2023-08-27 16:16:50
According to the authorities, at least three people were killed in Russian artillery attacks in Ukraine on Sunday. According to a spokesman, the Ukrainian army is working its way south following breaking through the Russian defense line at Robotyne. According to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in September, Ukraine is hoping for a series of military aid packages from abroad.
A 35-year-old woman was killed and a man injured near the southern Ukrainian city of Cherson, the regional military administration said. A little later, the prosecutor’s office reported another dead and another injured – this time in Kherson itself. According to the regional military administration, a woman died in a village near the eastern Ukrainian industrial city of Kharkiv following her house was hit by Russian artillery. The information might not initially be independently verified.
The next targets of the Ukrainian army in the south are the villages of Novoprokopivka, Mala Tokmachka and Ocheretuvate, officer Oleksander Shtupun, spokesman for the troops in this sector of the front, said on Ukrainian television on Sunday. Although the Russian air force was stepping up its attacks there, Schtupun interpreted this as a sign that the exhausted Russian artillery and infantry no longer had much to oppose the Ukrainian advance.
As usual, the information might not be verified. However, military observers agree that following weeks of fighting, Robotyne in the Zaporizhia region is actually in the hands of Ukrainian troops. The push continues south. At Robotyne, the Ukrainians broke through a mined and fortified Russian defense line. The success is also psychologically important in the face of criticism, especially in the US, that the Ukrainian counter-offensive is making no progress.
To the south, the occupied cities of Tokmak and Melitopol come into view for the Ukrainian troops. Their artillery is also moving closer to Russian supply lines. In this region, Ukraine hopes to push forward to the Sea of Azov and cut off the land connection to the Crimean Peninsula for the Russians. Russian troops in turn attacked near the cities of Avdiivka and Mariinka in Donetsk region, army spokesman Shtupun said. However, it is possible to fend off these attacks.
Kiev hopes for early deliveries of artillery, armored vehicles, air defense and missiles, as well as mine clearance equipment from the West, Zelenskyy wrote on his Telegram channel on Sunday. “Each of the partners is informed regarding our needs. We are waiting for decisions.” In terms of foreign policy, Zelenskyj announced a “powerful September”. Rounds of talks on international security guarantees for the country attacked by Russia are planned. The government is also preparing for meetings such as the UN General Assembly in New York. Ukraine wants to approach countries outside Europe once more, especially on the subject of food supply. “The Global South will hear Ukraine,” he promised.
Finally, Zelenskyy thanked the US government for the recent sanctions once morest various members of the Russian state apparatus in the context of kidnapping Ukrainian children. The Ukrainian president described the Russian actions as a “genocidal policy that must be condemned equally by all people in the world.”
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