Likewise, the Russian army carried out more than 50 airstrikes on the besieged city of Mariupol last night, practically destroyed by Russian attacks. In this regard, the UN has assured that it is preparing an attempt to evacuate the city.
This Thursday marks the 64th day of war in Ukraine and for now the attacks in the areas besieged by Russian troops have not stopped. In recent hours, the Russian military has committed to: concentrating troops and weapons in the Izium area, close to the Donbas region, bordering Russia. In addition, it has intensified its offensive to take control of this pro-Russian area and southern Ukraine.
As published on social networks the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, “the enemy continues offensive operations in the Eastern Operational Zone to gain full control over the territory of the regions of Donetsk and Lugansky and maintaining a land corridor with Crimea (to the south) which has been temporarily occupied by the Russians since 2014″.
He also pointed out that the Russian troops… intensify their bellicose activity in almost all directions The largest offensive activities are registered at the addresses of Slobozhanskyicnear Kharkov, and in Donetsk which has declared itself an independent republic along with Lugansk and both have been recognized by Moscow.
The bombing of Mariupol does not stop
Meanwhile, the attacks continue in Mariúpol. Last night, the Russian army launched more than 50 airstrikes on the besieged city of Mariupol, in southern Ukraine, and the explosives included “a large number of phosphor bombs”, today denounced the Azov regiment, integrated into the Ukrainian army and resistance in the city.
About 500 members of this military group, along with a thousand civilians, are surrounded in the facilities of the Azovstal steel company, the only area of Mariúpol not yet occupied by the Russians.
MariupolOriginally a population of nearly half a million, it has been practically destroyed by Russian attacks, whose troops claim they have the entire city under control, with the exception of the Azovstal steelworks.
In this context, the ONU has assured that it is a attempted evacuation of Mariupol, where more than 100,000 are currently imprisoned by the siege of the Russian troops. “The UN is fully mobilized to help save lives and help those in need,” said the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine, Osnat Lubranme, on his Twitter account.
Odessa sends troops to Transnistria border
Following the incidents that have occurred in recent days in the Moldovan separatist republic of Transnistria, the armed forces of the Odessa region, in southern Ukraine and on the Black Sea coast, have fortified the state border with Moldova.
This measure was taken in light of “a series of Russian provocations in the self-declared separatist republic of Transnistria,” Serhii Bratchuk, spokesman for the Odessa regional military administration, said on his Telegram account on Thursday, quoted by the local Ukrinform office.
Guterres urges Russia to cooperate in war crimes investigation
UN Secretary-General António Guterres, who is in Ukraine, on Thursday stressed the importance of the investigation into possible war crimes committed in the Bucha municipality during the Russian occupation and urged Moscow to accept that investigation and urge it. cooperate.
“I appeal to the Russian Federation to accept and cooperate with the International Criminal Court,” Guterres said during his visit to the Bucha mass grave, where he expressed “full support” for the International Criminal Court’s investigation.
Source: EITB
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