According to the Ukrainian General Staff, Russian troops in the south are trying to reach the administrative border of the Kherson region and occupy it in its entirety.
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Concerns about the advance along the coast grew after Russian General Rustam Minnevayev said that the aim of the operation was to control not only the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, but also the Zaporozhye and Kherson region, and subsequently the entire Black Sea coast to the separatist-controlled Transnistria in Moldova.
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The British military’s intelligence service on Sunday morning warned that Russia wanted to legitimize control of the city and surrounding areas by setting up a pro-Russian administration since it took control of Kherson in early March. She said that the return of the territory under Ukrainian administration was “impossible”. At the same time, it announced a four-month transition period, during which the transition from payments in Ukrainian hryvnia to the Russian ruble. It is to be used in Kherson itself from Sunday.
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British intelligence also warns against the further advance of Russian forces from Kherson to the north and west, although the main goal, according to her, is to secure Russian positions in the occupied Crimea.
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The Ukrainian General Staff has warned that Russia is continuing to push in reinforcements: “In order to accelerate the pace of the offensive operation, the command of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is taking measures to strengthen the striking potential of its troops. Armaments and military equipment are brought to the areas bordering Ukraine by rail from the warehouses of the Western, Eastern and Central Military District and the Northern Fleet. “
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Izjum attacks
Part of the armament moved to Kharkov and especially to Izjum, where three hundred pieces of armament were moved from the self-proclaimed People’s Republics in the occupied territory of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Russian troops, which are protected from air strikes by two attached systems, Buk-M2 and Tor-M, continue to shell Kharkov and from Izjum they attack in two directions south to Barvinkovo, where they controlled the Zavody at the end of the week, and southeast to Slovyansk.
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The goal is to cut off Ukrainian troops defending the rest of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, who are facing attacks at Popasna and Lyman. Ukrainian troops are shelled and face raids along the entire length of the front in Donbas
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The Ukrainian General Staff warns of possible further attacks, especially missile attacks, led from the territory of Belarus.
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