Heavy price in manpower and equipment, with limited territorial gains, the Russians pay in Donbas, according to with converging information from the US and Britain, while Kyiv, Although he admits that he has suffered heavy losses, he speaks of “colossal” Russian losses. At the same time, despite Moscow’s threats, the West continues to reinforce Ukraine with heavy weapons and other equipment, as well as more resources.
At the same time, without foreign leaders Russia will celebrate Victory Day against the Nazis this year on May 9, Russia, at a time when the war is well under way, and Vladimir Putin seems to be seeking a significant, at least communicative, victory by that date, at stake ( and) Donbass to prove an unsolvable military puzzle.
“Russia’s territorial gains have been limited, and have been achieved at a significant cost”
“Due to strong Ukrainian resistance, Russian territorial gains have been limited, and have been achieved at significant cost to Russian forces,” the Pentagon said in a statement.
The Battle of Donbass remains Russia’s main strategic goal in achieving its goal of securing control of Luhansk, and Donetsk is emphasized.
In these regions the fighting was particularly fierce around Lisichansk and Sheverodonetsk, with an attempt to advance south from Izium to Slovyansk.
Pentagon: Russian operation in Donbas moves “slowly and unevenly”
The Russian operation in Donbas, which is proceeding “slowly and unevenly” due to the fierce resistance of the Ukrainian army, has been delayed, according to the schedule originally planned, a high-ranking Pentagon official said.
“We believe that they (the Russians) are late in what they hoped to achieve in Donbass,” he told reporters, speaking on condition of anonymity.
“They are several days late,” he explained. “They are still far from uniting” the forces that entered Ukrainian territory from the Kharkiv region, north of Donbass, with those that came from the south. This was a goal of the Russian army to cut off the Ukrainian forces that have developed on the front line, around the separatist regions of Donetsk and Luhansk.
The illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine is continuing.
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“They are not promoted very quickly. “A few kilometers a day is the maximum they can do, because they are repulsed by the Ukrainian army,” the Pentagon official said.
According to this source, the Russian forces “do not want to make the same mistakes” they made in Kyiv, where the phalanxes of the tanks were immobilized by the Ukrainian armed forces and did not receive logistical support.
“Artillery fire and air strikes on Ukrainian forces have not had the desired effect, because the Ukrainians are still resisting,” he said. “That’s why we believe their promotion has been slow and uneven for the last 24 hours,” he added.
Kyiv: The Russians have “colossal” losses in battle
At the same time, the adviser to the President of Ukraine, Oleksiy Arestovich, admitted that his country’s army had suffered heavy losses as Moscow forces, having failed to occupy the capital, redoubled their efforts to completely occupy the eastern part of the country. Donbass.
He said, however, that the losses to the Russian army were even worse. “We have serious losses, but the losses of the Russians are much greater. They have colossal losses,” he said.
Berlin is also considering sending machine guns to Ukraine
Germany is considering sending long-range self-propelled guns to Ukraine, a security source told Reuters on Friday, confirming a report published in the Welt am Sonntag just days after Berlin’s decision to send heavy weapons to K for the first time.
The move follows warnings from the Kremlin that Western arms deliveries to Ukraine pose a threat to the security of the European continent “and cause instability”.
Ukraine’s calls for heavy weapons intensified after Moscow moved its offensive to Donbass, a largely flat, open eastern region considered to be better suited for tank battles than north around the capital Kyiv. , where most of the fighting had taken place earlier.
Berlin is in talks with the Dutch government over the delivery of Panzerhaubitze 2000 to Ukraine, the source said, referring to one of the most powerful firearms in Bundeswehr reserves that can hit targets within 40 kilometers.
The Netherlands intends to deliver a “limited number” of the same self-propelled guns to Ukraine, the ANP news agency reported on Tuesday (26/4), as Germany has offered to provide training and ammunition for weapons made by the German company. KMW.
The United States does not believe there is a Russian threat to the use of nuclear weapons
The United States does not believe there is a threat of Russia using nuclear weapons, despite a recent escalation of rhetoric from Moscow, a senior defense official said Friday.
“We continue to monitor the (Russian) nuclear capabilities as best we can on a daily basis, and we do not consider there to be a threat to the use of nuclear weapons or a threat to NATO territory,” he told Reuters. his anonymity.
Earlier, the same agency quoted US official as saying that some Russian strikes in Kyiv appeared to be aimed at destroying defense industry units. He also noted that these attacks are part of a broader effort by Russia to limit Ukraine’s ability to replenish and strengthen its armaments.
“Some of the blows in Kyiv, we believe, were aimed at military production facilities. I know that there are reports that (s.s. the Russians) affected residential areas. “We have no reason to doubt that they did it but (…) we are not 100% sure that they intended to hit residential areas,” he added.
Berlin defies Russia: Considers sending some of the most powerful firearms to Ukraine
Germany is considering sending long-range self-propelled guns to Ukraine, a security source told Reuters on Friday, confirming a report published in the Welt am Sonntag just days after Berlin’s decision to send heavy weapons to K for the first time.
The move follows warnings from the Kremlin that Western arms deliveries to Ukraine pose a threat to the security of the European continent “and cause instability”.
Ukraine’s calls for heavy weapons intensified after Moscow moved its offensive to Donbass, a largely flat, open eastern region considered to be better suited for tank battles than the north around the capital. Kyiv, where most of the fighting had taken place earlier.
Berlin is in talks with the Dutch government over the delivery of Panzerhaubitze 2000 to Ukraine, the source said, referring to one of the most powerful firearms in Bundeswehr reserves that can hit targets within 40 kilometers.
The Netherlands intends to deliver a “limited number” of the same self-propelled guns to Ukraine, the ANP news agency reported on Tuesday (26/4), as Germany has offered to provide training and ammunition for weapons made by the German company. KMW.
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