UkraineRussia War, Antiaircraft sirens sounded in several Ukrainian cities this morning. This was reported by the local media, quoted by the BBC. Among the cities mentioned are Kyiv, Cherkasy and Kropyvnytskyi in the central part of the country, Zaporizhia and Dnipro in the southeast, the eastern city of Zhytomyr, Kharkiv and Sumy in the northeast.
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Meanwhile the Ukrainian forces continued to defend the capital, Kyiv from the attacks of the Russian military, which is struggling to “maintain the necessary rhythm of combat and achieve the ultimate goal of the war”. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, quoted by the Guardian, is photographing the situation on the war fronts in the country. According to the same source, the Russian armed forces are facing challenges in replacing personnel and supplies, partly due to international sanctions. Russian equipment is in bad shape. However, airstrikes by Russian forces continued. In the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, the same source said, Ukrainian forces destroyed eight Russian tanks and shot down three planes and three UAVs.
“Russia continues to lay siege to a number of major Ukrainian cities, including Kharkiv, Chernihiv and Mariupol. Russian forces are proving reluctant to engage in largescale infantry operations, opting instead for the indiscriminate use of air and artillery bombardments to demoralize defense forces.” This is the UK Ministry of Defense report releasing the latest intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine. “Russia is likely to continue using heavy fire in urban areas to limit its already significant casualties at the expense of more civilian casualties,” he concludes.
There have been more than 70 separate attacks on hospitals, ambulances and doctors in Ukraine, and the number of these incidents is increasing “daily.. The BBC reported the alarm: Since February 24, the WHO has investigated and verified 72 individual attacks on health facilities that have left at least 71 dead and 37 injured. Most of them have damaged hospitals, medical transport and supply depots, but the WHO has also recorded cases of “probable” kidnapping or detention of health workers and patients. “We are concerned that this number will increase every day,” WHO representative for Ukraine Jarno Habicht told the BBC. “Healthcare facilities should be safe places for both doctors and nurses, but also for patients who need to go to these centers for treatment.”
USA: “Russia is looking for reinforcements in Georgia”
A US defense official told reporters the Pentagon knows Russia is seeking reinforcements in Georgia to support its offensive in the Donbass region. “We saw the movement of a number of troops from Georgia. We don’t have an exact number,” the official said during a news conference. The Pentagon official did not explain what he meant by “Georgia” since there are no Russian troops in the country.
“The main objectives of the first phase of the operation were generally achieved,” commander of the Operations Directorate of the Russian General Staff, General Sergei Rudskoy, said after a month yesterday, quoted by the Interfax news agency. Fight in the war between Russia and Ukraine. “The combat potential of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been significantly reduced. This allows focusing on the crucial efforts to achieve the main goal, which is the liberation of Donbass, he added.
“Militia units of the Luhansk People’s Republic liberated 93 percent of the region’s territory. Now fighting is taking place near Severodonetsk and Lysychansk. The militias of the Donetsk People’s Republic control 54 percent of the territory. Liberation from the territory. The city of Mariupol continues, “the general added, emphasizing that” units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, together with the republican militias, are conducting an offensive to liberate the populated areas west of Donetsk”.