The advance of the Russian army continues Kyiv slowly goes on, but in the night the troops of Moscow destroy one key bridge on the Desna River. Not just any bridge, but one that allowed the resistance to receive humanitarian aid and evacuate civilians. Fear of a fire that broke out in the forest near the nuclear power plant Chernobyl: Firefighters have been working for hours to put out the flames. Odessa woke up at dawn to the sound of antiaircraft sirens: there is an expectation of a possible enemy attack.
The Russian advance on Kyiv
In theory, the night report from the British Ministry of Defense should give Ukraine a sigh of relief. Ukrainian military units would successfully operate there counteroffensive in the towns on the outskirts of Kyiv and would likely regain control of Makariv and Moschun.
According to the British report, the Russians in the northeast of the capital face “significant difficulty‘ and that the Ukrainian counteroffensive ‘may have jeopardized the resumption of the advance towards the capital’.
On the other side is the destruction of a key bridge Desna river. According to the BBC, the infrastructure was essential to bringing humanitarian aid to the capital and encouraging those remaining in the city to flee.
The Chernobyl fire
headlights on Chernobyl, one of the most sensitive areas of the entire conflict, which was under Russian control for days. The Kiev authorities have informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (Aiea) that a Forest is near the center Flames. The IAEA confirmed the leak by saying some fires had broken out in a wooded area near the infamous nuclear power plant.
“Slight increases in airborne cesium concentrations were detected at Kyiv and two nuclear power plants, but they did not cause significant radiological problems,” the IAEA tweeted. “Firefighters are trying to put out fires near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant,” the agency added.
The Kiev alarm: “Use phosphorus bombs”
According to yesterday’s rumours, Kyiv has returned to raise the alarm about the alleged operation phosphorus bombs by the Russian army. In the Lugansk region of southeastern Ukraine, Moscow’s forces are reportedly continuing to bomb cities with the aforementioned bombs. The head of the Lugansk regional military administration, Sergey Gaidai, quoted by the UNIAN agency, wrote on Telegram and emphasized that there are dead and wounded.
“During the night, the invaders bombarded the Lugansk region with rockets and phosphorus bombs. That is already known four people I am death and the Russians damaged or completely destroyed many houses, Gaidai wrote. The Russians would be “in agony” and unable to “penetrate deep” and would therefore “begin using heavy weapons and dropping phosphorus bombs”.
What is happening in Moscow?
Meanwhile, far from the battlefield, there are two important new features to consider. The first, which should be treated with caution, concerns the usual letters from an anonymous Moscow intelligence agent to exiled activist Vladimir Osechkin. The last of these tells of the danger a possible coup against Wladimir Putin until Russian Federal Security Service (FSB). A risk that would increase as the war in Ukraine continued.
From the United States, the Pentagon instead, he informed about repeated and unsuccessful attempts by the American military leadership to establish contact with Russian colleagues. The black smoke, writes The Washington Post, is due to the Kremlin generals’ willingness to remain unresponsive. It appears that Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin and chief of staff General Mark Milley have tried unsuccessfully to speak to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and General Valery Gerasimov since the conflict began.