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Ukraine war briefing: North Korean missiles hit Zaporizhzhia in deadly attack
Zelenskyy warns Putin will use Russian election, in which opposition to the war is banned, as pretext for major call-up of troops. What we know on day 1,631
TL;DR
- Ukraine's president claims Russia used North Korean ballistic missiles in an attack on Zaporizhzhia, killing seven civilian workers at a Metinvest plant.
- Drones and artillery attacks in the Dnipropetrovsk region killed three more civilians.
- Ukraine reported striking an oil refinery in Orsk, Russia, causing a fire.
- Russian online retailer Wildberries' logistics facilities in the Voronezh region also caught fire after an attack.
- Romania's navy destroyed two suspected Russian drones in the Black Sea.
- President Zelenskyy stated Russia is exploiting Ukraine's shortage of Patriot air defense interceptors and plans to recruit more troops.
- Zelenskyy warned that Russia will use its September "pseudo-election" as a pretext for a new mobilization, potentially calling up hundreds of thousands of troops.
- Ukraine has presented proposals to US negotiators for a plan to end the war.
- The UN estimates over 16,000 civilians detained by Russia are still deprived of liberty, with widespread torture and ill-treatment reported.