oh The Washington-based think-tank Institute for the Study of War (ISW) late Saturday released an analysis of geospatial images from pro-Kremlin ‘blockers’ that indicated Ukrainian troops had established a support base. near the town of Oleshky, as well as “fixed supply lines,” the Associated Press reported today.
Analysts, AP reports, say Kiev’s most important objective in moving forward with a spring counteroffensive is to break the land route between Russia and Crimea.
Quoted by local media, Natalia Humenyuk, spokeswoman for Ukraine’s Southern Operations Command, called for silence without confirming or denying the ISW report.
On Ukrainian television, Humeniuk said that “overcoming an obstacle like the Dnieper” was a “very difficult task” because the front line had to cross a wide river.
The head of the Kherson region, established by the Kremlin as one of four illegally annexed in September, today denied Ukrainian forces had established a base on the river’s east bank.
On the Telegram site, Vladimir Zalto assured that Russian forces were in “full control” of the area and criticized the images cited by ISW.
Fourteen months after the invasion, the war is at a point where neither side is gaining momentum.
However, Ukraine has recently received sophisticated weapons from Western allies and has Western-trained troops.
The most intense fighting has taken place east of Donetsk, where Russia is trying to encircle the city of Baghmut.
Earlier today, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov announced the capture of two more mortars in the western part of Moscow city, without providing further details about the Ukrainian-controlled areas.
The military offensive launched by Russia in Ukraine on February 24, 2022 has so far displaced more than 14.6 million people – 6.5 million internally displaced and more than 8.1 million to European countries – according to the latest UN data. The refugee crisis ranks as the worst in Europe since World War II (1939-1945).
At the moment, at least 18 million Ukrainians are in need of humanitarian assistance and 9.3 million are in need of food aid and shelter.
The Russian invasion — justified by Russian President Vladimir Putin as the need to “denazify” and militarize Ukraine for Russia’s security — was generally condemned by the international community, which responded by sending weapons to Ukraine and imposing political and Russian sanctions. Economic barriers.
The UN confirmed 8,534 civilian deaths and 14,370 wounded since the beginning of the war, underscoring that these numbers are much lower than the actual numbers.
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