Ukraine Breaking News Today Live on 09-19-2024

According to partisans, this transfer of equipment indicates a shortage of weapons in the Kursk sector, which is being compensated for by moving resources from currently less active frontline areas.

Berlin has been the second-largest contributor of military aid to Ukraine after Washington and had already earmarked around €7.5 billion for Kyiv in 2024.

With Ukraine having lost two-thirds of its electricity production capacity since the Russian invasion, the report warned of a “yawning gap between available electricity supply and demand”.

Since invading in February 2022, Moscow has carried out near daily drone and missile attacks on Ukraine, including targeting areas close to Ukraine's western borders with EU and NATO members.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, meanwhile, said that Kyiv has "fully prepared" its "victory plan" to end the war with Russia, which he has said he will discuss with US leader Joe Biden.

Ukrainian forces resorted to this method due to damage to the missile, though it remains a rare and unconventional practice.

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