The Ukrainian army on Wednesday acknowledged the advance of Russian forces in the east of the country, which captured several localities in the Kharkiv region and in the Donbass.
From Izium, which was already under their control, Russian forces led an attack in the direction of Barvinkové, to the south. They took the locality of Zavody and the northeastern suburb of the locality of Velyka Komychouvakha, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said in its report this morning.
Further east, towards Lyman, the Russian army captured the town of Zaritchne and make attack attempts near Iampilhe continued.
Near Severodonetsk, one of the main cities in the region with 100,000 inhabitants before the war, forces from Moscow controlled the Novotochkivské locality and led an offensive in the direction of Nyzhnie and Orikhové, according to the same source.
Since the Russian invasion began on February 24, the Ukrainian army has rarely acknowledged Russian advances or the capture of localities.
On April 18, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the start of Russia’s offensive against the country’s east, part of which has been in the hands of pro-Russian separatists since 2014 and is now Moscow’s priority goal. .
In Mariupol, the Russians also launched their attack on important ironworks where Ukrainian soldiers and civilians were detained, according to a member of the port city’s mayor’s office. Petro Andryushchenko also clarified that the parties have not reached an agreement to allow the evacuation of civilians.
For its part, the Russian Ministry of Defense claims that its troops were able to destroy important military targets, including warehouses containing weapons supplied by the West to Ukraine.
Source: Radio-Canada
