Adviser to the President of Ukraine, Michaelo Podolyak, addressed today (Saturday) the proposal of the President of France, Emanuel MacronMediated talks between Kyiv and Moscow to end the war and clarified that “there is no point in negotiating with Russia until the withdrawal of forces across the Ukrainian border.”
Ukraine, which has claimed that Russia has already occupied about 20% of its territory, may now receive more advanced weapons from the West. Among other things, the US will provide Ukraine with accurate HIMARS rocket systems that will allow it to hit Russian positions in the longer term. “Our armed forces are ready to use (the new weapon) … then I think we can initiate a new round of talks from a strengthened position,” And providing.
The battle for the Donbas area continues
Meanwhile, the Russian Ministry of Defense claimed today that it shot down a Ukrainian military plane carrying an arms shipment to the Black Sea port of Odessa. In addition, they claimed to have fired missiles and hit an artillery training center in the Sumy area. According to Russian media reports, the training center allegedly housed foreign instructors. Another attack destroyed a post of “foreign mercenaries” in the Odessa area.
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At the same time, Ukraine has announced that it is continuing to suppress Russian forces in Severodonetsk, with fierce fighting still taking place in the city, as part of Russia’s attempt to occupy the eastern Donbas region. The governor of Luhansk Oblast claimed that Russian forces had suffered heavy defeats and were blowing up bridges over the Siverski River Donitz to prevent Ukraine from introducing military reinforcements and providing assistance to civilians in Sivrodontsk.
He further claimed that the Ukrainian forces re-occupied about 20% of the territory they had lost. If Severodonetsk falls, neighboring Lisichensk will be the last city Russia must occupy in order to gain full control of the Luhansk region, which together with the Donetsk region makes up the Donbas region.