During the United Nations General Assembly, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had accused Western countries of providing military assistance to Ukraine to directly combat Russia.

The conflict between the two countries started in February 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine. The Ukrainian army launched a counter-offensive in June that made little progress, but in recent weeks it reported that it managed to break through defense lines on the southern front and take control of the city of Robotyne.

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“On the left flank we have made progress and we continue to advance,” Ukrainian General Oleksandre Tarnavski said in an interview with the Ukrainian government. cnnrecognizing slower than expected progress.

Tarnavski defended that one of the objectives of the Ukrainian army is to reach the city of Tomak (southern), an important railway junction about 20 kilometers from the front.

“At the moment, the Russian armed forces are confident in the depth of their defense line,” the Ukrainian general explained.

The interview was published the day after Kiev bombed the Russian navy headquarters in Crimea, which was annexed by Moscow in 2014.

The Ukrainian military said in a statement that “dozens were killed and injured among the occupiers, including high-ranking commanders of the Russian fleet” in an attack that Kiev said took place “during a meeting of Russian naval leaders.”

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Kyiv’s intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov told Voice of America that “at least nine people” were killed in the attack, including generals.

However, on Saturday Russia said it had dealt a serious blow to Ukrainian defenses in the Kherson and Zaporizhia regions.

“As a result of the attacks, we caused significant damage to the supply system of the Ukrainian Army troop group in Kherson and Zaporizhia,” Gen. Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, said in his morning report.

Konashenkov reported a dozen group attacks last week using long-range, ground and air precision weapons, as well as attack drones.

Targets destroyed include repair facilities for armored vehicles and fighter aircraft, arsenals of Western weapons and ammunition, preparation centers for sabotage units and the concentration of foreign mercenaries.

In this way, he explained, the potential for enemy recovery has been reduced, as part of their reserves of cruise missiles, rocket launchers and missile systems, and projectiles with depleted uranium ammunition have also been destroyed.

In turn, the Russian army reportedly repelled up to eight Ukrainian attacks around the towns of Robotine and Verbove (Zaporiyia) between September 17 and 23, taking out more than forty armored and military vehicles and 35 artillery pieces. (JO)