Russian ship hit near Novorossiysk, Zelenskyy meets Kellogg - Thursday brief
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Ukrainian troops attacked a Russian ship near Novorossiysk. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with US Special Envoy Keith Kellogg in Kyiv.
Read more about what happened on Thursday, September 11.
Ukraine strikes Russian Black Sea Fleet ship near Novorossiysk
In the Black Sea waters near Novorossiysk, Ukrainian forces tracked down and disabled a Russian Black Sea Fleet ship. The enemy has only four of this type.
According to intelligence officers, in the Black Sea area, special forces of Ukraine's Defense Intelligence successfully tracked and struck another high-value military target of the aggressor state — a vessel of the MPSV07 multifunctional ship project belonging to Russia's Black Sea Fleet.
The ship was commissioned by Russia in 2015.
Zelenskyy meets with Kellogg in Kyiv
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with US Special Envoy Keith Kellogg, who is visiting Kyiv. The two sides discussed, among other issues, the purchase of Patriot systems for Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian head of state.
According to Zelenskyy, they talked about different areas of cooperation aimed at achieving real peace and ensuring Ukraine’s security.
Russia сopies Ukraine's interceptor drones in tech arms race, army chief says
The Russians are copying the successful technologies of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, particularly in the field of interceptor drones. There is a real technological race underway in the development of unmanned aerial vehicles.
"We are dealing with a direct technological race in which the advantage will go to those who not only modernize but also stay ahead. Our task is to constantly improve existing solutions and create new technologies and tactics for the use of unmanned systems," the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine adds.
US lifts sanctions on Belavia airlines and plans to reopen embassy in Minsk
“This decision (to lift the sanctions - ed.) was made by the President, who said, ‘Do it immediately.’ The decision, which has already been approved, has been adopted by all relevant ministries and agencies involved in this work,” said the US Presidential Representative John Cole.
Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 pilot dies during combat mission in Zaporizhzhia direction
Ukrainian pilot Oleksandr Borovyk was killed during a combat mission in the Zaporizhzhia direction.
The pilot was 30 years old. The brigade expressed sincere condolences to the family and loved ones of the fallen defender.
The military did not disclose further details about the death of the Ukrainian defender.
