According to the US government, Russian head of state Vladimir Putin has given up on his goal of capturing the Ukrainian capital Kiev. “I believe Putin has given up his efforts to take the capital and is now concentrating on the south and east of the country,” US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said.
“Putin thought he could very quickly take over the country of Ukraine, very quickly this capital. He was wrong,” Austin said during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in Congress. However, the further course of the war is uncertain, US Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley stressed at the same hearing. .
The “first part of the war” was “probably successfully” waged by Ukraine. “But in the southeast, in the Donbass region, where the Russians want to join forces and continue their attack,” another important battle awaits. Milley felt “it’s an open question at this point as to how this is going to end”.
Terrain in the north requires tanks
According to him, the American secret services provide the Ukrainian army with information. In addition, however, Ukraine will need other weapons stocks than before for the battle in the southeast, namely tanks. “The terrain is different to the north,” explains Milley, “It’s much more open and lends itself to tanks, to mechanized offensive operations on both sides.”
Russia targets eastern Ukraine
According to Ukrainian sources, there are no longer any Russian troops in the northeastern Ukrainian region of Sumy. The territory of the Sumy region is free of Russian units, said the head of the government of the Sumy region, Dmytro Shyvytskyi. When people hear explosions, it’s because rescuers and explosives experts neutralize ammunition left behind by Russian units. However, the region is not yet safe. Russia recently announced that it would concentrate combat operations on eastern Ukraine.
Source: Krone
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