In a speech to the nation on Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky admitted that the Russians were trying to consolidate their profits in the conquered territory. “They continued to attack our troops near Kharkov, in Donbas,” he said. “He is trying to portray the alleged ‘new government’ in Kherson and parts of the Zaporozhye region,” he said.
The Kherson Regional Administrative Center, the city of Kherson, was conquered in the early days of the war. However, the Pentagon later said that Russian troops had partially lost control of it. Kherson is the largest population center Russia has held so far, the BBC said.
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The Russian command is trying to supply reinforcements and weapons to its troops to compensate for the losses. Two battalions of tactical groups of paratroopers allegedly moved to the city of Izjum, in the vicinity of which Russian attacks continue. The enemy controlled the northeastern edge of the village Velyka Komyshuvacha and also the village Zavody, said the Ukrainian army. The Russians allegedly moved two divisions armed with Iskander missiles near the border. The shelling and bombing of the second largest Ukrainian city, Kharkov in the east of the country, continues, Ukrainian command said.
According to him, in the Donetsk region, Russian troops are active practically along the entire front line. Their main efforts are focused on the offensive, which is apparently aimed at conquering the cities of Popasne, Rubizhno and continuing the attack on Severodonetsk and Slovyansk. The Russians have taken control of the villages of Zarichne and Novotoškivske, and massive shelling of the besieged Ukrainian forces at the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol and in the direction of Mykolaiv and Zaporozhye, the Russian army is regrouping in an effort to improve its tactical situation, the General Staff warned.
Ukrainian forces shelled Russian positions on Snake Island in the Black Sea, which the Russians took at the beginning of the war, the media writes, referring to the southern headquarters of Ukrainian forces.
British intelligence: Ukraine controls most of the airspace
According to the British Ministry of Defense, Ukraine has retained control of most of its airspace. The invading troops failed to effectively destroy the country’s air force or suppress its air defenses. “Russia has very limited access to airspace in the north and west of Ukraine, which limits offensive actions to static weapons strikes,” the ministry said on Twitter on Wednesday.
“Russia’s aviation activity focuses primarily on southern and eastern Ukraine and provides support to Russian ground forces,” she added in a regular bulletin.
Russia continues to focus on Ukraine’s military assets and logistics infrastructure across the country, British military intelligence said. However, she pointed to a higher risk of civilian deaths, most Russian air raids in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol probably use unguided free-falling bombs. “These weapons reduce Russia’s ability to effectively differentiate in strikes, which increases the risk of civilian casualties.”
In recent days, the Russian army has targeted attacks on the railway network. “It simply came to our notice then. Ukrainian railways are extremely important for its functioning, “said Czech Television correspondent Martin Jonas from Kiev. Trains flow to the east of the country from supplies and weapons, and are used in the opposite direction by refugees from the affected areas.
“It is very frustrating for the Russian command to see that for the Ukrainian army, life-giving supplies are flowing smoothly from western Ukraine. So far, the Russian side has not managed to hit a single transport of this type, “remarked Jonah.
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According to Russian sources, explosions erupted on Wednesday morning near the Russian city of Belgorod and also in Kursk and Voronezh.
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