2024-05-13 09:20:07
Fighting appears to be intensifying on the front line in eastern Russia and Ukraine”>Ukraine, where Russia has made some small advances in recent days.
Ukraine calls for strikes on Russian energy sites
Kyiv claims this Monday that it hit an oil terminal and an electricity substation respectively in the Belgorod and Lipetsk regions, in western Russia, not far from the Ukrainian border. “Explosions occurred at the Oskolneftesnab oil terminal near the town of Stari Oskol, as well as at the Yeletskaya substation with a capacity of 500 kW,” a source in the sector told AFP of the defense of Ukraine, indicating that it was a special services (SBU) operation that made with attack drones.
A surprise reshuffle in the Russian general team
This Russian advance comes at a time when Russian President Vladimir Putin unexpectedly reshuffled on Sunday evening and dismissed his flagship Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, after two years of conflict in Ukraine without a clear outcome. .
Andreï Belooussov, an economist in training, replaces Sergei Shoigu, and becomes the secretary of the Security Council, a post previously held by Nikolaï Patrushev, who is dismissed from his functions, according to a decree published by the Kremlin.
Russia advances in the Kharkiv region
The Ukrainian army recognized Russia’s “tactical success” this Monday in the Kharkiv region (north-east), where Moscow claimed on Sunday that it captured four additional places near the border in its offensive launched on Friday, which led to the evacuation of thousands of civilians.
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