Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has described the situation in controversial Donbass as very difficult given the Russian attacks. In his evening video speech (above), however, he showed combativeness on Friday — resisting pro-Russian separatists’ portrayal that Russia had taken the city of Lyman. “If the occupiers think Lyman and Sieverodonetsk will be theirs, they are wrong. Donbass remains Ukrainian,” he said.
If Russia brings destruction and suffering, Ukraine will restore every place. Only the Ukrainian flag will fly there — and no other, Zelenskyj stressed. Moscow uses a maximum of artillery and reserves in the Donbass, there are missile and air attacks. The Ukrainian army is defending the country with all currently available means. “We are doing everything we can to strengthen the military,” the president assured.
Attacks on infrastructure and residential areas
The Ukrainian army reported heavy artillery, tank, mortar and air strikes on civilian infrastructure and peaceful residential areas in Donbass. “The occupiers fired at 49 locations in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions,” the statement said. The governor of the region, Pavlo Kirilenko, reported on the news channel Telegram that “Russians killed five Donbass citizens and injured four others.”
According to the Ukrainian army, 60 Russian fighters have been killed and five tanks destroyed in the area. The information is not independently verifiable. According to the government, several dozen residents have been evacuated from shelled places in the Kiev-controlled part of Donbass. Ukrainian media also reported attacks in the Kharkiv area.
Luhansk governor Serhiy Hajday spoke about a difficult situation in the heavily disputed city of Sieverodonetsk. Although you have enough money to maintain the defense, he said. However, the Ukrainian army may withdraw for tactical reasons. Russian soldiers are in town.
Source: Krone
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