Russia's military aggression against Ukraine continues.



Fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces continues across Ukraine, forcing thousands of civilians to flee the country.

We will keep you updated on the developments surrounding the situation in Ukraine on the 10th (Japan time), including the situation of the fighting and the diplomacy of the countries concerned.



(There is a time difference of 6 hours between Japan and Ukraine and Moscow, Russia)

Struggling in the eastern part of the Russian army, lack of troops?

On the 9th, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that it had attacked various places with missiles and destroyed command posts and ammunition depots in the eastern Donetsk and southern Mikolayov and Kherson provinces.



The British Ministry of Defense, which analyzes the war situation, said on the 9th that the Russian army had advanced in the eastern Donbass region, saying, ``Over the past 30 days, the most successful area has advanced about 10 kilometers, and in other areas it has advanced only 3 kilometers. We do not have enough combat infantry to advance."



Also, at a press conference on the 8th, Undersecretary of Defense Carl of the US Department of Defense said that the number of Russian soldiers killed and wounded since the military invasion began in February this year has increased from 70,000 to 80,000. I showed the view of climbing.



Undersecretary Karl said, ``It is remarkable considering that none of Putin's goals when the invasion started was achieved,'' and there is also the possibility that the casualties on the Russian side will be very large. .

Explosion at Southern Crimea Base

On the 9th, Russian state media and Reuters reported that multiple explosions and large smoke were rising in Crimea in southern Ukraine, which Russia unilaterally annexed eight years ago. announced an explosion at a Russian military base stationed in



The explosion took place at a military airfield in western Crimea, and the Russian defense ministry said the aircraft's ammunition installation was detonated, but said it was not under attack.

A local Russian official told Russian state media that one person was killed in the explosion.



Regarding this, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine posted on Facebook on the 9th, "The Ministry of Defense has not been able to identify the cause of the fire at the airfield in Crimea. The fact of the fire may be used for information warfare." did.

Russian crude oil transportation to three European countries suspended

The state-owned Transneft, which operates a pipeline for transporting Russian crude oil to Europe, announced on the 9th that the transportation of crude oil to some European countries was suspended.



Transneft said in a statement that shipments were suspended to three European countries: Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, all of which used pipelines through Ukraine to buy Russian crude. rice field.



Transneft said the reason for the suspension was that last month it tried to pay the Ukrainian company that operates the pipeline on Ukrainian territory last month for the transit fee for the pipeline, but it was unable to do so due to Western sanctions. increase.

And it explained that ``Since the 4th of this month, the supply via Ukraine has stopped because the payment to the Ukrainian side has become impossible.''



"Transneft" says that a separate pipeline that transports goods to Europe through neighboring Belarus is operating normally.