The Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, and other Ukrainian cities were subjected to a series of new, intense attacks by "Iranian" drones used by Russian forces, while Washington called on the Security Council to investigate the transfer of such drones to Russia.
The local authorities said that the infrastructure was damaged due to the intense shelling, and deprived the residents of the capital and its suburbs from electricity.
In Kherson province, in the south of the country, the Al-Jazeera correspondent reported renewed Russian bombing there, and the Ukrainian authorities in the province confirmed that Russian forces bombed the region several times during the past hours.
For its part, the Ukrainian Southern Operations Command said that mutual artillery shelling is taking place on both banks of the Dnipro River in the province, and that the Russian forces suffered a defeat it described as a major defeat in the Chaplinka region of Kherson, and added that the Russian forces continue to withdraw their units from areas along the eastern bank of the river.
The Ukrainian army also confirmed the continuation of the Russian bombardment of the provinces of Mykolaiv, Dnipro, and Zpaurogia to the south, and Kharkiv, and areas controlled by Ukrainian forces in Donetsk and Luhansk to the east.
Bryansk bombed
In a remarkable development, the governor of the Russian province of Bryansk, bordering Ukraine, announced that Ukrainian forces had bombed the border town of Suzymki, causing a partial blackout.
The governor of Bryansk added that the railway lines in the region had been damaged as a result of the Ukrainian bombing, but without recording any casualties.
Bryansk is located about 380 km southwest of Moscow, and is the administrative center of the Bryansk region bordering Ukraine.
Iranian parades
With regard to the issue of Iran supplying Russian forces with attack drones, Robert Wood - the US Deputy Representative to the UN Security Council - renewed the call of the United Nations Secretariat to investigate these allegations.
During a Security Council session on the implementation of the UN resolution related to the Iranian nuclear agreement, Wood said that the lack of action by the United Nations in this regard is evidence of exposure to Russian threats.
On the other hand, Iran's delegate to the United Nations, Amir Saeed Irani, denied - during the same session - his country's violation of UN Security Council Resolution No. 2231, explaining that the drones that his country transferred to Russia before the outbreak of Russia's war on Ukraine do not meet the technical characteristics stipulated in the resolution. .
air defences
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on Western leaders to increase military supplies to his country, including those for defense against air threats, as Moscow continues to attack his country with Iranian drones.
Zelensky said that providing "a 100% air shield for Ukraine will be one of the most successful steps against Russian aggression, and this step is needed now."
In the context, the International Monetary Fund approved a 4-month program for Ukraine, aimed at helping Kyiv maintain economic stability and increase donations and donations.
The fund estimates Ukraine's need for external financing to be at least $40 billion in the coming year 2023.
special court
Meanwhile, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin accused the European Union of trying to cover up war crimes in Ukraine by initiating the creation of a special court.
Vershinin said the European Union, which participates in financing and supplies billions of dollars in weapons to Ukraine, is trying to cover up its involvement in war crimes committed by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The Russian official confirmed that the rulings of the European Court of Human Rights, which entered into force after March 15, 2022, lack legitimacy and are not enforceable.
Russia had officially announced in mid-March its withdrawal from the Council of Europe and the European Convention on Human Rights, stressing that it would comply with the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights if they were compatible with the Russian constitution.
Russian provinces
In another context, Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to receive in the Kremlin - today, Tuesday - the rulers of the four regions that recently joined Russia, which are Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia and Kherson.
The Russian president will discuss with the rulers of the four regions the military operation, humanitarian conditions, construction, reconstruction and development projects, as well as the file of integration within the Russian Federation.