The inhabitants of Kiev have had a tense night with attacks on the outskirts, in a clear indication that the Russian Army tries to break through the Ukrainian defenses to penetrate the city.
After having made progress yesterday through the coastal strip of the Sea of Azov, the Russian Ministry of Defense claims to have taken the city of Kherson today, whose province in its southern part had been under the control of the Russian military operation for days. “The divisions of the Russian Armed Forces took full control of the regional capital of Kherson,” Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov announced this morning.
However, the mayor of this town, Igor Kolijáyev, stated that Kherson is still under Ukrainian control. If Konashenkov’s information is true, Russia would have taken an important step in its efforts to now occupy the Black Sea coast in the direction of Odessa and then to the west, until reaching the Moldovan separatist enclave of Transnistria.
For its part, the Ukrainian Army reported that “Russian airborne troops have landed in Kharkov,” Ukraine’s second largest city. In the statement released on Telegram, the Kiev military maintain that fighting is ongoing in Kharkov and Russian soldiers “have attacked a hospital.” All day yesterday, Kharkov was subjected to bombing, which caused a dozen deaths among civilians and serious damage to buildings and infrastructure. The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, described what happened in Kharkov as “war crimes”.
After yesterday’s bombing, the inhabitants of Kiev have had a tense night with attacks on the outskirts, in a clear indication that the Russian Army is trying to break through the Ukrainian defenses to penetrate the city. The bombing alert system works in the Ukrainian capital, which has allowed the population to find safety in the subway, in underground shelters and in the basements of homes.
Yesterday, following a statement from the Russian Ministry of Defense urging the population of Kiev to leave their homes, the television tower was attacked, causing at least five deaths and several injuries. The northern part of the city registers the presence of an impressive display of Russian troops arriving in a huge convoy of tanks, armored vehicles and other military vehicles.
Meanwhile, forces continue to be concentrated on the Belarusian border that could be not only Russian but also those under the orders of dictator Alexander Lukashenko, who yesterday hinted that he could also intervene in the war against Ukraine. “Belarus’ air defense systems are on standby to prevent Russian forces from being stabbed in the back,” the Belarusian president said, without explaining what kind of attack or stab he was referring to.
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