According to information from Kyiv, the advance of the Ukrainian army in the east of the country continues. The rapid successes of the Ukrainian military have a significant impact on Russia’s overall operational plans, sources in London say.
Combat / Military
- Over the weekend, Ukraine celebrated one of its biggest successes since the start of the war more than six months ago: under pressure from its counter-offensives, the Russian Defense Ministry announced the Withdrawal of own troops from eastern Kharkiv region known. More on that.
- According to information from Kyiv, the advance of the Ukrainian army in the east of the country continues. “Liberation of Russian-occupied cities in Kharkiv and Donetsk Oblasts continues“, announced the Ukrainian General Staff in its situation report on Monday. recaptured over 20 cities in the last 24 hours I have been.
- Russian troops, therefore, also from parts of southern Kherson remove the. In some places, the occupiers had already left their positions there, the Ukrainian staff said the night before. Ukrainian army chief Salushnyi had previously emphasized: “From Kharkiv we advance not only to the south and east, but also to the north.”
- The military administration installed by Russia in the occupied areas of the Kharkiv region admits a Ukrainian troops supremacy in their counter-offensive there. They are eight times stronger than Russian units and the pro-Russian forces allied to them, says Vitaly Gantchev, head of government, on state television channel Rossiya-24.
- The rapid successes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces significant impact on Russia’s overall operational plans. This is Britain’s assessment based on intelligence information. In the south, near Kherson, the Russian military is apparently struggling to get enough supplies across the Dnieper River to the front.
Attacks on civilian targets and critical infrastructure
- In the Kharkiv region, according to Governor Oleh Sinegubov, until morning 80% of electricity and water supply have been restored. Kharkiv is one of the regions in eastern Ukraine that was affected by widespread outages on Sunday night.
- The governor of the Kharkiv region stated that rightUS attacks on “important infrastructure”. electricity and water supply was cut off. the governor of the region Dnepropetrovsk accused Russian troops of attacking “energy infrastructure” to avenge their “defeat on the battlefield”. Representatives of the Ukrainian authorities also reported power outages in the regions donetsk and SumyAFP reporters reported power outages in the city Kramatorsk.
- The mayor of the city of Kharkiv Ihor Terekhov wrote on Telegram: “This is the heinous and cynical revenge of the Russian aggressor for the conquests of our army.” Volodymyr Zelensky also blames Russian fire for the power cuts. Russia wanted “take light and heat” from peopleto avenge the counter-offensive, according to the Ukrainian president.
Diplomacy / Economics / Sanctions
Ukraine’s Successes in Repelling Russian Invasion Troops in Germany Call for more weapons higher again for the country attacked. In the coalition, the German Greens and the FDP in particular are pushing for the delivery of heavy weapons. “Everyone in the government knows, however, that more would be possible,” Green Party leader Omid Nouripour told the Augsburger Allgemeine (Monday). Ukraine must be allowed to quickly “free as much of your own land as possible“.
- From today, Russian citizens will no longer benefit from an enlightened Visa issuance for travel to Schengen countries. The agreement concluded between the EU and Russia on the Facilitating the issuance of visas is now available to Russian citizens following a decision by EU states last week completely exposed.
(Red/APA/Portal/dpa)