As Russian troops began an offensive to retake ground near Bakhmut, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Ukraine must prepare for winter.
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The head of Ukraine’s ground forces said that Russian troops had begun an offensive to regain ground near Bakhmut.
Although Russian attacks on the devastated eastern Ukrainian city of Avdiivka have eased in recent days, they could intensify again. “Enemy attacks are being repelled,” Kiev army spokesman Volodymyr Fitjo commented on Sunday, even as Kremlin troops are increasing their airstrikes not only around Avdiivka but also in Donetsk in the east of the country.
The Ukrainian president spoke in his daily speech broadcast into the night Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Ukraine must prepare for winter: Zelensky fears that Russia will resume attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure this winter, citing a possible increase in Russian missile attacks, similar to last winter.
“We must prepare for the possibility that the enemy will increase the number of drone or missile attacks on our infrastructure,” the head of state continued in his daily speech. “All our attention must be focused on defense and everything Ukraine can do to help our people get through the winter,” he concluded.
On the external front, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff said, Andriy Yermakannounced on Sunday that he had arrived in the United States with a delegation led by Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko to discuss cooperation and support for his war-torn country.
“I will hold meetings in the White House, in Congress, with think tanks and representatives of civil society organizations,” Yermak said, specifying that the delegation “will support the President’s proposals for peace, strengthening Ukraine’s defense, deepening global cooperation and much more.” “I will discuss other important topics.”
As the Ukrainian army prepares for winter, some refugees from Israel have returned to Ukraine, moving from one war to another: “As soon as you hear the sirens, you run to the air raid shelter,” Tetiana Kocheva told the international press. Ukrainian refugee returned to Kharkiv from Ashkelona city in southern Israel near the Gaza Strip, where the war against Hamas continues, and where she moved with her three children five months after the Russian invasion began.
Before returning to her hometown of Kharkiv, Tetiana and her family had been relocated to a safer location in central Israel following the October 7 attacks; Nevertheless, they decided to leave the country and return to Ukraine.