Right here is the state of affairs on Sunday, March 9 :
Combating
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Russia’s Ministry of Defence mentioned it had retaken the village of Lebedevka in its western area of Kursk, and brought the village of Novenke, throughout the border in Ukraine’s Sumy region.
- Russian particular forces have been storming the city of Sudzha after utilizing a fuel pipeline to shock Ukrainian models as a part of a serious offensive to eject them from Kursk, pro-Russia battle bloggers mentioned.
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A Ukrainian drone hit an industrial facility in a single day in Russia’s Volga River area of Chuvashia, some 1,300km (800 miles) from the border with Ukraine, the regional governor mentioned on Sunday. There have been no casualties within the strike, which was one of many deepest but into Russia by a Ukrainian drone.
- Russian authorities mentioned air defence models destroyed 88 Ukrainian drones in a single day, with no accidents or different harm reported. The Defence Ministry mentioned 52 of the drones have been destroyed over the border area of Belgorod, 13 over the Lipetsk area and 9 over the Rostov area.
- Ukraine mentioned its assaults within the battle purpose to destroy infrastructure key to Moscow’s battle efforts and are in response to the continued bombing of Ukraine.
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Ukraine’s air defences shot down 73 of 119 drones launched by Russia in an in a single day assault, the air drive mentioned.
Politics and diplomacy
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned Ukraine is “totally dedicated” to having a constructive dialogue with the representatives of the USA in Saudi Arabia on Monday.
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Trump’s particular envoy, Steve Witkoff, mentioned he was in discussions with Ukraine for a framework deal to finish the three-year battle with Russia.
- Prime Minister Anthony Albanese mentioned Australia would take into account participating in a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine, however burdened it was too early for any deployment.
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke to Albanese by telephone and welcomed his dedication to contemplate contributing to a “coalition of the keen” for Ukraine, a Downing Avenue spokesperson mentioned.
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Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk mentioned appeasement in the direction of Russia was resulting in extra tragedy in Ukraine.
