Russia is tightening its grip on two Ukrainian towns and intercepting British missiles

On Wednesday, the Russian Ministry of Defense revealed that new military progress has been made by taking control of the town of Vuzdvizhenka in Zaporizhzhia province and the town of Granov in Kharkiv province, noting that 1,220 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in battles in the past 24 hours. Russian air defense systems in the Crimean port of Sevastopol succeeded in intercepting and shooting down three British-made Storm Shadow winged missiles, in addition to more than twenty drones Ukrainian in the early dawn hours. The attack damaged some buildings and injured two people in the southern Russian port city of Tajanrog. On the Ukrainian side, Russian airstrikes on the city of Zaporizhzhia injured 15 people, while six additional injuries were recorded in the Dnipropetrovsk region, according to local authorities. In a remarkable development, General Andrei Biletsky, commander of the 3rd Corps of the Ukrainian Army, revealed to Reuters his predictions for the A critical “tipping point” over the next six months. He believed that the Russian army was suffering from exhaustion and the inability to achieve major victories. On the diplomatic front, about fifty countries and the European Union signed a joint statement at the United Nations condemning Russian threats against diplomats in Kiev, pointing out that the United States was not among the signatories. Benjamin Haddad, Minister Plenipotentiary for European Affairs, The French Foreign Ministry stressed the need for Europe to establish an independent channel of communication with Russia, stressing that European security should not be left to Washington alone at the future negotiating table.