ammunition, armored vehicles and anti-tank weapons.

88-year-old Ivan Vivsianyk, resident of the village of Ocheretyne in the Donetsk region, managed to escape the Russian occupation in a remarkable way. He now tells this to the Ukrainian news channel 1+1.

Russian soldiers took his passport, so he decided to flee on foot at night. The eighty-year-old walked under fire in the dark for no less than six hours, until he met a driver along the way who offered to give him a lift. Now the grandfather resides in Dnipro, where he is waiting for a new Ukrainian passport.

Russia and Ukraine also bombarded each other with drones during the night from Saturday to Sunday. Ukraine responds to Russian air superiority with targeted attacks against oil installations.

In the southern Ukrainian city Mykolaiv According to Governor Vitaliy Kim, drones hit a hotel and an energy installation. The extent of the damage has yet to be determined and there were no injuries, he reported via messaging service Telegram.

According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia fired four Iranian-made Shahed drones and five other unidentified drones. Five drones were intercepted. This would make the nighttime air raids less heavy than the night before. Russia then fired dozens of rockets, cruise missiles and drones.

Earlier Sunday, the Ministry of Defense in Moscow had already reported seventeen intercepted Ukrainian drones in various regions in western Russia. The figures for Ukraine and Russia cannot be independently verified.

Ukraine has stepped up drone attacks on targets in Russia in recent months, often targeting oil installations. Kiev had vowed that the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the countless Russian bombings would not go unpunished and that the conflict would also be felt on Russian soil.

In recent weeks, Russia has often experienced much less resistance from Ukrainian air defenses in missile and drone attacks because the country has less and less ammunition. The United States recently approved a new major aid package with which the ammunition depots should be replenished.

In a shopping center in the German town Murnau (Bavaria) are Saturday in the early evening two Ukrainian men killed. Not much later, the police arrested a 57-year-old Russian who is considered highly suspicious. The background to the murders is still ongoing completely unclear.

It is still unknown whether the trio knew each other. “We are still at the very beginning of our investigation”said police spokesman Daniel Katz.

The facts occurred around 5:15 p.m., the spokesperson said. The perpetrator first ran away, but the police were soon able to arrest the 57-year-old suspect at his home address, not far from the crime scene.

The two victims are Ukrainians aged 23 and 36and both lived in the district Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Murnau is also part of that district. They both succumbed stab wounds – the eldest at the scene of the crime, the younger in a hospital a short time later.

The police started an investigation into one double murder. The public prosecutor’s office requests the arrest of the suspect. He must appear before an investigating judge on Sunday.

Ukraine could have intercepted all the missiles fired last night if it had had the right assets. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky writes this on X. He reiterated his demand for more air defense short-term.

“Last night, Ukraine was targeted by 34 Russian missiles. We managed to intercept some of them. But the world has all means to intercept any missile or drone intercepted by Russian terrorists,” Zelensky said.

“What Ukraine needs are anti-aircraft systems, enough high-quality weapons for the front and fast deliveries. Terror must always be defeated. Anyone who stands by us saves lives.” Finally, Zelensky once again thanked the United States and its allies for all the support that has already been provided.

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The US announced yesterday that it would send air defense ammunition and artillery to Ukraine. The delivery is part of a package worth 6 billion dollars (more than 5 billion euros). According to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, this is the largest support package to date. Ukraine urgently needs those weapons if it wants to resist Russia.

During the night from Friday to Saturday Russia launched a “massive attack” on Ukrainian energy supplies. Installations were damaged and at least two people were injured, said Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko.

According to Halushchenko targets attacked in three regions in central and western Ukraine. In those attacks, Moscow used “cruise missiles of different types,” the Ukrainian army said in a daily bulletin. In total 34 missiles launched, 21 of which were shot downUkraine claims.

A An 89-year-old woman and a 39-year-old man were injured. The first victim was injured in an artillery bombardment in Nikopol district, in the center of the country. The man was hit in an attack on Ukrainian energy infrastructure in the neighboring district, local army commander Oleksandr Vilkul said.

The Ukrainian energy supplier DTEK indicates that four of its thermal power stations suffered damage. Recently, Moscow has increasingly and more intensely targeted the Ukrainian energy infrastructure. About 80 percent of the so-called thermal power stations, which are used for fuel, and 35 percent of the hydroelectric power stations have been switched off, according to the authorities.

Russia also says so downed Ukrainian drones last night. According to the Ministry of Defense, this concerns 66 drones over the southern Russian region of Krasnodar and another two over occupied Crimea.

According to the Ukrainian army staff, there have been skirmishes with the Russian invading army in 94 different places in the country. Also hMoscow has carried out 12 rocket attacks and 76 air strikes in the past 24 hours. The army reported this on Saturday morning via messaging service Telegram. The Ukrainian air force says the danger has temporarily subsided after a night of “massive rocket attacks”, but several explosions were reportedly heard in Kherson afterward.

The Russian Ministry of Defense reports that it has intercepted 66 Ukrainian drones in the Russian region of Krasnodar, which is connected to the Crimean peninsula by a bridge.

The messages could not be independently verified.

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced on Friday a new component of 6 billion dollars (5.6 billion euros) in aid for Ukraine. The first part of 1 billion dollars (about 930 million euros) had already been announced on Wednesday.

The two amounts are part of the 61 billion dollars (more than 57 billion euros) in support for Kiev that was approved in Congress this week. The billion dollars announced on Wednesday is aid from the US military’s stocks. The aid announced Friday comes from contracts with the defense industry or from partners. It will take more time to get that help to the battlefield.