2023-07-05 23:10:00
U.S.- and European-backed Ukraine remains strong despite slower-than-expected territorial recapture
Soldiers of the 3rd Independent Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Army carry a 122mm mortar round on their shoulders near the front line in Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, Sunday, July 2 (Photo: AP/Aflo)
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(International journalist, Masato Kimura)
One-fourth of the pre-war population remains displaced from their hometowns
Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maryal announced on July 3 that the Eastern Front of Donetsk Oblast, including Bakhmut, had recaptured 9 square kilometers in a week. 28.4 km were recaptured on the Southern Front in Zaporizhia Oblast, with a total liberated area of 158.4 km2.
But Russian forces occupy regarding 86,400 square kilometers, including Crimea. There is still a long way to go to counterattack.
The British Defense Intelligence Service tweeted on the 3rd:
“Since July last year, Ukrainian authorities have evacuated 139,000 civilians from Ukrainian-controlled war zones in the Donetsk, northeastern Kharkiv and southern Kherson provinces under the State of Emergencies Law, according to UN estimates of 6.3 million. have fled the country as refugees, more than 5 million are internally displaced, and a quarter of the country’s pre-war population of 44 million remain displaced.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin is shaken by the rebellion of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Russian private military company Wagner Group, known as “Putin’s cook” in the Ukrainian military counteroffensive that began on June 4. However, the Russian army has dug anti-tank ditches on the front line and buried countless land mines in preparation for a Ukrainian counterattack. How did the largest supporter, the United States, view the one-month counteroffensive?
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director William Burns spoke at the Ditchley Foundation on the 1st.
“Today, the most serious geopolitical challenge to the international order is Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It’s the biggest war in
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