Russia has claimed the capture of a new village on the Eastern Front, in an area where its troops have advanced rapidly over the past week. Three people died in bombings on Russian-held areas. Here is what to remember from the war in Ukraine on this Sunday, April 28.
Russian troops achieve ‘tactical successes’, Ukraine says
On the defensive since the failure of its major counter-offensive last summer and in difficulty after the fall of the fortress town of Avdiivka in the east in February, the Ukrainian army now sees the situation on the front “deteriorating” according to its commander-in-chief, Oleksandr Syrsky.
He admitted that the Russian troops, superior in arms and soldiers, had won victories “tactical successes” in several areas, reports theAFP. The situation is “tense” in the south of the country, in his words.
According to him, the Russian army “concentrated its efforts in several sectors, thus creating a significant advantage in terms of forces and means”in order to “attempt to take the strategic initiative and break through the front line”.
He reported from “violent fighting” over the past week, particularly in the Kupiansk sector, in the northeast of the country.
The Ukrainian authorities, however, hope to fill the arms and ammunition deficit thanks to the envelope of some 61 billion dollars in aid approved by the American Congress after months of blockage due to political quarrels in Washington.
Russia claims the capture of a village on the Eastern Front
Russia claimed on Sunday April 28 the capture of a new village on the Eastern Front, Novobakhmoutivka, in a sector where Moscow’s forces have advanced rapidly over the past week.
This village is located more precisely to the northwest of the town of Avdiïvka, which was taken by Moscow in February, indicated the Russian Ministry of Defense in its daily report, consulted by theAFP.
The Telegram channel DeepState, close to the Ukrainian army and followed by more than 700,000 people, blamed the command of a unit deployed there, the 115th motorized brigade, for “the collapse of defenses throughout the region, causing considerable losses”.
Three dead in bombings on Russian-held areas
Two people died in the shelling by Ukrainian forces of the town of Pologi in the Russian-controlled part of the Zaporizhia region of Ukraine, the governor of the Russian region of Penza, Oleg Melnichenko, said on Telegram messaging on Sunday .
A Ukrainian bombing on the village of Oleksandrivka killed another person, in a part of the Donetsk region controlled by the Russians, local authorities said cited by the TASS agency.
Earlier in the day, Russia said it had shot down 17 drones fired by Ukraine over its territory, said Reuters.