The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that Russian anti-aircraft units shot down 3 Ukrainian drones over the Crimean Peninsula, while Germany announced a new package of military aid for Ukraine.
The Ministry of Defense stated that it had thwarted an attempt before Ukraine To carry out a “terrorist attack” using drones on targets within the territory of the Russian Federation.
It indicated that 3 Ukrainian drones were destroyed over the territory Crimea By air defense system.
In 2014, Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine. Kiev announced that it will not surrender until it expels the last Russian soldier from its territory, while Moscow confirms that the Crimean Peninsula has now become an integral part of the country. Russia.
New military aid package
On the other hand, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced that his country had provided a new package of military aid to Ukraine.
These statements come in the context of German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius’ meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Rustam Omerov on Tuesday, during his visit to Ukraine, where they held a joint press conference.
The German Defense Minister explained that his country has prepared a new package that includes 4 IRIS-T defensive missile systems, along with 20,000 155 mm artillery shells, in addition to anti-tank mines and other military equipment.
He pointed out that this package is the fifth military aid that his country has provided to Ukraine since last winter.
On February 24, 2022, Russia began a military operation in Ukraine, to end which Moscow stipulates that Kiev abandons plans to join military formations, which the latter considers an interference in its sovereignty.
Russia sends fewer forces to Avdiivka
Ukrainian officials announced – last Tuesday – that the Russian army appears to be sending a smaller number of soldiers and equipment to the ongoing battle in the eastern town of Avdiivka, which is considered the gateway to the capital in the Donetsk region.
Ukrainian army spokesman Oleksandr Stubon said that the town of Avdiivka had witnessed a decline in the intensity of ground attacks and air strikes.
About 32,000 people lived in this town before the war began, but now about 1,500 residents remain there in light of the continued Russian attacks for more than a month.
Stubon said on national television that Russian forces had reduced the number of ground and air attacks, although they continued to violate the rules of war by firing on medical teams and evacuation vehicles, something Russia denies.
The head of the army administration in Avdiivka, Vitaly Barabash, reported that the battle is intensifying in the industrial zone, noting that the Ukrainian forces continue to hold their positions. Large fortifications were constructed after Russian-backed separatists briefly took control of Avdiivka in 2014.
Ukrainian forces also noted an increase in Russian attacks on the nearby town of Marinka, where the two sides have been in an ongoing struggle to control it for months.
Russia targets southern regions
In the south, officials reported that Russian forces fired ballistic missiles at port infrastructure in the city of Odessa, which is located on the coast of Black Sea. No details were available about the extent of the destruction resulting from these attacks.
In the southern Kherson region, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that special forces were “thwarting all attempts by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to carry out amphibious landing operations on the Dnipro Islands and on the left (eastern) bank of the Dnipro River.”
Russia withdrew from the city and the west bank of the Dnipro River last year, but it is still targeting Ukrainian towns from sites on the opposite bank.
