Russia-Ukraine conflict enters its 616th day.
In August, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on visit to Denmark and the Netherlands, said with the US permission, several Western countries agreed to transfer F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. / Photo: ReutersRussian Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu has said that going by statistics Russian air defence systems will shoot down all F-16 fighter jets promised to Ukraine in a matter of 20 days.
He also called for Ukraine to build up its army reserves and expand the categories of Ukrainian citizens who can be called up for training or to be mobilised.More than 260 civilians have been killed in Ukraine after stepping on landmines or other explosives during the 20-month-old war with Russia, Ukraine's military said.
Around 2,500 people were taken into Russian captivity after the fall of Mariupol last May, some of whom were sent to Russia or occupied east Ukraine to face"trial". The attack on Kherson, which Russian forces seized early in the war but then abandoned a year ago, also wounded two people. Despite the withdrawal, Russian attacks from the other side of the Dniper River persist.
1025 GMT — South Korea's spy agency says North Korea shipped more than a million artillery shells to Russia Both Pyongyang and Moscow have denied US and South Korean claims that the North has been transferring arms supplies to Russia.Ukraine has said that Russia had shelled more than 100 settlements over the last 24 hours —Moscow has fired millions of shells on cities, towns and villages along the frontlines since it launched its offensive last February, reducing several across the eastern part of the country to rubble.Over the last 24 hours, the enemy shelled 118 settlements in 10 regions.
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