Status: 04/15/2022 09:42
Russia is apparently focusing its attacks on the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine. The population living there must be brought to safety through various corridors of escape.
In the war against Ukraine, Russian troops are apparently increasingly focusing their attacks on the Luhansk region. According to the Ukrainian General Staff, there were attacks from Russia at eight locations in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions in the last 24 hours, but all were repulsed.
The Russian military is mainly trying to capture the towns of Popasna and Rubishne in the Luhansk region, the General Staff’s situation report said. Several Russian tanks and an artillery system could have been destroyed in Ukraine’s counterattacks. The information cannot be independently verified.
conflicting parties as source
In the current situation, information about the course of the war, bombing and casualties provided by official bodies of the Russian and Ukrainian conflict parties cannot be directly verified by an independent body.
Six Escape Runners Announced
Concerns about a possible large-scale Russian offensive in eastern Ukraine have been growing in Ukraine for weeks, but also in the West. According to information from the British and US secret services, Russia is now trying to concentrate troops withdrawn from northern Ukraine in the east of the country.
The Ukrainian General Staff also reported that Russian units previously deployed to the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv are now stationed around the main city of Sievarodonetsk, which borders Rubyzhne.
The governor of the Luhansk region, Serhiy Gaidai, announced on Telegram that six escape corridors will be created today to bring the population to safety in a timely manner. He asked residents to leave the area. “Don’t hesitate and go while you still have the opportunity,” wrote Gaidai. Buses are available at pick-up points and there are also enough trains to leave the area.
According to Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Wereshchuk, nine escape corridors have been agreed across Ukraine. People should also be able to flee the port city of Mariupol, but this is only possible with private vehicles.
Selenskyj appreciates the courage of Ukrainians
Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine has now lasted 50 days – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj took this opportunity to pay tribute to the courage and perseverance of his country’s armed forces and people in a video speech. People can be proud that they survived 50 days “where the Russians gave us a maximum of five,” Zelensky said. This is based on the decision of millions of Ukrainians “who made the most important decision of their lives on February 24 – to fight”.
Zelenskyy listed the successes in the fight against Russian troops, including the sinking of the missile cruiser “Moscow”, which was hit by a Ukrainian attack. This has not yet been independently confirmed.
The president recalled the first day of the invasion, when many politicians around the world advised him to leave the country. “But they didn’t know how brave Ukrainians are, how much we value freedom and the opportunity to live as we want,” Zelenskyy said.