Day 698 of the Invasion of Ukraine: Kyiv Admits Hitting Russia‘s Biggest Liquefied Natural Gas Producer

Day 698 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

• At least 8 drones were neutralized by the Ukrainian forces last night
• The Russian gas terminal hit by Ukrainian drones stopped working
• The Kremlin has announced that it will confiscate 8 billion in Western investments
• Lavrov arrived in New York to participate in meetings of the UN Security Council

At least 8 drones were neutralized by the Ukrainian forces last night

At least 8 drones were neutralized by the Ukrainian forces last night. The districts of Mykolaiv, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovograd were attacked.

There is no information about casualties and material damage. Kyiv reacted to Moscow's accusations of shelling a market in Donetsk, which is under Russian control.

25 people died in the attack. The Facebook page of the units in charge of the area said they were not engaged in hostilities and that Donetsk was Ukrainian territory.

In his midnight address, President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed his condolences to the victims' relatives, but stressed that Russia had attacked more than 100 settlements in 9 regions in just one day.

The Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs - Serey Lavrov, arrived in New York, where he will participate in the meetings of the UN Security Council, with Ukraine and the Middle East among the main topics.

The Russian gas terminal hit by Ukrainian drones stopped working

Russia's biggest liquefied natural gas producer Novatek said it was forced to suspend some activities at its huge Ust Luga terminal on the Baltic Sea due to a fire, Reuters reported.

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