The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, highlighted the heroism of the special operations forces, in a congratulatory message on the occasion of the celebration of the day of that body of the Armed Forces. “Special acknowledgment to those who heroically fulfill their military duty in the course of special operation to render aid to the people’s republics of Donbas,” the Kremlin chief said in a video message to members of that force.
On the 24th, Putin announced the start of a “special military operation” in Ukraine in response to a request for help from the People’s Republics of Donbas, recognized by Moscow as independent states.
The spokesman for the Russian Ministry of Defense, Igor Konashénkov, indicated that “in the last 24 hours the Russian Armed Forces completely blockaded the cities of Kherson and Beryánsk. They took control of the city of Genichevsk and the Chernobayevka airfield next to Kherson,” he added. He added that as the military operation progresses, a massive desertion of the Ukrainian military is observed.
In Kiev, meanwhile, they assure that the Ukrainian forces hold their positions and the fighting is taking place in “the same places as three days ago.” “We monitor the situation in the regions of Ukraine“, said today the adviser to the Presidency of Ukraine Mikhail Podoliak, in a video broadcast by the UNIAN agency.
Russia, he said, cannot take control of any Ukrainian city and he was wrong if he thought his soldiers would be greeted with flowers. “Ukraine resists (…) they believed that they could take over Ukraine in four, twelve, at most sixteen hours, they were convinced. But the reality is different. The position fights are fought in the same places as three days ago,” Podoliak stressed.
Source: Lasexta
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