kyiv claims to have pierced the Russian defense line near Bakhmut

• The Ukrainian government dismisses several of its members. In a press release published on TelegramMonday September 18, by Taras Melnytchouk, who represents the government to the Rada, the Ukrainian Parliament, announced the dismissal of several deputy defense ministers.
• The Ukrainian army confirmed, on Sunday September 17, the reconquest of Klichtchiïvka, a tactically important locality south of Bakhmouton the eastern front. “Klichtchiïvka was cleared of Russians and liberated by the forces of the 80^e airborne assault brigade (…),” announced Oleksandr Syrsky, commander of the Army, on the social networks.
• Moscow claims to have bombed a military factory in Kharkiv overnight from Sunday to Monday. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the production workshops of an armored vehicle repair factory were hit by missiles. Earlier, the head of the local Ukrainian military administration, Oleh Synehoubov, reported that a company in the city had been targeted by “four S-300 guided missiles”.
• Russia shot down several Ukrainian drones overnight from Sunday to Monday in Crimea, a Ukrainian region that it annexed in 2014, in the Moscow region as well as in those of Belgorod and Voronezh, bordering Ukraine, according to the Russian defense ministry, which did not specify whether there was damage and no injuries.
• Moscow and kyiv face each other from Monday at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in a procedure launched by Ukrainewhich accuses Russia of falsely using allegations of genocide to justify its invasion in 2022.
• Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi expected in Russia from Monday for security talkshis ministry announced on Monday.
• The international community “will unite more closely” to cope with the intensification of military cooperation between Russia and North Koreathe South Korean president promised on Sunday, as North Korean leader Kim Jong-un completed his visit to the Russian Far East.
• Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, a loyal ally of Vladimir Putin in Russia, published a statement on Sunday video of him, undatedqualifying as ” lies “ rumors circulating about his deteriorating state of health.

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