The invading Russian army has not reached the front lines as planned and has lost 10,000 soldiers, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Selensky said in a video address, the Ukrainian Ukrinform news agency reports, as quoted by BTA. In his words the invaders have suffered losses such as they have not seen in their most terrible nightmare. Zelensky points out that the armed forces of Ukraine are holding key zones of defence and are counter-attacking the occupiers at Kharkiv, and also they are holding onto Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Chernihiv, Sumy and Donbas.
Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that the “special operation” in Ukraine was going according to plan and the work on destroying the Ukrainian military infrastructure had almost been completed, world news agencies report. According to Putin there is no need to impose martial law because that is only done in the event of foreign aggression.
At the same time there are Russians crossing the border into Finland, anxious to get out of Russia because there has been a persistent rumour that President Vladimir Putin's government might soon introduce martial law to deal with demonstrations against the invasion of Ukraine, the BBC reports. At Vaalimaa, Finland's border crossing with Russia - 120 miles east of Helsinki - buses and cars stop for passport and customs checks. These aren't Ukrainians, they're Russians, and although the flow isn't heavy, it is constant, the BBC’s correspondent reports.
Turkish President Recep Erdogan is to hold a telephone conversation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin tomorrow, the presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin has announced. “This war must stop immediately and there must be a return to the negotiating table,” he said for NTV.
The European Prosecutor's Office in Sofia has seized property as part of an investigation into a project worth 2.6 million euros (5.2 million leva), involving activities on the water supply network of a municipality in Bulgaria, financed by the EU...
The queue of trucks in the area of the Danube Bridge border crossing near Ruse is two kilometers long . The remaining heavy load trucks wait mainly in the buffer parking area. The stay time there is about 30 hours, BTA reported. The movement..
The resort town of Primorsko is hosting the Black Sea Forum 2024, where the most successful companies and municipalities in the Black Sea region will be honored at an official ceremony on September 6, 2024 in the town center. For the ninth year in a..
Sunday will be mostly sunny. In the afternoon, clouds will develop over eastern Bulgaria, but there will only be isolated showers and thunderstorms...
Military Minister Atanas Zapryanov has confirmed to journalists that he would accept to remain in the next caretaker cabinet if offered the post...
About 40 parent organizations from across the country supported changes to the Preschool and School Education Act, banning the propaganda of..
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