Ukraine Russia war newest: Putin’s prized Black Sea fleet ‘struggling with threats on southern front’ | EUROtoday

The Ministry of Defence has warned Russians are struggling to deal with threats coming from Ukraine’s southern flank.

“The Naval Aviation component of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet has assumed a particularly important role in the Fleet’s operations as it struggles to deal with concurrent threats on the southern flank of the Ukraine war,” the ministry posted on X.

“Russia is attempting to use naval air power to project force over the northwestern Black Sea.”

They added: “Su-24 FENCER and FLANKER variant combat jets conduct maritime strike operations, including at least one recent air strike on the strategically located Snake Island.”

Ukraine’s high diplomat mentioned the United States’ help for Kyiv was not weakening after a stopgap funding invoice handed by U.S. Congress failed to incorporate help to Ukraine.

Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba mentioned: “We don’t feel that the U.S support has been shattered… because the United States understands that what is at stake in Ukraine is much bigger than just Ukraine,” he instructed reporters as he greeted European Union overseas coverage chief Josep Borrell earlier than a gathering of EU overseas ministers in Kyiv.

“It’s about the stability and predictability of the world and therefore I believe we will be able to find necessary solutions.”

There aren’t any instant plans to deploy navy instructors to Ukraine, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak mentioned on Sunday, rowing again from feedback by his defence minister who had prompt troops may perform coaching within the nation.

To date, Britain and its allies have averted a proper navy presence in Ukraine to scale back the danger of a direct battle with Russia.

British defence minister Grant Shapps, who was appointed to the position final month, mentioned in an interview with The Sunday Telegraph newspaper that he needed to deploy navy instructors to Ukraine, along with coaching Ukrainian armed forces in Britain or different Western international locations.

Russian forces are making headway with tactical counterattacks within the Robotyne space.

Intense preventing has seen important area fortifications have modified arms a number of occasions, the Institute for the Study of War mentioned.

Geolocated footage posted on September 30 exhibits Ukrainian forces placing Russian troops attempting to enter a trench system close to the T0408 Robotyne—Tokmak street.

Ukraine had beforehand held the interconnected system of trenches, firing methods, and dugouts that lie between Robotyne and Novoprokopivka.

A US thinktank believes that Yevgeny Prigozhin’s 25-year-old son, Pavel Prigozhin, stands to inherit his deceased father’s tens of millions and management of his mercenary fighters – the Wagner Group.

As he lay flowers at his useless father’s mural Pavel is already believed to be negotiating with the Russian nationwide guard, Rosgvardia, over bringing the fighters again to fight in Ukraine, the Institute for the Study of War mentioned.

Pavel emerges instead Wagner commander to Andrey Troshev, who has already signed up with the defence ministry and was publicly embraced by Vladimir Putin.

It signifies “some Wagner personnel are interested in rallying around a Prigozhin-linked alternative to the Kremlin and MoD-aligned Troshev”, the ISW mentioned.

“It is unclear what the Kremlin thinks the relationship[s] between Wagner elements and the Russian government are,” the thinktank mentioned.

Kherson’s regional governor warned individuals to remain of their shelters after in a single day Russian strikes killed at the very least one individual and injured six, together with two kids.

On the Telegram messaging app the governor, Oleksandr Prokudin, mentioned Russian forces had launched 71 assaults prior to now 24 hours, “aimed at the residential districts”, in addition to outlets and medical infrastructure, amongst different institutions.

He posted: “Kherson region, missile danger! Also, strike drones are moving towards the region! Stay in shelters!”

Twenty of the air and land assaults focused town of Kherson, the area’s administrative district, the governor added, whereas authorities promptly doused a fireplace sparked by shelling early on Monday.

There was no instant remark from Russia.

British prime minister Rishi Sunak mentioned on Sunday there have been no instant plans to deploy navy instructors to Ukraine, rowing again from reported feedback by his defence minister that he needed to start coaching Ukrainian troops within the nation.

British defence minister Grant Shapps, who was appointed to the position final month, mentioned in an interview with The Sunday Telegraph newspaper that he needed to deploy navy instructors to Ukraine, along with coaching Ukrainian armed forces in Britain or different Western international locations.

Hours after that interview was revealed, Sunak mentioned there have been no instant plans to ship British troops to Ukraine.

“What the defence secretary was saying was that it might well be possible one day in the future for us to do some of that training in Ukraine,” Sunak instructed reporters at first of the governing Conservative Party’s annual convention in Manchester.

“But that’s something for the long term, not the here and now. There are no British soldiers that will be sent to fight in the current conflict.”

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev on Sunday mentioned any British troopers coaching Ukrainian troops in Ukraine can be respectable targets for Russian forces.

Congressional supporters of Ukraine say they received’t hand over after a invoice to maintain the federal authorities open excluded Joe Biden’s request to supply extra safety help to the war-torn nation.

Still, many lawmakers acknowledge that profitable approval for Ukraine help in Congress is rising harder because the war between Russia and Ukraine grinds on. Republican resistance to the help has been gaining momentum within the halls of Congress.

Voting within the House this previous week pointed to the potential hassle forward. Nearly half of House Republicans voted to strip $300m from a defence spending invoice to coach Ukrainian troopers and buy weapons. The cash later was authorised individually, however opponents of Ukraine help celebrated their rising numbers.

Volodymyr Zelensky thanked Ukrainian troopers for his or her efforts within the war towards Russia and mentioned “ahead is our victory” in an occasion celebrating the nation’s navy.

The Ukrainian president made the feedback on Sunday whereas marking the Day of the Defenders, a nationwide occasion honouring the nation’s veterans and people killed in battle.

In an deal with revealed by the Kyiv Posthe mentioned: “Today we thank everyone who stood, stands and will stand strong. All those who were the first to take on a difficult battle.

Russia said on Sunday that air defences had shot down five Ukrainian drones over the western Smolensk region and one over the southern Krasnodar region.

Air defences shot down a Ukrainian drone in the Krasnodar region at around 0500 GMT, Russia’s defence ministry said.

At around 0600 GMT, Russia shot down three drones over the Smolensk region and at 0700 GMT shot down two more over the region, Russia’s defence ministry said.

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said during a visit to Kyiv on Sunday that Ukraine needed more military aid and he promised ongoing EU support.

“Ukraine needs more capabilities & needs them faster,” he mentioned in a press release posted on X, the platform previously generally known as Twitter. He mentioned he had mentioned “continuous EU military assistance” throughout his first in-person assembly with Defence Minister Rustem Umerov.

“We are preparing long-term security commitments for Ukraine,” Borrell added.

This week the European Defence Agency mentioned in response to questions from Reuters that seven EU international locations had ordered ammunition below a procurement scheme to get urgently wanted artillery shells to Ukraine and replenish depleted Western shares.