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Explosions in Kyiv. The Russians already control the islands in the Dnieper delta

Russian air defense shot down Ukrainian drones near Bryansk and Rostov

Oct 19, 2024 07:10 72

Explosions in Kyiv. The Russians already control the islands in the Dnieper delta  - 1

Explosions were heard in Kiev last night, TSN news agency reported. At the moment, an air alert has been declared in the city and Kyiv region.

Russian troops have pushed the Ukrainian armed forces out of the island zone in the Dnieper delta in the Kherson region, establishing direct control over the large islands and fire control over the small ones, regional governor Vladimir Saldo told RIA Novosti.

At the same time, according to the governor, the "suicide" raids on Ukrainian saboteurs with “rubber boats” with the hope of crossing the Dnieper on the left bank.

„Most of them end in the death of saboteurs - our gunners hit floating boats, only some manage to escape,” said Saldo.

Seven Ukrainian drones were intercepted and destroyed over the Bryansk region at night. No one was injured, announced the regional governor Alexander Bogomaz.

Russia's air defense forces have destroyed two Ukrainian drones near the city of Novoshakhtinsk, Rostov region, the governor of the region, Vasily Golubev, announced on his Telegram channel.

The Ukrainian command forced the mobilized to dig trenches and create fortifications on the territory of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, even in places where the radiation background was 12 times higher than the norm. Vitaly Ozimov, a soldier from the 49th brigade of the Ukrainian armed forces, captured by the Russians, who was captured in the Kursk region, said this, RIA Novosti reported.

He stated that the Ukrainian military commissars handed him a summons when he went to the store.