Russia is trying to encircle strongholds of the Ukrainian armed forces in the eastern part of the country, the British Ministry of Defense said in its morning briefing on its course. war in Ukraine.
There are reports that the city of Kremna has fallen into the hands of Russian troops and that heavy fighting is taking place in the city of Izium, as they try to advance towards Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.
“Ukrainian forces are preparing defenses in Zaporizhia for a possible Russian attack from the south”according to the same source.
Reuters news agency notes that it is not able to confirm this information in an independent way.
“Russia will not achieve anything in its war,” Zelensky promised
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has promised that Russia will not succeed in its war against his country.
Within two months of the invasion Russia its forces have used more than 1,100 rockets and countless bombs against Ukraine, Zelensky said in a video he posted late Monday night.
“It simply came to our notice then. “And they will not achieve anything,” he stressed.
The Russian units have met “crumbs” of support in eastern Ukraine, despite their expectations, the Ukrainian president added.
In Kherson, Kahovka, Melitopol, Enherkhodar and other cities occupied by Russian troops the inhabitants did not succumb to the Russian armed forcesnoted Zelenski.
Ukrainian forces bombed villages in Russia
Many buildings, some of them uninhabited, were damaged in the village of Golovcino in Bjelgorod Oblast during bombing of the Ukrainian armyHowever, Vyacheslav Gladkov, a local official, did not cause any casualties among the civilians, the Telegram platform said today, without giving any evidence.
A few hours earlier, Mr Gladkov said two civilians had been injured in a Ukrainian bombing of another village, Zuravlievka.
He did not specify whether the blows came from guns, mortars, rockets, or air.
Mr Gladkov had already announced the bombing of Golovtsino on April 19, reporting three casualties and extensive property damage.
The Reuters news agency was unable to verify the information provided by the Russian official independently.
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