Russia’s artillery is becoming increasingly the goal

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Ukraine: Drones are targeting Russian artillery

Estonia sets a Russian tanker. Ukraine has identified new goals for its drones. All developments in the news blog.

The Ukrainian drone units have shot themselves into Russian artillery systems in the past few weeks. In total, 1,644 artillery systems of the Russian armed forces were destroyed by all Ukrainian units, the 412. Nemesis regiment of the drone armor said on Telegram. For March, the regiment itself claimed the destruction or damage of 282 Haubitzen and other guns.

The numbers could not be checked independently. Recently, however, reports on successful attacks against Russian artillery posts increased on the Ukrainian side.

Should Ukraine be divided into zones where Russian and Western soldiers take responsibility? Such a proposal comes from a Trump envoy. Read more here.

The designated Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) spoke out against a NATO and EU accession to Ukraine at the present time. Ukraine is “a very large European country, but it is a European country in the war,” Merz told the “Handelsblatt”, according to the preliminary signing on Saturday. “And a country in the war cannot become a member of NATO or a member of the European Union.” Read more about this here.

On Friday, Estonia stopped a ship from the so -called Russian shadow fleet in a maritime operation. As the Estonian newspaper “Postimees” reported, the tanker “Kiwala” was set on Saturday morning in the Muuga bay near the island of Aegna. The ship drove through Estonian waters on the way to the Russian port of Ust-Luga.

According to naval commandant Ivo Värk, the authorities checked documents and legal status of the “Kiwala”. The crew later presented a flag certificate for Djibouti – the responsible authority denied that the ship is registered there. At the time of the inspection, it did not lead to a national flag – a clear violation of cinema law.

According to the police and border protection authority, the tanker is sanctioned by the EU and several western countries. 24 people from third countries were on board, including a Chinese captain and presumably occupation members from Mauritania. The “Kiwala” belongs to a company based in Mauritius. The determination was made shortly after the entry into force of a law that Estonia Marine allowed the use of violence against threats at sea. According to the authorities, the background is increasing sabotage files in the region that are attributed to Russian secret services.

The US specialist Steve Witkoff spoke to Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg for more than four hours about the Russian attack war against Ukraine. The meeting was over, reported the Russian news agency Interfax. Specific results were initially not known.

According to Interfax, Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskow did not state that after the interviews there could also be another phone call Putin with US President Donald Trump. Witkoff brought a message to Trump, who listened to Putin, Peskow said. The conversations on the various aspects of a solution to the conflict around Ukraine continued. It is about difficult questions. The meeting is a good opportunity to present the various elements of the position and the concern of Russia and to transmit them via Witkoff Trump, said Peskow.

U.S. President Donald Trump once again put Moscow under pressure after Witkoff’s arrival. He wrote on the Truth Social platform: “Russia has to move. Too many people die, thousands a week, in a terrible and senseless war.”