Night shelling south and east – Ukrainian forces destroy railway bridge
“There is no counterattack on the whole front. There is a shortage of men, women and equipment.”
The federal government has reportedly approved the sale of 100 self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine. But approval probably only applies to manufacturing. “A sale in the sense of export is a permit to be granted later,” says military expert Professor Carlo Masala.
The Ukrainian army continues its counteroffensive in the Cherson region of southern Ukraine occupied by Russian troops. Meanwhile, the Russian army attacked several cities in Ukraine on Saturday night. An overview.
DAccording to their own reports, the Ukrainian armed forces are increasingly taking action against Russian troops in the south of the country. The Ukrainian military said on Saturday that the destruction of a railway bridge over the Dnipro River had cut off occupation forces from railway supplies. in the region Cherson Ukrainian forces killed more than 100 Russian soldiers and destroyed two ammunition depots and seven tanks on Friday. According to the government in Kiev, dozens of Russian soldiers were killed. Also, the Ukrainian military said two Russian ammunition depots were destroyed. Troops are now further isolated after rail service to the Russian-held city across the Dnipro River was disrupted. Information cannot be independently verified. Ukraine wants to recapture the strategically important city in the country’s south.
In the past few weeks, Ukraine has already severely damaged three bridges across the Dnipro with Western weapons to cut off supplies to Russian troops in the city of Kherson on the river’s west bank.
In response, according to the British Ministry of Defence, Russian troops were able to keep traffic across the river with pontoon bridges and ferry service. Russian authorities are also expected to hold a referendum this year in the occupied territories of southern Ukraine. Connection with Russia ready
Current situation in Ukraine
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Meanwhile, Ukrainian authorities have reported several attacks by Russian armed forces on Saturday night. By shelling a residential area in the south Mycological One civilian was killed and six wounded, regional governor Vitaly Kim said on the online service Telegram. According to the Northeast City Mayor Share Ihor Terekhov, three S-300 rockets landed on a school there early in the morning.
Mikolaev had been attacked almost daily in the past few weeks. On Friday, seven people were killed in an attack near a bus stand.
According to Mayor Terekhov, the fire at the school was extinguished due to rocket fire by the Kharkiv Fire Brigade. He initially gave no information on possible deaths or injuries. At least five rockets hit the city on Saturday night, according to Oleg Sinekubov, governor of the Kharkiv region.
In the fiercely contested Donetsk region in the east of the country, Russian troops held a bus station early Saturday morning. Slovak fired upon. So no one got hurt. According to Ukrainian sources, six civilians were killed and 15 injured in the area on Friday.
US ambassador: Russia wants to wipe Ukraine off the map
According to US estimates, Russia wants to erase Ukraine from the world map. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US ambassador to the United Nations, told the Security Council on Friday that there should be no doubt about the intention.
The US is increasingly showing signs that Russia is invading the regions of eastern Ukraine Donetsk And Luhansk As well as the southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhia, Thomas-Greenfield said. This is to be done, inter alia, by appointing illegal proxies in Russian-controlled areas. Its purpose is to fake referendums or mandates to join Russia. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov officially named the war target, the UN envoy explained.
Lavrov told the Arab summit in Cairo last Sunday that Moscow’s main goal in Ukraine is to rid the people of their “unacceptable regime.” He pointed out that Russia’s ambitions extend beyond the Donbass in the east.
Russia’s deputy ambassador to the UN, Dmitry Polyansky, told the Security Council on Friday that “the demilitarization and demilitarization of Ukraine is fully underway.” “From this point on, there should be no more threats to Donbass, Russia and the liberated Ukrainian territories, and for the first time in many years people feel they can live as they want,” he said.
The US ambassador to the UN, Thomas Greenfield, criticized governments that called for diplomacy: “Let’s be clear: Russia’s continued actions are an obstacle to resolving this crisis.” He did not name specific countries, but a significant number of states in Africa, Asia and the Middle East follow this approach.
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