Serhiy Hayday, head of the Luhansk region’s military administration, said Russian artillery was trying to level the building to its foundations, including the Azot chemical plant, which housed several hundred civilians.
Russian artillery dominates
Due to the buildings destroyed due to the foundations, Ukrainian forces often have no choice but to retreat to other positions. He said that the approximately 15,000 people who decided to stay in Severodonetsk would be forced to survive in extreme and difficult conditions.
“In the battles in Donbass, which will definitely go down in military history as one of the most brutal battles in Europe and for Europe, the Ukrainian army and our intelligence are tactically superior to the Russian soldiers.
“This is despite Russia ‘s significant dominance in terms of technology, especially the artillery system,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Russian forces are also trying to create the conditions for an offensive in the direction of Sloviansk. Some combat operations are also taking place in the south, in the Kherson region. The Ukrainian armed forces have liberated some parts of the Kherson region, are now 18 km from Kherson and have successfully hit enemy groups with artillery.
The Russian army is trying to establish itself in the center of Severodonetsk
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The situation in Mariupol is still very difficult
Meanwhile, Russian units are attacking Ukrainian forces near Zaporizhia. The Ukrainian army has suspended several offensive attempts by the Russian army in the south. The situation in Mariupol, which has been temporarily occupied by Russia, remains very difficult.
“Unfortunately, the situation in the city is very serious. The situation is on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe. In addition, there is an epidemic situation in Mariupol this summer. There are many mass graves. There are many natural burials in the city. There is no garbage collection.
There is no sewerage in the city. Drinking water is almost unavailable. All this could lead to an increase in infectious diseases, “said Mariupol Mayor Vadim Boychenko, who has had to leave the occupied city.
Ukraine’s Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malara has said that Russia is violating all the rules of war by trying new types of weapons in Ukraine. She acknowledged that the Russian army was “several times” ahead of the Ukrainian forces in terms of personnel and weapons.
Germany rejects criticism of delays in arms deliveries
Ukraine still hopes for faster arms transfers from the West. US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has said the US and its allies are ready to provide Ukraine with all the weapons it needs to win over Russia.
Austin recalled that the United States is convening a contact group on defense issues in Ukraine for the third time this week. This meeting will take place on Wednesday in Brussels.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, for his part, has rejected criticism that Germany has been too slow in delivering heavy weapons to Ukraine. On Monday, he confirmed that Germany would supply all the weapons it had approved, but Ukrainian forces must first be trained in the use of these weapons.
In Ukraine, the area sown has decreased by a quarter since the Russian invasion. However, Taras Visocki, Ukraine’s deputy agriculture minister, predicted that the harvest would be sufficient for Ukraine’s needs, especially given the fact that a large number of people had left the country due to the war.
CONTEXT:
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered to start Russian troops invade Ukraine. Putin claimed that NATO was going to use Ukraine as a bridgehead for aggression against Russia, although there was no evidence of these allegations. Ukraine believes that Putin’s real goal is to destroy Ukraine’s statehood and bring the territory under Moscow’s control.
Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has provoked a general one condemnation of the international communityagainst Russia is new sanctions have been introduced. Many Western companies have decided to leave the Russian market.
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