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the ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelenski, announced on Monday the start of the Russian offensive once morest eastern Ukraine, a region partly in the hands of pro-Russian separatists and where fighting has intensified.
“Now we can say that the Russian troops have started the battle for the Donbas, for which he had been preparing for a long time. A large part of the entire Russian army is now engaged in this offensive,” Zelensky said in a speech broadcast on Telegram.
“No matter how many Russian soldiers are brought here, we will fight. We will defend ourselves,” he said.
Shortly before, the Ukrainian governor of the region of Lugansk, Serguei Gaidai, he also announced the start of the Russian offensive once morest eastern Ukraine.
“This is hell. The offensive we’ve been talking regarding for weeks has started,” he said on Facebook. “There are fights in Rubizhne and Popasna, incessant fighting in other peaceful locations,” he said.
At least eight civilians were killed Monday by Russian gunfire and attacks, according to regional authorities.
Four people died in Kreminna, a small town in the Luhansk region that fell to the Russians on Monday, said Gaidai and Telegram.
And four more in the nearby Donetsk region, according to the Ukrainian governor of that region, Pavlo Kyrylenko.
“Two in Cod, one in Chandrigalove and another in Razdolne. Five other people were injured,” he said on Telegram.
Since Russia announced the withdrawal of its troops from the kyiv region, it has concentrated its armed forces in eastern Ukraine, which has been under frequent bombardment since the beginning of the Russian invasion on February 24.
The Ukrainian military announced several weeks ago a major Moscow offensive once morest the Donbas region, much of which is under the control of pro-Russian separatists from the self-proclaimed Lugansk and Donetsk republics.
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he is conducting a military operation in Ukraine to save Russians in Donbas from “genocide” orchestrated by Ukrainian “neo-Nazis.”
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UKR has found the solution, to the Odessa blockade.
NATO will ship out the Anti-Ship Missiles soon
Russian Navy will have to keep far off,from land – which will make Ship based missile attacks,from the Russian Navy,on Kiev/Mariupol,unviable
It will also make the fuel and food ships,from Russia to UKR ports unviable
THERE IS NO WAY THAT THE RUSSIAN FRIGATES CAN BLOCK,LAND BASED ANTI-SHIP MISSILES.
AND THIS BRINGS THE US/NATO – DIRECTLY INTO THE WAR – WITH RUSSIA
W/O US/NATO INT AND TECH – NO RUSSIAN SHIP,CAN BE SUNK.dindooohindoo
AND THAT WILL CAUSE THE GEOMETRIC ESCALATION BY PUTIN – AND THE 1 WAY TICKET TO WW3 !