The Ukrainian Army claims that more than 11,000 Russian soldiers have been killed and Russia claims to have destroyed more than 2,200 military targets. The President of Ukraine has called on the citizens of the towns occupied by Russia to “go on the offensive”.
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyhas announced that Russian forces are preparing to bomb the port city of Odessa, on the shores of the Black Sea, in southern Ukraine. “They’re getting ready to bomb Odessa. It will be a war crime. It will be a historic crime,” the president said in a new video message.
For his part, the Secretary of the Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Oleksy Danilovhas warned that Russia is preparing for the second wave of a large-scale offensive. In this sense, he has pointed out that the cities of Kyiv (North) Kharkiv (East), Mariupol (southeast), Mykolayiv (south), Chernigov (north) and Odessa (south) remain strategically important to the Russians.
“The enemy’s plan is to seize key cities, bleed the Ukrainian Armed Forces dry, create a situation of humanitarian catastrophe for the civilian population.”
In addition, they have also denounced that the Russians plan to take over a hydroelectric plant in Kániv, in the center of Ukraine.
Russian troops will take on Friday the Energodar nuclear power plant, in the Zaporizhia region, in southeastern Ukraine, the largest in Europe, after shooting at the complex and causing a fire in one of the buildings dedicated to staff training. The mayor of Energodar, Dmity Orlov, explained yesterday, Saturday, that the Russian troops “control the perimeter of the city and are in the nuclear power plant.”
Remains of Russian bombing in Chernigov, Ukraine. Photo: EFE
The Ukrainian Army assures that more than 11,000 Russian soldiers have died
The Ukrainian Army has assured that more than 11,000 Russian soldiers have diedor since the beginning of the Russian invasion and that also they have destroyed 285 tanks, 109 artillery systems and 48 helicopters.
Russia has not confirmed these data and has replied that they have destroyed more than 2,200 military targets., as reported by the Russian Defense Ministry spokesman, Igor Konashenkov. Specifically, Russia claims to have destroyed 76 command centers, 111 anti-aircraft missile systems, 71 radar stations, 69 combat aircraft on airfields and 24 more in the air, 62 drones, as well as 778 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 77 multiple rocket launchers, 553 special military vehicles and 279 artillery and mortar systems.
Likewise, the Russian troops, according to the spokesman, advanced 11 kilometers on Saturday and took under their control five towns on the southeastern front of the country: Priiutnoye, Zavitne-Bazhanne, Staromlinovka, Oktiabrskoye and Novomaiskoye.
President Zelensky this Saturday urged Ukrainian citizens to maintain their resistance and to “go on the offensive” in the cities of the country that Russia has invaded. He has also called on Russian citizens to reveal themselves to Putin.
Source: Eitb
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