Live – Ukraine: Russian military pursues Donbass, but marks time

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In this statement released this Saturday, the captured Russian soldier talks to a Ukrainian blogger about the barbaric acts committed by his unit on the front.

Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukrainian military intelligence, gave his predictions about the evolution of the conflict in the coming months, in an interview with the media.

“The turning point should come in the second half of August, and most of the fighting will be over by the end of the year,” he said.

600 people were injured and 38 of them are in critical condition. This was the assessment given by the Ukrainian authorities at the center of the negotiations between the last defenders of the Azovstalin site, the last Ukrainian part of Mariupol, and the Russians and the locals.

Of the Garrison’s 1,000 soldiers, these wounded, still standing on the spot, took refuge in the underground passages of this industrial zone. And in dramatic circumstances. One of these soldiers, Sviatolsva Palamar, testified in an online video: “We have no ammunition, no food, no medicine.”

In his daily speech a few hours ago, Volodymyr Zhelensky again tried to cheer his people on.

Although Ukrainians say 27,000 Russian soldiers have died since the start of the war, their president has confirmed that his army has recaptured “1000” seats from the enemy, including “six” in a single day on Friday.

Moscow’s particularly fierce fighting rages in the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine without significant progress, sparking ‘very tough’ talks on the fate of the last defenders of the strategic port city from Mariupol.

“There is heavy fighting on the border of the Donetsk region near Bobasna,” Serguiï Gaïdaï, the Ukrainian governor of the Lugansk region, said on Facebook on Friday evening, adding that there had been a number of losses on equipment and personnel on the side. Russian.

“It’s a horror, but they’re still trying to get their way.

A U.S. defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed that the most important Russian operation was currently underway in Donbass. “And basically we continue to see that the Russians have not developed a significant grip on the region,” he said.

“Ukrainian artillery is thwarting Russian attempts to gain ground, including their attempt to cross the Donetsk River.