The Ukrainian president’s adviser, for his part, has said that Russian troops have left the city of Mykolaiv and plan to surrender in Kherson.
After 42 days have passed since the start of the war in Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian army, Russian military efforts are now focused on preparing an offensive to gain total control over Donetsk and Lugansk, in the east of the country, and Mariupol, in the east of the country. South.
Ukrainian sources say Russian forces are continuing their offensive towards Izium, in Kharkov province, as well as Sloviansk and Barvinkove, also in the same province, which analysts say are key cities in the Russian offensive towards Donetsk and Lugansk.
Ukraine has also highlighted the situation in the besieged city of Mariupol, a strategic southern port on the Sea of Azov that has been heavily bombed and where more than 150,000 people live without basic services, according to Ukraine.
“Efforts to attack Mariupol do not cease. The city’s defenders held out heroically for more than 40 days, holding back the overwhelming forces of the Russian invaders,” a Ukrainian high command said.
The Russian army announced its final offensive on Tuesday to take the port city after the deadline for Ukrainian troops to lay down their weapons and leave the city for Kiev-controlled territory.
For his part, an adviser to the Ukrainian president has stated that Russian troops have left the city of Mykolaiv and plan to surrender in Kherson, both coastal towns near Crimea. He has warned that the Russian army will not leave Kherson immediately, but that they are already preparing for a “surrender”.
“In Mikolaiv there are no more enemies, all the fighting is already taking place in the Kherson area,” he explained.
New air strikes and explosions in Ukraine’s Lviv and Dnipropetrovsk regions
The head of Lviv’s regional military administration on Tuesday evening confirmed new airstrikes and explosions in Ukraine’s Lviv and Dnipropetrovsk regions, as confirmed by the Ukrainian press.
He has also warned residents to stay in shelters before the air raid sirens go off.
It later also confirmed that explosions had taken place near Radejiv, in Lviv province.
On the other hand, in the Dnipropetrovsk region, sources cited by the Ukrainian press reported explosions in Novomoskovsk, near the city of Dnipro.
Source: EITB
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