KYIV: The Ukrainian navy has mentioned that it had repelled greater than a dozen Russian assaults within the nation’s east and north, together with makes an attempt to advance on key cities within the japanese industrial heartland often known as the Donbas.
In its common Fb replace, the navy’s normal workers mentioned Russian troops had tried to push in the direction of Kramatorsk, one in every of two main cities within the japanese Donetsk province that stay beneath Ukrainian management, however “they failed completely and chaotically retreated to their previous positions.”
In the identical submit, the navy mentioned Russian forces had staged an unsuccessful assault on Bakhmut, a strategic city within the Donetsk area whose seize would pave the way in which for Russia to take Kramatorsk and the de facto Ukrainian administrative capital, Sloviansk.
The Donetsk area is one in every of two provinces that make up the Donbas, the place the preventing has largely been targeted in current months, since Kremlin forces retreated from across the capital, Kyiv.
Russian officers introduced the complete seize of the Luhansk area, the second of the 2, early final month, although its Ukrainian governor has repeatedly claimed that Kyiv’s forces are holding out in a small space close to the regional boundary.
In the identical replace, the navy claimed that Russia had tried and failed to interrupt by Ukrainian protection strains within the northern Kharkiv area, dwelling to Ukraine’s second-largest metropolis, however had been “met harshly and thrown back.”
In the meantime, the Russian FSB, the KGB’s fundamental successor company, mentioned that it had thwarted a “sabotage and terrorist attack” on an oil pipeline in Russia’s southern Volgograd area, which it blamed on two Russian residents colluding with Ukrainian safety forces.
The claims couldn’t be instantly verified.
Elsewhere, Russian and Ukrainian officers traded extra accusations Monday about renewed shelling of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear energy plant, with all sides alleging that the opposite was liable for the assaults which have raised fears of a disaster.
The press workplace of the Kremlin-backed administration in Enerhodar, the Russian-controlled metropolis the place the plant is situated, instructed the Interfax company that Ukrainian forces had been finishing up “massive shelling” of the power, in addition to Enerhodar’s residential and industrial areas.
Based on the assertion, the shelling got here from close by Nikopol, a Ukrainian-held metropolis which faces the plant throughout the Dnieper River.
The mayor of Nikopol later mentioned that Russians had been shelling Enerhodar themselves.
Mayor Yevhen Yevtushenko and different municipal authorities in Nikopol have repeatedly accused Russian troops stationed on the plant of shelling town, understanding that Ukrainian forces there have been unlikely to fireside again.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy renewed his name for contemporary sanctions in opposition to Moscow and its nuclear trade in response to the state of affairs. He described Russian forces’ actions there as “nuclear blackmail” which will embolden malign actors worldwide.
As Russian forces stored up their artillery barrages round Ukraine, at the least three Ukrainian civilians had been killed and 20 others wounded, Ukrainian officers mentioned.
The deaths and 13 of the wounded had been blamed on Russian shelling that hit cities and villages within the Donetsk area, regional officers mentioned.
Within the nation’s second-largest metropolis of Kharkiv, seven civilians had been wounded by Russian shelling that hit residential buildings and an space close to a bus cease. Kharkiv Gov. Oleh Synyehubov mentioned the wounded included a 80-year-old lady.
Russian Protection Ministry spokesman Lt. Gen. Igor Konashenkov mentioned Monday that Russian warplanes have struck Ukrainian military positions within the southern Kherson area and within the Donetsk area. He added that the Russian air power additionally hit a facility within the Kharkiv area, killing at the least 100 and wounding 50 “mercenaries” from Poland and Germany. His claims couldn’t be independently verified.
Talking on the opening of an arms present outdoors Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed the navy, which he mentioned was “liberating the Donbas step-by-step.”
He additionally vowed to develop arms gross sales to Russian allies, whom he praised for persevering with to supply agency assist to Moscow within the face of Western stress.
For its half, the Ukrainian navy claimed to have destroyed greater than 10 Russian warehouses with ammunition and navy.
In its common Fb replace, the navy’s normal workers mentioned Russian troops had tried to push in the direction of Kramatorsk, one in every of two main cities within the japanese Donetsk province that stay beneath Ukrainian management, however “they failed completely and chaotically retreated to their previous positions.”
In the identical submit, the navy mentioned Russian forces had staged an unsuccessful assault on Bakhmut, a strategic city within the Donetsk area whose seize would pave the way in which for Russia to take Kramatorsk and the de facto Ukrainian administrative capital, Sloviansk.
The Donetsk area is one in every of two provinces that make up the Donbas, the place the preventing has largely been targeted in current months, since Kremlin forces retreated from across the capital, Kyiv.
Russian officers introduced the complete seize of the Luhansk area, the second of the 2, early final month, although its Ukrainian governor has repeatedly claimed that Kyiv’s forces are holding out in a small space close to the regional boundary.
In the identical replace, the navy claimed that Russia had tried and failed to interrupt by Ukrainian protection strains within the northern Kharkiv area, dwelling to Ukraine’s second-largest metropolis, however had been “met harshly and thrown back.”
In the meantime, the Russian FSB, the KGB’s fundamental successor company, mentioned that it had thwarted a “sabotage and terrorist attack” on an oil pipeline in Russia’s southern Volgograd area, which it blamed on two Russian residents colluding with Ukrainian safety forces.
The claims couldn’t be instantly verified.
Elsewhere, Russian and Ukrainian officers traded extra accusations Monday about renewed shelling of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear energy plant, with all sides alleging that the opposite was liable for the assaults which have raised fears of a disaster.
The press workplace of the Kremlin-backed administration in Enerhodar, the Russian-controlled metropolis the place the plant is situated, instructed the Interfax company that Ukrainian forces had been finishing up “massive shelling” of the power, in addition to Enerhodar’s residential and industrial areas.
Based on the assertion, the shelling got here from close by Nikopol, a Ukrainian-held metropolis which faces the plant throughout the Dnieper River.
The mayor of Nikopol later mentioned that Russians had been shelling Enerhodar themselves.
Mayor Yevhen Yevtushenko and different municipal authorities in Nikopol have repeatedly accused Russian troops stationed on the plant of shelling town, understanding that Ukrainian forces there have been unlikely to fireside again.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy renewed his name for contemporary sanctions in opposition to Moscow and its nuclear trade in response to the state of affairs. He described Russian forces’ actions there as “nuclear blackmail” which will embolden malign actors worldwide.
As Russian forces stored up their artillery barrages round Ukraine, at the least three Ukrainian civilians had been killed and 20 others wounded, Ukrainian officers mentioned.
The deaths and 13 of the wounded had been blamed on Russian shelling that hit cities and villages within the Donetsk area, regional officers mentioned.
Within the nation’s second-largest metropolis of Kharkiv, seven civilians had been wounded by Russian shelling that hit residential buildings and an space close to a bus cease. Kharkiv Gov. Oleh Synyehubov mentioned the wounded included a 80-year-old lady.
Russian Protection Ministry spokesman Lt. Gen. Igor Konashenkov mentioned Monday that Russian warplanes have struck Ukrainian military positions within the southern Kherson area and within the Donetsk area. He added that the Russian air power additionally hit a facility within the Kharkiv area, killing at the least 100 and wounding 50 “mercenaries” from Poland and Germany. His claims couldn’t be independently verified.
Talking on the opening of an arms present outdoors Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed the navy, which he mentioned was “liberating the Donbas step-by-step.”
He additionally vowed to develop arms gross sales to Russian allies, whom he praised for persevering with to supply agency assist to Moscow within the face of Western stress.
For its half, the Ukrainian navy claimed to have destroyed greater than 10 Russian warehouses with ammunition and navy.
