“This is not the time to get drunk” … Russia “repulses the offensive in Ukraine on the southern and eastern front”
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As the Russian army, which suffered a shocking defeat by the Ukrainian army, has recently re-established a defensive position, the territorial recapture of the Ukrainian army appears to be slowing down.
According to Reuters and the TASS news agency on the 15th (local time), Luhansk Governor Serhi Haidai expressed concern that the process of recovering Luhansk Oblast from Russia would not be easy, unlike in Kharkiv.
“Russian forces dug trenches in Svatova and Troitsk in Luhansk,” he told Ukrainian TV.
Svatova and Troitzke are small towns located in northwestern Luhansk Oblast, adjacent to Kharkiv, where Ukraine has recently recaptured most of its territory.
“The battles are taking place in many directions, but it will not be easy for an immediate scenario like that of Kharkiv to repeat itself,” said Governor Haidai.
“The Russian army is in a defensive position,” he added.
Ukrainian National Security Advisor Olegsi Danilov also said: “You must not get carried away.
“There is still a lot of work to be done for territorial liberation,” he said, “Russia still has a lot of weapons.”
Having recovered most of Kharkiv, the Ukrainian army has been conducting an offensive in Liman in northern Donetsk on the road to Luhansk oblast since last weekend, but has yet to retake it.
Unlike last week’s recovery of thousands of square kilometers of land in one day, the pace of progress has been slower than in recent days.
The British Defense Ministry said in an information update that “the Ukrainian army is continuing its stabilization work on the recently reconquered territory”.
Russia claimed to have successfully stopped the Ukrainian offensive.
“The enemy has attempted an offensive on all fronts and the situation is very tense,” said Leonid Paschenchik, head of the Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR), where pro-Russian separatists have declared independence in Luhansk. “Clearly there isn’t,” He said.
“The LPR keeps calm,” he said. “Our military and the militia are ensuring the security of the border.”
“While Ukraine continues to strengthen its forces, the Kherson border is still maintained,” said Kirill Stremusov, Russia’s appointed deputy head of administration in Kherson Oblast.
“Earlier this morning (15), about 120 Ukrainian paratroopers and marines attempted to penetrate the sandbar of the Kinbrunn peninsula from the direction of the Black Sea, but they were all killed,” he said.
/ yunhap news
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