The Russian military operation in Ukraine continues today, Thursday. To liberate the last lands of Donbassin light of the West’s efforts to increase its supply of arms to Kiev and pressure towards prolonging the conflict.
In the latest developments, the Ukrainian Ministry of Interior reported that the death toll from the Russian bombing in the central Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia had risen to 21. Earlier in the day, the ambulance service posted on Facebook that it had counted at noon “12 dead and 25 wounded” as firefighters battled a fire caused by the bombing. . Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the strikes a “terrorist act”.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian officials said that Ukrainian forces bombed two military checkpoints and a landing platform on Thursday, in the second attack this week on a Russian-controlled area in southern Ukraine. A spokesman for the Odessa Regional Administration quoted the Operational Command in the South as saying that the new attack on Nova Kakhovka in the Kherson region killed 13 Russian troops.
The British Ministry of Defense said that the Russian forces had not made progress in the Donbass during the past 72 hours, noting that the Russian forces were at risk of losing momentum in the Donbass following taking control of Lyschansk. She added that the Russian forces used military equipment and tactics dating back to the Soviet era.
In the latest developments, Ukraine accused the Russian forces of bombing a school in Donbass, and there were no reports of casualties in the incident in the Kostyan-Tenivka region, while Russia denied that it was targeting civilians during its military operations.
After consolidating their full control over the Lugansk region, Russian forces in eastern Ukraine continue to put pressure on the Ukrainian forces trying to maintain a line running along the northern border of the Donetsk region. A video clip showed Russian military reinforcements in an effort to encircle the cities controlled by the Ukrainian army in Donetsk province.
At the same time, the Russian “TASS” news agency reported, quoting informed sources, that: Lugansk forces and the Russian army entered the city of Seversk They are combing it to gain control over it.
The source said: “I have Allied forces entered SeverskAnd we can say that the city is under our operational control, and combing operations are underway now.” He added: “Soon Seversk will be completely free of Ukrainian forces.”
Before that, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that Russian fighters had shot down 3 Ukrainian fighters, Su-24, Su-25 and MiG-29, using Russian air defense systems.
This came in the daily report of the official spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, where he indicated that the Russian armed forces continue their special operation while the Ukrainian army suffers heavy losses on all fronts.
He also added that more than 350 soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were neutralized with high-precision missiles launched from the air on the territory of the shipyard in the city of Nikolaev, and 20 units of military equipment from the Kakhovka Operational and Tactical Reserve Group.
Moscow recently warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine might spread to Poland if the United States continues to arm Kyiv’s forces.
According to the New York Post, New York Post The warning came during the “60 Minutes” program on the Russian Channel One, where the Russian warning came from the presenter, who said that “if the West continues to send aid to Ukraine, the conflict may intensify.”
And she continued, “The Americans are sending missiles that can reach a distance of 186 miles.” “We will go all the way to Warsaw,” she added.
The Russian Defense Ministry had announced that its Air Force had destroyed with high-precision missiles two US-made HIMARS launchers on the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic.
Russian forces, which this month completed their control of the Lugansk region in the Donbass, have been bombing parts of neighboring Donetsk for weeks.
It is noteworthy that since last March, Moscow announced the start of the second phase of its military operation in Ukraine, focusing on the east of the country.
Russian forces aim to control the entire Donbass basin, in order to open a land corridor between east and south in the Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014.