Kyiv says Moscow preparing new military offensive to increase pressure on Ukraine
The declare from Kyiv comes after Russia launched an enormous in a single day assault on Ukraine killing not less than 4 folks, in accordance with authorities.
Ukrainian officers and navy analysts have warned that Russian forces are getting ready a contemporary offensive within the coming weeks, aiming to accentuate stress on Ukraine and strengthen Moscow’s place in potential ceasefire negotiations.
The anticipated push could lead on Russian President Vladimir Putin to delay peace talks in favour of pursuing additional territorial positive aspects, Ukrainian officers stated.
They reiterated long-standing claims that Russia has no real curiosity in significant negotiations to finish the struggle.
Because the spring combating season approaches, analysts and navy commanders report that the Kremlin is planning a multi-front assault throughout the 1,000-kilometre frontline.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, citing intelligence, stated Russian forces are getting ready new offensives within the northeastern Sumy and Kharkiv areas, in addition to in Zaporizhzhia.
In a single day assaults
In the meantime, Russia launched an enormous in a single day assault on Ukraine, killing not less than 4 folks and injuring 36, in accordance with native authorities.
The assault on the jap city of Dnipro killed 4 folks and injured 21 others. The assault additionally prompted a large-scale fireplace to interrupt out in a restaurant advanced, authorities reported.
Ukraine’s Air Pressure stated that Moscow launched 172 drone assaults, together with decoy drones, from Friday into Saturday. Of those, 94 have been shot down whereas 69 disappeared from radars, in accordance with the assertion.
Extra assaults have been reported within the Sumy, Kherson, and Kharkiv areas.
Intelligence settlement with EU nations
Zelenskyy introduced on Friday throughout a press briefing in Kyiv that Ukraine has secured agreements with a number of EU nations to boost its intelligence capabilities, together with entry to “related applied sciences and satellites.”
Whereas Zelenskyy didn’t specify which EU nations are concerned, he confirmed that France and Britain would take part in an upcoming assembly in Ukraine, anticipated to happen “throughout the week.”
He said, “France, Britain, and Ukraine will certainly be there.”
Ukrainian troops in Russia’s Bryansk area
In the identical assertion, Zelenskyy confirmed the presence of Ukrainian troops in Russia’s Bryansk area. He stated Ukrainian forces had taken “acceptable measures” close to Russia’s Kursk area to “skinny out and disrupt” the focus of Russian troops.
On Friday, Kyiv introduced it had obtained the our bodies of 909 troopers killed in fight, the biggest repatriation of fallen troops because the struggle started.
In a social media publish, the Coordination Headquarters for the Therapy of Prisoners of Conflict stated, “The our bodies of 909 fallen defenders have been returned to Ukraine.”
In the meantime, Russia’s Defence Ministry reported on its Telegram channel that Ukrainian assaults focused its vitality infrastructure between Friday and Saturday morning.
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