LIVE War in Ukraine – day 806: Fire at a Russian fuel depot after a drone attack / Ukrainians say they shot down 17 drones over Odessa / Iohannis: Romania will help Ukraine as long as needed

A Ukrainian drone strike caused a fire and damaged several tanks at a fuel depot in Russia’s Krasnodar region, the region’s emergency management said on Thursday morning, according to Reuters. On the other hand, the Ukrainian air force said it shot down 17 of 20 drones launched by Russian forces overnight over the southern Odesa region.

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08:23Will Bulgaria send anti-missile systems to Ukraine? Interim Prime Minister Dimitar Glavcev announced that “Bulgaria will continue to firmly support Ukraine”, during a telephone video conference he had with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denas Shmihal.

08:14 Klaus Iohannis received the “Washington Oscar”: Romania is aware of the “key role” it has in helping Ukraine / We are an example in many areas in Central and Eastern Europe.

Iohannis said that all these efforts “continue as long as necessary”, because Romania is aware of the “key role” it has in helping Ukraine to achieve victory and peace, “to succeed economically and integrate into European union”.

Fire at a fuel depot in Russia after a drone attack

07:42 The Ukrainian military said that last night “the enemy attacked with 20 Shahed attack drones launched from Cape Chauda in Crimea.” “As a result of combat operations, 17 attack UAVs were destroyed in the Odesa region,” according to the Ukrainians

07:31 Fire and damage at a fuel depot in Russia’s Krasnodar region after a Ukrainian drone attack, according to local authorities. About six drones were destroyed and debris fell on the refinery near the village of Yurovka, the region’s crisis management said on Telegram. “Several tanks were damaged,” she said, adding that no one was injured in the attack.

Unverified clips have appeared on social media showing a massive fire.

Pentagon chief: Too soon to see the effects of US aid

06:15 Russia: President Putin’s meeting with the Armenian Prime Minister after months of tensions. Armenia, a traditional Russian ally, has been questioning ties with Moscow for months after a Russian peacekeeping force failed to intervene during an Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh last year.

01:16 If Russia does not lose, Europe will have to prepare for more wars, warns Kosovo. Donika Gervalla-Schwarz, the head of Kosovo’s diplomacy, has conveyed that her young nation’s support for Ukraine is unconditional – despite the fact that Kiev has not recognized Kosovo’s independence.

00:20Too early to already see the effects of American aid on the front in Ukraine, says the head of the Pentagon. “It takes time to deploy some of these capabilities,” Lloyd Austin told a US Senate defense subcommittee.

Brief recap of recent events:

• The President of the Czech Republic notes a “historical paradox” in his speech on Victory in Europe Day: Former defeated Nazi Germany has become a democratic country committed to peace and stability in Europe. And Russia became the invader.
• The Ukrainian Rada adopted the draft law that gives the green light to the mobilization of some prisoners in the army. The Kyiv parliament on Wednesday adopted a bill that allows certain categories of prisoners to go and fight at the front in exchange for an amnesty.
• Major announcement by the Prime Minister of Lithuania: We are ready to send soldiers to Ukraine for training missions. Ingrida Šimonytė said that she has the approval of the parliament.
• Nuclear maneuvers, threats to France and Britain, warning to NATO: Russia raises the tone in the conflict with the West. Maria Zakharova stressed that the eventual arrival of French troops in Ukraine would make them legitimate targets for Moscow, while Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov warned that a direct NATO intervention in the war would be very dangerous.
• Russian forces have taken control of the village of Kyslivka in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region and the village of Novokalynove in Donetsk region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky invited Viktor Orban to the peace summit in Switzerland during a telephone conversation. “Hungary’s position is important to us.”
• Britain will expel the military attaché of the Russian embassy, ​​withdraw the diplomatic status of some properties and limit the validity period of visas granted to Russian diplomats.
• The ambassadors of the EU states in Brussels agreed on the adoption of a normative act by which the profits generated by the assets owned by the central bank of Russia, frozen after the start of the war in Ukraine, can be directed to finance the Ukrainian defense, the Belgian government announced
• The Republic of Moldova is a constant target of Russian attacks on infrastructure, not only public television, but also the postal service and government institutions, which are regularly targeted by hackers, which experts associate with Russia, the Moldovan foreign minister said Mihai Popsoi.
• Polish border police announced on Wednesday that they had arrested a deserter from the Russian army who crossed illegally into Poland from Belarus. The Russian embassy complained that it had not received “any information” from Polish authorities about the detention of the Russian serviceman.

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