According to US military experts, Russia’s attack strength is not sufficient for the capture of Sieverodonetsk
Selenskyj warns of even more violent Russian attacks in Ukraine
“Of course we expect Russia to increase its hostile activity this week,” Zelenskyy said in his video message that evening. This announcement is closely linked to the candidate status received for EU accession, which is not well received in Russia, says WELT reporter Tatjana Ohm.
Russian troops are still trying to encircle the city of Sievjerodonetsk in eastern Ukraine. According to the “Institute for the Study of the War”, however, little progress can currently be seen in this project. Meanwhile, Selenskyj warns of even more violent attacks. An overview.
RAccording to military experts, ussland’s superiority in artillery armament is not enough to capture the administrative center Shevjerodonezk in eastern Ukraine. “Russia’s concentrated artillery capability, coupled with arguably weakened infantry units, remains insufficient to sustain Russian advances at Sieverodonetsk,” according to the latest analysis by the Institute for the Study of the War (ISW). Russian troops continued to fight for control of the city but made little progress on Sunday.
According to the experts, Russia is likely to continue trying to encircle the former city and to cut off supplies for the remaining Ukrainian forces, who are largely holed up in the Azot chemical plant. However, there is currently little progress on this project. In addition, Moscow is preparing an offensive Slovenian before. The Slovjansk-Kramatorsk area is considered the center of the Ukrainian defense forces in the Donbass region.
According to the ISW, Moscow is itself hindering the success of its invasion by continuing to speak of a “special military operation” instead of a war. This prevents Russia from mobilizing to generate more forces. In addition, the Kremlin lacks the legal means to punish soldiers who refuse to be deployed.
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Ukrainian authorities on Monday admitted the loss of the village of Metyolkine, south-east of Sieverodonetsk. “Control of Metyolkine near Sieverodonetsk has been lost,” said the military governor of the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk, Serhiy Haiday, on his Telegram channel.
Sieverodonetsk’s sister city, Lysychansk, on the west bank of the Seversky Donets River was also said to have come under fire. The evacuation operations in the city for civilians were underway. According to Hajdaj, there is also heavy fighting around the suburbs of Toshkivka and Ustynivka, “because the orcs want to make a breakthrough there and have concentrated large amounts of military technology there for this purpose,” he wrote.
Ukrainian officials often use the derogatory term “Orcs” from the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy for the Russian troops.
One injured in renewed shelling of Russian border region
In the West Russian Region Brjansk According to official information, a man was injured by artillery fire on the border with Ukraine. “This morning the locality Susemka was fired upon by Ukrainian forces,” said the governor of the Bryansk region Alexander Bogomas in his Telegram channel. One person was “harmed” and several “objects” were damaged.
The injured person is said to be an employee of the local energy supplier. He received minor skin injuries from splinters. One single-family home and two apartment buildings were damaged. In addition, the power supply of the village was partially paralysed.
Russia, which launched a war of aggression against Ukraine in February, has been lamenting the shelling of its own border regions for weeks. In this context, Bogomas’ formulation is piquant. “The shelling was in retaliation,” but the source of the fire was quickly neutralized, the governor wrote. It follows that previously Ukraine was shelled from Russian territory.
Selenskyj warns of even more violent Russian attacks in Ukraine
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns of even more violent Russian attacks in Ukraine. “Of course we expect Russia to increase its hostile activity this week,” Zelenskyy said in his evening video message on Sunday evening. He added: “We are preparing. We are ready.”
The Ukrainian President also reiterated the importance of the pending decision by EU member states on his country’s possible candidate status. Few decisions have ever been “so fateful for Ukraine,” Zelensky said. “Only a positive decision is in the interest of all of Europe,” he added.
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