Ukraine war stay updates: Belarus starts off army drills in close proximity to EU borders Russia targets power infrastructure in drone strikes

Ukraine war stay updates: Belarus starts off army drills in close proximity to EU borders Russia targets power infrastructure in drone strikes


Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko (R) enter the corridor during the plenary session of the Supreme Council of Russia and Belarus, at the Konstantin Palace on January 29, 2024, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. 

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Belarus started military services drills on Tuesday in regions along its border with Ukraine, together with European Union nations Lithuania and Poland, the Russian ally’s defense ministry said.

The routines will be held over three days in the Gomel and Grodno regions, and are meant to get ready officers and territorial protection personnel for probable defense of their respective locations, together with practising protocols in the celebration martial legislation is enacted in the region, the protection ministry reported on the Telegram messaging application.

Russia and Ukraine in the meantime ongoing to trade drone strikes in new days, with Russia on Monday night concentrating on power amenities in raids on the Dnipropetrovsk and Kirovograd locations, Ukraine’s Operational Command “South” claimed on Fb.

The military services device said air protection forces ruined three drones more than Dnipropetrovsk though the rest have been intercepted by other models, but an infrastructure target was struck in Kirovograd with no casualties.

The head of Ukraine’s countrywide grid enterprise mentioned on Monday that when Russian drone assaults have substantially damaged the Ukrainian ability system, a overall collapse is unlikely.

Russian forces have been attacking thermal and hydropower stations on a common basis considering that March 22, leading to blackouts in lots of regions.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held talks on Monday with armed forces and govt officials about Kyiv’s drone output programs and a undertaking to develop an “integrated digital warfare handle technique” to shield Ukrainian troops from Russian drone assaults.



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