Russia announced on Tuesday that it had recaptured Krinki, a town on the eastern bank of the Dnieper The Ukrainian army managed to establish a bridgehead in Octoberone of their few advances since the failure of their counteroffensive.
This new success for Moscow in the Russian-occupied part of Ukraine was announced by the Russian Defense Minister shortly after his army captured the eastern city of Avdiivka and just days before the war reached its third anus.
I confirm that Krinki has been cleaned. In fact, the entire (eastern) bank of the Dnieper is under our control,” Sergei Shoigu said in a televised conversation with President Vladimir Putin.
Ukrainian armed forces carried Tried to make up ground for months on the left bank of the Dnieper, in the Kherson region.
Despite the difficult conditions, mainly due to the swamps and the need to cross the river under fire, they had managed to establish positions in Krinki. However, the Russians bombed the area heavily and Krinki was completely destroyed.
During the conversation between Shoigu and PutinThe Russian president also mocked what he described as a “chaotic escape.” of Ukrainian troops from Avdiivka.
Success
Ukraine gave the order to withdraw its troops from this city in the Donetsk region “for political reasons, to obscure this movement and make it look like an organized retreat”commented the Russian President.
The capture of Avdiivka, the first major conquest since Bakhmut in May 2023, was “a great success,” the defense minister said, adding that the troops who fought there were “a great success.” “Rest and prepare for new battles.”
Russia is continuing its offensive in several sectors of the front. Ukraine reported dozens of Russian attacks in the east and south of the country.
The Russian offensives come as Ukraine marks the 10th anniversary of the deaths of dozens of protesters in Kiev during the pro-European Maidan revolution that toppled a pro-Russian government.
Shortly thereafter, Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula.
“Ten years have passed since attempts to destroy us and our independence began,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky posted on Facebook on Tuesday. “But we stood firm 10 years ago and continue to do so today,” he added. .
The Ukrainian General Staff said this in its morning briefing on Tuesday At least 84 Russian attacks have been recorded in the last 24 hourss, and that they were all “rejected.”
Although Russian operations around Avdiivka were significantly reduced, numerous attacks occurred near Marinka (east), near Bakhmut (east), and in the Zaporizhia region (south).
Accumulated exhaustion
President Zelensky said this on Monday “The situation is extremely difficult in many parts of the front”and insisted that his country needed more artillery, front-line air defense and long-range weapons.
Russian forces are “exploiting delays in aid to Ukraine,” added the Ukrainian leader, who is hoping for important aid from the United States that has been blocked by Republicans in Congress.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmigal also indicated on Tuesday that he was confident that the US Congress would approve the aid.
“I believe that the United States, like the European Union, like Japan, like all G7 countries and the IMF and all international financial organizations, will support Ukraine,” Shmigal said in Tokyo.
In this contextZelensky thanked Sweden on Tuesday for announcing new military aid consisting of equipment worth approximately 633 million euros (US$684 million).
Senior Ukrainian officials deny “Ukraine fatigue” in the international community, but the situation on the ground is different.
Svyataslav Iaremenko, who fought against the separatists back in 2014 and rejoined the army after the invasion that began on February 24, 2022, explained | that “after two years of war, fatigue increased.”
“I think we will continue fighting for a few more years,” the soldier added in Kostiantinivka, an eastern town near the front, explaining that “it will depend on the level of Western aid.”
Meanwhile, the Russians continue to bomb cities beyond the front almost daily.
A bomb attack killed a mother, her two children and her grandmother, as well as another civilian against a village in the northeastern Sumi region, the Ukrainian military reported on Tuesday.
With information from AFP.
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