The British Ministry of Defense has suggested that Russia has limited its long-range strikes to about once a week due to its limited cruise missiles, noting that it is unlikely to have increased its artillery stockpile enough to enable large-scale offensive operations.

The Ukrainian General Staff reported that its forces wounded about 70 Russian soldiers and destroyed two artillery systems while they bombed the positions of the Russian forces in the Zaporizhia district, in the south of the country.

It added that, during the past hours, its planes carried out several raids on the positions of the Russian forces and their missile systems, and shot down 9 drones, and bombed two control points and two ammunition depots.

The Ukrainian army stated that during the past hours, Russian forces launched 75 attacks on civilian targets and infrastructure in several provinces, especially Kherson in the south and Donetsk in the east.

On the other hand, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that talking about the possibility of the joint military force between Russia and Belarus in Ukraine is incorrect, noting that the military union between the two countries aims to repel any possible aggression on the territory of Belarus.


Electricity shortage

In the capital, Kyiv, the city's mayor, Vitali Klitschko, announced that all means of ground electric transport had stopped working due to the lack of electricity.

He said that 440 buses are currently operating and between 50 and 52 subway stations continue to operate.

In the Dnipro province, local authorities said that more than 60 Russian shells fell last night on the Nikopol region, causing severe power outages, and damaging garages, cars, an industrial area, and private property.

The Kherson governor also said that 5 people were killed and 17 wounded as a result of the Russian bombardment with 74 artillery rounds, rocket launchers, mortars and tanks on Friday.

He said that Russian shells hit vital infrastructure facilities, kindergartens, schools, hospitals, shops, factories, and private and residential buildings.

For its part, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the elimination of about 200 Ukrainian soldiers during the military operations carried out by its forces the day before yesterday.

A spokesman for the Ministry of Defense, Igor Konashenkov, said that the Russian forces, with the support of the Air Force, continue to launch offensive operations on the Donetsk axis, and that air defense systems shot down 10 Ukrainian drones in Donetsk, Luhansk and Zaporizhia provinces.


good results

Politically, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky considered earlier yesterday that his recent visit to Washington had achieved "good results," warning of possible Russian attacks during the upcoming holiday season.

During a meeting with Ukrainian ambassadors abroad, Zelensky said, "They are returning from Washington with good results, with results that will really help. There is financial support, and there are other agreements that we will talk about later."

"Our tasks have not changed, liberating our land, protecting our people, and restoring our country after the Russian strikes. These are the steps of the Ukrainian victory that we are approaching step by step," Zelensky said in his speech after returning from the United States.

A US State Department spokesman also called on President Putin to "recognize reality" after the latter described what is happening in Ukraine as a war.

Russia officially called the war a "special military operation", and imposed a law criminalizing what the authorities consider "misleading terms" related to this operation, but Putin used the term "war" in a press conference the day before yesterday, Thursday, when he expressed his hope that the war would end as soon as possible. Maybe.