American Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin arrived in Kiev this Monday. A surprise visit intended to convince Ukraine of the sustainability of American support in the face of the Russian invasion. Follow the latest information about the conflict.
08:57
SURPRISE VISIT
American Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will pay a surprise visit to Ukraine this Monday, Washington announces. He “traveled to Ukraine today to meet with Ukrainian leaders and reaffirm the United States’ unwavering support for Ukraine’s struggle for freedom,” the Pentagon said in a statement.
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07:50
UPDATE ON THE SITUATION
After his absence in the previous two years, Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend the G20 summit this Wednesday. At the same time, the situation at the front remains deadlocked, with positions on both sides relatively frozen. The highlights of the last 24 hours.
07:17
PROGRESSIVE
Despite the major counteroffensive by the Ukrainian army a few months earlier, the situation at the front is difficult to resolve as the positions there remain relatively frozen. However, on Sunday, Ukraine claimed to have pushed the Russian army back several kilometers to the left bank of the Dnieper. “Preliminary figures vary between 3 and 8 km, depending on the characteristics, geography and topography of the Left Bank,” army spokeswoman Natalia Goumeniouk told Ukrainian television.
However, it was not clear from the latter whether Kiev’s armed forces now fully controlled this area of the Kherson region (south) or whether the Russian army had withdrawn from it. “The enemy continues its artillery fire on the right bank,” she added.
06:48
WELCOME
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Ukraine claimed on Sunday it had pushed the Russian army back “from 3 to 8 km” into the depths of the left bank of the Dnieper occupied by the Moscow army, the first numerical estimate of the advance of Kiev troops in that area after months of unsuccessful counteroffensive.
“Preliminary figures vary between 3 and 8 km, depending on the characteristics, geography and topography of the Left Bank,” army spokeswoman Natalia Goumeniouk told Ukrainian television. If this advance is confirmed, it would be the largest advance by the Ukrainian army against the Russians in several months.
However, Natalia Goumeniouk did not provide any information about whether the Ukrainian armed forces were in full control of this area of the Kherson region (south) or whether the Russian army had retreated in the face of attacks by Kiev troops.
“The enemy continues its artillery fire on the right bank,” she explained, estimating the number of Russian soldiers present in the area at “several tens of thousands.”
The long-awaited counteroffensive launched in June by Kiev and its Western allies failed, leaving the Ukrainian army only able to recapture a handful of villages in the south and east.
The editorial team of TF1info