Moscow announced on Friday that its forces would intensify their military operations in “all operational areas“.
Russia is preparing the next stage of its offensive in Ukraine, a Ukrainian military official has said, after Moscow announced that its forces would intensify their military operations in “all operational areas“.
Russian rockets and missiles have pounded cities in strikes that Kyiv says have killed dozens of people in recent days. “It’s not just about missile strikes from the air and the sea”Ukrainian military intelligence spokesman Vadym Skibitskyi said on Saturday. “We can see shelling along the entire line of contact, along the entire front line. There is active use of tactical aviation and attack helicopters. It is clear that preparations are in progress. course for the next leg of the offensive.”
The Ukrainian military said Russia appeared to be regrouping units for an offensive towards Sloviansk, a city whose capture would have significant symbolic significance.
The British Ministry of Defense said on Sunday that Russia was strengthening its defensive positions in the areas it occupies in southern Ukraine.
40 dead in Russian bombings in 3 days
According to Kyiv, at least 40 people have been killed in Russian shelling of urban areas over the past three days.
Rockets hit the northeastern town of Chuhuiv in the Kharkiv region overnight from Friday to Saturday, killing three people, including a 70-year-old woman, and injuring three others, said regional governor Oleh Synehubov.
To the south, more than 50 Russian Grad rockets pounded the town of Nikopol on the Dnipro River, killing two people found in the rubble, Governor Valentyn Reznichenko said.
Moscow, which calls the invasion a “special military operation” aimed at demilitarizing its neighbor and eradicating nationalists, says it is using high-precision weapons to degrade Ukraine’s military infrastructure and protect its own security. Russia has repeatedly denied targeting civilians.
kyiv and the West say the conflict is an unprovoked attempt to reclaim a country that broke free from Moscow’s tutelage when the Soviet Union broke up in 1991.
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