Russia continues to prepare an offensive in eastern Ukraine and continues the siege on Mariupol

Russia continues to prepare an offensive in eastern Ukraine and continues the siege on Mariupol


According to the Ukrainian Army, the Russian units are concentrating their efforts in Mariupol, on the offensive in the area of ​​the city of Izyum and towards the Donetsk area.

When 44 days have passed since the start of the war in Ukraine, Russia continues to prepare its offensive in eastern Ukraine while the siege of the city of Mariupol, in the Sea of ​​Azov, continues, according to the latest war report issued by the Army. ukrainian

“The main efforts of the Russian invaders continue to focus on capturing Mariupolthe offensive in the area of ​​the city of Izyum (in the Kharkov region) and towards the area of Donestk“, in eastern Ukraine, adds the war report.

According to the Ukrainian command, Russian troops continue to blockade the city of Kharkiv and planting minefields to prevent, he says, “the advance of the Ukrainian troops.”

In the city of Izyumsays the military authority of Ukraine, the representatives of the so-called “Donetsk People’s Republic (self-proclaimed and recognized by Russia) perform the functions of local “police” and carry out “illegal checks of documents, records of persons and establishments of the population” .

In his message this morning, the Ukrainian president, Volodomir Zelenski, has already warned that Russian troops were now more active in Donbass (eastern Ukraine) and that they were building up for an offensive.

According to the latest analysis by the Institute for the Study of War (USA), “Russian forces are likely to attempt to regroup and redeploy units withdrawn from northeastern Ukraine to support an offensive, but these units are unlikely to allow a Russian advance.” “.

According to this institute, controlling the city of Izyum and the axis with Slovyansk it is critical to the future Russian offensive because otherwise “Russian forces are unlikely to successfully capture the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.”

Pro-Russian forces said yesterday that they had captured the center of Mariupolthe strategic port on the Sea of ​​Azov that has been besieged and bombarded by Russian troops for days, but Ukraine responded by saying that its troops continued to resist.


Source: Eitb

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