On the 27th (local time), the 397th day of the war in Ukraine, Ukrainian military authorities reaffirmed their will to fight in the eastern city of Bahmut, saying they are continuing to repel Russian attacks.
According to the British daily Guardian on the same day, Oleksandr Shirsky, commander of the Ground Forces of the Ukrainian Army, visited the Eastern Front and said, “We have taken measures to address problems that hinder the performance of our combat missions.” ”he said.
Commander Shirski’s remarks were analyzed by The Guardian as “suggesting that Ukraine intends to continue fighting despite heavy casualties at Bahmut.”
On this day, the eastern city of Slovyansk suffered casualties in a Russian missile attack. Donetsk Governor Pablo Kirilenko said on Facebook that two people were killed and 32 injured in an attack by Russian forces in Slovyansk.
In response, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized that “another day began with Russian terror” and that “the aggressor country (Russia) attacked Slovyansk.”
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced that Russian forces carried out two missile attacks, 23 air strikes and 38 rocket launches against Ukrainian forces and infrastructure.
Russian state news agency TASS reported that there had been an attempt to assassinate a police chief in Mariupol this morning. Tas quoted a local source to whom Russia was dispatched and said, “The car of Police Commissioner Mikhail Moskvin was blown up. He is alive and everything is fine.”
There was also news that Ukrainian forces had shelled the Russian-occupied Kalininsky district of Donetsk. Russia’s state-run RIA Novosti (RIA) news agency reported that “there were victims.”
Meanwhile, Ukraine said the number of Russian troops stationed in Belarus had been reduced from 10,000 in January to about 4,000 in recent days.
Source: Donga
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