In this context, a highly placed source within the Ukrainian General Staff admitted on Friday that Russian troops are advancing at “200-300 meters per day” near Kurakhové, one of the important localities which could soon to fall.
A sign of these advances, the Russian army yesterday claimed the capture of Novodmytrivka, a town north of Kourakhové. The area notably contains a large lithium deposit.
“200-300 meters per day”
Near Pokrovsk, another locality which serves as a major logistical node for the Ukrainian forces, the situation is more favorable and “has practically not changed over the last two months”, according to this military source.
Despite this Russian advance in the east, the Ukrainian forces, which lack recruits and equipment, do not intend, at this stage, to withdraw from the Russian region of Kursk, of which they still control “around 800 km2 “, reported this source.
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In kyiv, a sign of the still present tension, the Parliament, the Rada, “cancelled” its session due to “signals of an increased risk of attacks against the government district in the days to come”, explained several deputies.
Putin orders mass production of Orechnik missile
In a speech to the nation on Thursday evening, Vladimir Putin placed the responsibility for this escalation on the West. He said the war in Ukraine had now taken on a “global character” and threatened to strike countries supplying weapons to kyiv.
Russian President Vladimir Putin also ordered the mass production and continued combat testing of the new Orechnik hypersonic ballistic missile, used the day before to strike Ukraine.
NATO and Ukraine are due to meet in Brussels on Tuesday to discuss the situation, with kyiv saying it is waiting for “concrete” decisions from its allies.
In the heart of kyiv, this district where the presidency, the seat of government and the Central Bank are also located has so far been spared from the bombings.
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On Thursday, Russia struck Ukraine with a new type of intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile (up to 5,500 km), called “Orechnik”, which did not carry a nuclear charge. A response, according to Vladimir Putin, to two Ukrainian attacks on Russian territory using Western missiles.
In Dnipro, a city in central Ukraine which had 970,000 inhabitants before the war and which was targeted by this attack, the residents interviewed yesterday were still in shock, although already accustomed to regular Russian strikes.
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