Russian military forces are blowing up bridges along the Sivarskiy Donts River to prevent Ukraine from moving to a military reinforcement zone and passing aid to civilians in the city of Sverdansk, the Luhansk Oblast’s governor said today (Saturday). According to Sarhai Gaidai, which was broadcast on Ukrainian television, the Ukrainian army recaptured about one-fifth of the territories occupied by Russia in the city.
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On the centenary of Russia’s invasion, the provincial governor said last night that it was unlikely the city would fall in the next two weeks, despite the reinforcements Russia is placing in the region. He said that once the Ukrainian forces had enough long-range weapons, they would be able to repel Russian artillery fire from their positions.
A senior Kiev administration official told News News that it looks like next month, or in August, Ukraine will launch a counterattack. President Zalanski’s adviser, Olksey Arstovich, said in an interview aired last night on this week’s program with Redemption here 11 that the war could last a year, but stressed that “it is impossible to know when the war will end, it could end in another five minutes if Putin wants.”