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HOW MOSCOW WANTS TO SLOW DOWN A POTENTIAL COUNTER-OFFENSIVE
“Since the summer of 2022, Russia has built some of the most extensive systems of military defensive works seen in the world for many decades,” the British Foreign Office reported in its daily update on Monday. “These defenses are not only near the current front lines, but have also been dug deep inside the areas that Russia currently controls,” insists his services.
The defenses of Crimea, occupied Ukrainian territory, or the regions of Belgorod and Kursk have been reinforced, which confirms “the deep concern of the Russian leaders about the possibility of Ukraine achieving a major breakthrough”, according to the FCO. It also appears that this work was commissioned to feed “the official narrative that Russia is ‘threatened’ by Ukraine and NATO.”
THE REVIEW OF THE LAST 24 HOURS
A rain of fire fell on Monday, May 1, on several cities in Ukraine, including the capital kyiv, where anti-aircraft defense was activated. On the front line, Yevgeny Prigojine, Wagner’s founder, warned Russia of the “tragedy” of a Ukrainian counter-offensive. The highlights of the last 24 hours.
IN IMMERSION ON THE FRONT LINE
Faced with Vladimir Putin’s Russian army, Volodymyr Zelensky’s troops are preparing a counter-offensive. According to the Ukrainian Minister of Defense, the preparations for these counter-attacks are coming to an end. TF1’s 20H went to the front to find out the situation on the Russian side.
15 MISSILES DESTROYED BY THE UKRAINIAN ARMY
During the night from Sunday to Monday, “around 2:30 a.m.” local time (1:30 a.m. in France), Russian forces carried out a massive attack on the country, reported the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army Valéry Zaloujny. “The Russian invaders attacked Ukraine with their strategic aviation” which fired “18 cruise missiles”. But 15 were able to be destroyed by the Ukrainian army, the senior military official said on Telegram.
INJURIES AND DAMAGE IN THE DNIPRO REGION
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, a Russian missile attack injured at least 25 people, including three children, regional administration official Serhiy Lysak said on Telegram on Monday. In the city of Pavlohrad, “19 multi-storey buildings, 25 private houses, six schools and preschools, as well as 5 shops were damaged”, he said in particular.
RUSSIAN BOMBING LEAVES ONE DEAD IN KHERSON REGION
One person was killed and three injured by Russian shelling in Ukraine’s Kherson region, the local military administration reported on Monday. “The Russian army targeted residential neighborhoods in populated areas of the region, and an official building in the center of Kherson,” local military administration chief Oleksandr Prokudin said on Telegram. “As a result of this Russian aggression, one person died and three others, including a child, were injured,” he added, adding that the city was bombed eight times in some 24 hours.
kyiv AWAKENED BY SIRENS
Ukrainians were woken up Monday by warning sirens, which sounded in several cities, including the capital kyiv, around 4:30 a.m. Anti-aircraft defense repelled Russian missile strikes, without causing damage, authorities said.