The Russian army claims this Wednesday to have seized two Ukrainian villages, in the Kharkiv and Donetsk regions, where its troops have increased their advances in recent weeks.
Lacking ammunition and new recruits, the Ukrainian forces seem to be struggling more and more since the failure of their counter-offensive last summer.
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RUSSIA QUALIFIES ITS STRIKES AS A “RESPONSE” TO UKRAINIAN ATTACKS
The Russian Defense Ministry assures that its latest missile and drone strikes against military and energy targets in Ukraine constitute a “response” to attacks by kyiv against its own infrastructure. “In response to the Kiev regime’s attempt to damage Russian energy infrastructure, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched a group strike (…) against energy facilities and enterprises of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex” , indicates a press release published this Wednesday.
THE TAKE OF TWO VILLAGES CLAIMED BY THE RUSSIAN ARMY
The Russian army claims the capture of two new localities, claiming to have “liberated” the villages of Novokalynové, in the Donetsk region, in the east, where its soldiers have been advancing in recent weeks, and that of Kyslivka, in the surroundings of Kharkiv, in the northeast. Advances facilitated by the lack of ammunition and recruits facing the Ukrainian forces.
POWER CUTS
The national electricity company warns that power outages could occur at the end of the day due to a new “massive” attack by Russian forces on the country’s energy grid. “From 6 p.m. to 11 p.m., power outages are possible in Ukraine,” Ukrenergo says on Telegram, asking Ukrainians to “use electricity sparingly” to cope with a situation that is expected to be “particularly difficult.”
SHOT DOWN DRONES
Ukraine’s air force said it shot down dozens of missiles and drones launched by Russia overnight across the country in a barrage that targeted energy facilities. “The enemy used 76 means of air attack – 55 missiles and 21 attack drones,” the Air Force said on Telegram, adding that its air defense systems intercepted 39 missiles and 20 drones.
“WHO IS WHO”
As France commemorates the 79th anniversary of May 8, 1945, the Ukrainian president publishes a message on launched a massive missile attack on Ukraine”, he denounced, specifying that “more than 50 missiles and more than 20 Shahed drones” targeted infrastructures in “Lviv, Vinnytsia, Kiev, Poltava, Kirovohrad, Zaporizhzhia and Ivano-Frankivsk. “The whole world must understand who is who. The world must not give the new Nazism a chance,” he wrote.
“MASSIVE ATTACK”
Russian forces carried out a new “massive attack” of missiles and drones against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure last night, leaving at least six people injured, Ukrainian authorities said. “The enemy is not giving up its plans to deprive Ukrainians of light. Another massive attack on our energy industry!” Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko wrote on Telegram. These attacks targeted electricity production and transmission facilities in the regions of Poltava (east), Kirovograd (center), Zaporizhzhia (south), Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk and Vinnytsia (west), he said. .
NUCLEAR WEAPONS LAUNCHERS
The Belarusian army declared yesterday that it had in turn started an exercise to check the degree of readiness of its tactical nuclear weapons launchers, the day after the announcement by its Russian ally of exercises concerning these nuclear weapons, in particular near Ukraine. The secretary of the Belarusian Security Council, Alexander Volfovitch, quoted by the official Belta news agency, stressed that this exercise was linked to the Russian announcement and would be “synchronized” with Moscow.
According to this official, it will involve “above all”, on the Belarusian side, Iskander missile systems and Su-25 bombers. Russia deployed tactical nuclear weapons in the summer of 2023 in Belarus, its closest ally and a neighboring country of the European Union, which remain under its control.
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The warning from the Belarusian army. The latter declared on Tuesday that it had in turn started an exercise to check the degree of preparation of its tactical nuclear weapons launchers, the day after the announcement by its Russian ally of exercises concerning these nuclear weapons, in particular near the Ukraine.
Belarusian Security Council Secretary Alexander Volfovitch, quoted by the official Belta news agency, stressed that this exercise was linked to the Russian announcement and would be “synchronized” with Moscow. According to this official, it will involve “first of all“, on the Belarusian side, Iskander missile systems and Su-25 bombers.
On Monday, Russia announced tactical nuclear weapons exercises, in response, according to the Kremlin, to bellicose statements by Western leaders. Vladimir Putin ordered to proceed “in the near future“to such exercises involving in particular troops positioned near Ukraine, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced.
