Kiev armed forces fight back a Kherson. This has been reported by sources in the last few hours Pentagonafter which Ukraine aims to regain control of the city, the first major city to fall into Russian hands.
This is the main news that emerged on the new Ukrainian night of war. After bombing According to Washington defense leaders, Kherson airport, which has been occupied by Moscow’s forces for the past few days, has all the elements to keep the city disputed by the Kyiv army ready for a real counterattack.
Moscow changes strategy
What is happening in Kherson could portend not only Russian trouble, but a change strategy from the Kremlin. Yesterday the spokesman for the Russian defense spoke of “limited” targets Donbass. A circumstance that, in the last hours of the night, led several analysts to suspect a scenario in which Moscow would limit itself to consolidating its own positions in the east of the country.
An intelligence document emerged from Washington stating that the order was to end the war by the May 9 parade, the day Russia celebrates the victory of World War II. Because of this, the war in Ukraine in the last few hours seems to have escalated into a conflict directed almost exclusively against the eastern regions of the country.
This is what the news indicates, among other things Kyiv. Around the Ukrainian capital, the Russian tanks retreated by 2 or 3 km, especially in the Irpin area. A repositioning that has arisen from the Ukrainian counterattacks, but also from Moscow’s desire not to close the country’s largest city to a siege at the moment.
Alarm sirens in all cities
Apparently, this has not allayed fears in the other Ukrainian provinces. On the contrary, air warning sirens sounded in all major cities during the night. Starting from Kyiv, where other distant explosions were warned by the population, and new raids have again hit the areas of the northwest suburbs. Also to Kharkiv, Sumy and Chernihiv the alarm sirens marked the night just passed.
The situation in Mariupol is becoming increasingly difficult: clashes have been reported in the last few hours, during which the armed forces near Moscow were advancing towards the center, but the Ukrainian battalions were determined not to surrender. There are around 100,000 civilians in the city who lack the most basic services.
Negotiations are progressing slowly
The news of the last few hours also includes the political front. Both Russia and Ukraine agree that the ongoing negotiations are very difficult. From Moscow the finger points to Kyiv. “Ukrainians have no interest in reaching an agreement,” Russian diplomatic sources said. The Ukrainian capital instead replied that the main difficulties stemmed from Kremlin requirements.
However, something seems to be moving. Turkish President Erdogan, one of the most committed mediators between the parties, received the Ukrainian Foreign Minister in the last few hours Kulebahe said he was optimistic about an agreement “on at least a 4 point out of 6”.
Information about possible future guarantors of Ukrainian security in the event of an agreement is also coming from Kyiv. President Zelenskyy’s chief of cabinet announced an agreement that would see permanent members of the UN Security Council as well as Turkey, Israel, Germany and Italy as guarantors of Kiev’s security.