2024-09-09
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editor of every economic report: bi luming
according to cctv news on the 9th, gladkov, the governor of the belgorod oblast of russia, which borders ukraine, announced on september 8 thatthe ukrainian army used a drone to attack a fuel storage depot in the volokonovka district of the state that day. the explosion caused several oil tanks to catch fire.firefighters are currently extinguishing the fire. specific information on casualties and damage to facilities is still being verified. ukraine has not responded yet.
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according to a report by reference news on september 7, citing the associated press, two people familiar with the matter said:the united states has informed its allies that it believes iran has transferred short-range ballistic missiles to russia for use in the conflict between russia and ukraine.
the white house declined to confirm the existence of any arms transfers but reiterated its concerns about iran's increased support for russia. the white house has warned iran for months not to transfer ballistic missiles to russia.
"any transfer of iranian ballistic missiles to russia would represent a significant escalation in iran's support for russia and would result in the loss of additional ukrainian civilian lives," sean savitt, a spokesman for the national security council, said in a statement. "the partnership threatens europe's security and demonstrates that iran's destabilizing influence extends beyond the middle east to around the world."
the us discovery of iranian arms transfers to russia comes as the kremlin tries to repel a sudden ukrainian offensive that has seized about 1,300 square kilometers of russian territory in the kursk region. meanwhile, ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky is pressuring allies to allow ukraine to use western-supplied missiles to strike deep into russia, hitting locations where moscow launched its airstrikes. iran denies supplying weapons to russia's war in ukraine, according to reports.
according to cctv news, on the 8th local time, the russian ministry of defense issued a war report saying that in the past day, the russian army controlled the settlement of novogrodovka in the donetsk region. the russian army destroyed ukrainian tanks, armored vehicles, howitzers and other equipment, and attacked drone workshops, ammunition depots and other facilities. in the kursk direction, the russian army thwarted five attacks launched by ukrainian commandos in the direction of multiple settlements.
on the same day, the general staff of the ukrainian armed forces stated that 95 battles took place in the front-line areas that day. the most intense fighting was in the kurahovo and pokrovsk directions. the situation in the pokrovsk direction remained tense. the ukrainian armed forces command is taking all necessary measures to curb the russian offensive to stabilize the situation.
daily economic news integrates cctv news and reference news
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