At least three were killed and more injured after Russia launched a large-scale overnight air attack on Ukraine's Lviv and Volyn regions.
Russian President Vladimir Putin talks to Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu during the annual Navy Day Parade on July 30, 2023, in Saint Petersburg, Russia.Russia's defense minister told officials on Tuesday that Ukraine's ability to fight had been "almost exhausted" and said the war had exposed vulnerabilities in Western weapons systems that Moscow would soon share.
Speaking to a security conference in Moscow attended by China's defense minister, Li Shangfu, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, 68, said the conflict had been a serious test for Russia. Shoigu also said he would share details about the weaknesses of Western weapons and that none were invulnerable. A Ukrainian sapper uses a pineapple-shaped fragmentation grenade as he trains soldiers to counter Russian mines that litter Russia's built-up defense lines in the Zaporizhzhia region."The brigade took part in combat missions in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, in defensive battles for Kharkiv, in the liberation of villages and towns near Kharkiv, and is currently conducting offensive operations in the Zaporizhzhia direction.
Chernihiv, which borders both Russia and its ally Belarus, was partially occupied when Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022 but was later liberated, while a large part of Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine was liberated last year, although it is nearer to intense fighting on the eastern frontline.
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