Russia Ukraine War News Live Updates: Russian commander admits scenario is ‘tense’ for his forces in Ukraine

Russia-Ukraine War News Live Updates: The new commander of Russian forces in Ukraine made a uncommon acknowledgement of the pressures they had been beneath from Ukrainian offensives to retake southern and japanese areas that Moscow claims to have annexed simply weeks in the past. The scenario in areas Russia claims to have annexed was “tense”, mentioned Sergei Surovikin, a Russian common appointed this month to take cost of its forces. Russian troops in some areas had been beneath steady assault, he mentioned.

In different information, nuclear watchdog IAEA chief Rafael Grossi mentioned he anticipated to return “soon” to Ukraine amid negotiations to determine a safety safety zone across the Zaporizhzhia facility, Europe’s largest nuclear energy station. The Zaporizhzhia plant is in considered one of 4 Ukrainian areas Russia has proclaimed as annexed however solely partly occupies, the opposite three being Kherson, and the japanese border provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned that Russian air strikes have destroyed 30% of Ukraine’s energy stations since Oct. 10, inflicting large blackouts throughout the nation. The nation’s overseas minister mentioned he was proposing a proper lower in diplomatic ties with Iran after a wave of Russian assaults utilizing what Kyiv says are Iranian-made drones.