Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on the 11th that Ukraine had reached a “strategic turning point” in the war and continued to win. The Russian army bombed cities around the country and appeared to be regrouping, possibly attacking the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, with satellite images showing Russian artillery continuing to open fire.
Archyde.com reported that the Russian offensive has now entered its third week, and Zelensky has united the people with a series of speeches. Ukraine “has reached a strategic turning point,” he said. “It’s impossible to say how many more days we will have to liberate Ukrainian soil, but we can say that we will. We have continued to move towards our goal, towards victory.”
The main force of the Russian attack has stalled on the road north of Kyiv, and Western analysts believe that Russia’s initial blitzkrieg plan has failed. However, according to the analysis of satellite images taken by the US private company Maxar Technologies on the 11th, the Russian army continued to advance towards Kyiv, and artillery shelled residential areas. Many houses and houses in the town of Moschun, northwest of Kyiv, were Buildings are on fire, damage and blasted holes are everywhere. Archyde.com was unable to independently confirm the authenticity of the images.
The British Ministry of Defence said Russia appeared to be preparing for a new wave of offensives in the coming days, possibly including operations once morest Kyiv. However, the latest British intelligence says Russian ground forces are still making limited progress due to logistical problems and stubborn Ukrainian resistance. The Ukrainian General Staff said that the Russian army was trying to regroup following heavy losses.
The mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, who was a former heavyweight boxing champion, said that Kiev’s civilian resources are sufficient for two weeks, and the supply line is currently operating. The governor of Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine said a mental hospital was attacked, and the mayor of Kharkiv said regarding 50 schools were destroyed. At least 1,582 civilians have been killed and hundreds of thousands left without food, water, electricity or heating under Russian shelling and a 12-day blockade of the city of Mariupol in southern Ukraine under siege, the city council said.
Meanwhile, the West has taken more economic steps to try to force Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop attacking Ukraine.
U.S. President Joe Biden said on the 11th that the Group of Seven (G7) would cancel Russia’s most-favored-nation status. He also announced that the United States banned the import of seafood, alcohol and diamonds from Russia. Washington later expanded sanctions once morest Russian oligarchs and elites, including 12 members of Congress and the family of Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, who had previously been sanctioned.
European Union leaders gathered in France also said they were prepared to impose tougher economic sanctions on Russia and might provide Ukraine with more money to buy weapons. However, they rejected Ukraine’s request to join the EU quickly.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said in talks with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko that there had been “some positive turn” in talks with authorities in Kyiv, without elaborating.
Editor: Qin Yingwen
