The Russian special military operation in Ukraine continues today, Tuesday, as the Russian army continues to target the positions of Ukrainian military forces and infrastructure and liberate the Donbass territory, while Kiev continues to receive Western support against the Russian army.
More US funding appears to be on the way, with sources claiming that members of Congress discussing a temporary spending bill have agreed to include about $ 12 billion in new military and economic aid to Ukraine.
Ukrainian and Russian forces have fought bitter fighting in several regions of Ukraine, with referendums organized by Russia in four regions it hopes to annex towards the end today.
British intelligence said Russian President Vladimir Putin will address the Kremlin next Friday, stressing that Putin is expected to announce to the Kremlin the accession of Ukrainian regions to Russia.
For its part, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the Donetsk region to the east It remains an absolute strategic priority for your countryAnd Russia too, as fighting raged in several cities as Russian forces tried to advance south and west.
Clashes also occurred in the north-eastern region of Kharkiv, at the center of this month’s Ukrainian counter-offensive. Ukrainian forces continued a campaign to deactivate four bridges and other river crossings with the aim of disrupting Russian forces’ supply lines in the south.
Moscow hopes to annex the regions of Kherson, Lugansk, Donetsk and Zaporizhia to the east and south, which make up about 15 percent of Ukraine.
None of these areas are under full control of Moscow and fighting continues along the entire front line, as Ukrainian forces have announced further advances since defeating Russian forces in a fifth district, Kharkiv, earlier this month. .
Russian President Vladimir Putin has tacitly threatened to use nuclear weapons to protect his country’s territory, which would include the four regions if annexed.
Voting on its annexation to Russia began on Friday and is expected to end on Tuesday, with the Russian parliament likely to approve the annexation within days.
Kiev and the West reject the referendums as a farce, vowing not to recognize the results.
About 300,000 soldiers of the reserve forces were recalled to Russia.
Russia believes that millions of former conscripts officially have reservists. Authorities did not say exactly who would be summoned, because this part of the order issued by Putin is confidential.
And late Monday evening, Zelensky described the military situation in Donetsk It is “extremely dangerous”.
“We are doing everything possible to contain the enemy’s activity. This is our first target now because Donbass is still the first target of the occupiers,” he said, referring to the wider region which includes Donetsk and Luhansk.
The Odessa administration said Russia has carried out at least five attacks on targets in the region using Iranian drones in recent days.
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