+++ 07:49 Ukraine: Have intercepted ten Russian drones +++

According to the Ukrainian air force, there were also Russian drone attacks on the north-west of the country during the night. However, most of the drones were shot down over the south of Ukraine near Mykolaiv, according to the military. According to the report, Russia launched a total of twelve drones, ten of which were destroyed before reaching their targets. Russia also attacked Ukraine with a cruise missile, which also failed to reach its target. It is unclear what happened to the two drones that were not destroyed and the cruise missile. There are no reports of damage. Russia is not commenting on the account for the time being. According to the Ukrainian air force, the drones are Iranian-made Shahed missiles.

+++ 07:20 Ukraine reports heavy shelling of border village +++According to Ukrainian reports, theRussian armed forces have attacked the Sumy region in the north-east of the country. In the past 24 hours, 22 strikes have been recorded, the local military administration announced on Telegram. In the village of Junakivka near the Russian border alone, there have been 50 explosions caused by artillery and mortar attacks. There are no reports of casualties.

+++ 06:47 Explosions reported in western Ukraine +++Explosions were apparently heard during the night in the western Ukrainian region of Khmelnytskyi. This was reported by "Kyiv Independent" with reference to several Telegram channels. The air defense was active, the deputy head of the region's military administration, Serhiy Tyurin, announced on Facebook. He called on residents to get to safety and referred to ongoing drone attacks. There is no information about casualties or damage to civilian infrastructure.

+++ 06:20 USA wants to halve Russian oil revenues +++TheUnited States wants to halve Russian oil and gas revenues by 2030, according to US official Geoffrey Pyatt. "The goal of these sanctions is to change Russia's behavior and make sure that when some peace is achieved, Putin doesn't need three to four years to rearm his army and prepare for a third phase of the invasion of Ukraine," Pyatt tells the Financial Times. Russia continues to export considerable quantities of oil, especially to China and India.

+++ 05:40 Germany supplies Kiev with almost 4,000 pieces of artillery ammunition +++Germanyhands over 3,840 155-millimeter calibre artillery shells to Ukraine in its latest military aid package. According to the German government, five drone detection systems, five sniper rifles, several semi-trailers, trucks, minibuses, off-road vehicles and other military equipment were also delivered.

+++ 04:55 250 endangered Ukrainian monuments already documented +++Scientistsfrom Marburg and Hanover, together with Ukrainian photographers, have already documented 250 monuments threatened or damaged by the Russian war of aggression. Since the start of the project in October 2022, the photographers have taken a total of around 3,700 exterior and interior photographs of historically and culturally significant buildings in cities such as Kiev, Odessa, Mykolaiv and Zaporizhia, says Christian Bracht, Director of the German Documentation Center for Art History (DDK) - Bildarchiv Foto Marburg.

+++ 03:23 Because of high losses? Russia has halved its attacks on Avdiivka +++Russiahas halved its attacks on Avdiivka in the past 24 hours, says Ukrainian military spokesman Oleksandr Stupun on state television. This was due to high losses. However, fierce fighting continues outside the city center in the so-called industrial zone. Russian war bloggers report that the area is now under Russian control. Reuters was initially unable to verify any of the statements. It remains unclear who controls the city of Marinka.

+++ 02:06 Intelligence service HUR: Strike against occupiers in Melitopol +++Ukrainianresistance fighters have carried out a successful attack against Russian invasion troops in Russian-occupied Melitopol. This was reported by the Ukrainian military intelligence service HUR . Several occupiers were killed and military equipment destroyed. The attack took place during a smoking break. The occupation administration of Melitopol is trying to conceal the damage for fear of the Kremlin.

+++++ 00:45 Ukrainian General Staff: Fierce fighting around Bakhmut and Avdiivka +++According to the Ukrainian military, most of the recent fighting between Ukrainian and Russian troops has taken place ineastern Ukraine. On the front near Avdiivka, 20 Russian attacks have been repelled in the last 24 hours. According to the Ukrainian General Staff's frontline report, the Russians are said to have attacked 15 times around Bakhmut. In the contested southern Ukrainian region of Kherson, however, the Ukrainian forces continue to hold their new positions on the south side of the Dnipro.

+++ 22:09 Ukrainian air force warns of Russian drones +++TheUkrainian air force warns of a wave of Russian drone attacks on its Telegram channel. This was reported by the Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform. According to the message, a Shahed unmanned aerial vehicle from the Kherson region is moving towards the Mykolaiv region.

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