The Russian Ministry of Defense said in a report released today that the bodies of 152 Ukrainian fighters found at the Azovstal complex in Mariupol were found at the scene. According to the Russians, “four mines were found under the bodies of dead Ukrainian soldiers”, which would be “enough to destroy all the remains of the corpses.”
According to the Russian account, this would have been an order from the Ukrainian government, “to accuse Russia of deliberately destroying the remains of bodies and of preventing them from being handed over to relatives in order to save their reputation.” The policy of the Kyiv regime and [presidente ucraniano, Volodymyr] Zelensky personally”.
Information could not be verified with independent sources. Russia has so far provided no evidence for its claims. The Ukrainian government has yet to comment on Russia’s accusations. The Russian Ministry of Defense said it “plans to deliver the bodies in the near future” found in Azovstal.
Azvostal was the last point of the Ukrainian resistance in Mariupol, a port city in southern Ukraine. In mid-May, the last fighters in the industrial complex surrendered to the Russian forces.
Today, Russia’s war in Ukraine has entered its 97th day. In Sievierodonetsk, in eastern Ukraine’s Lugansk region, Ukrainian officials say part of the city is already controlled by Russian forces. According to Lugansk governor Sergey Gaidai, the situation in the city is “extremely difficult”, but there are still representatives of the Ukrainian army in the region, which means that the Russians cannot act “freely”. He said that Russia is sending reinforcements to the region.
Also to the east, a missile strike at Slavyanka in the Donetsk region killed at least three people and injured six others. Regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko has once again urged Ukrainians to leave the region, saying that Russian President Vladimir Putin is leading a war for the “extermination of Ukrainians”. “Save your lives.”
Russian goals
According to British Ministry of Defense intelligence, “Russia’s political goal is probably to occupy the entire Donetsk and Lugansk regions”.
In this sense, Sievierodonetsk is seen as a key point. The conquest of the city of Lyman supported the “operational efforts” of the British, allied with the Ukrainians, to besiege Sievierodonetsk. “Street clashes are taking place on the outskirts of the city of Sievierodonetsk, while heavy bombing continues.”
However, to achieve the “political objective”, the British said, “Russia will need to secure other challenging operational objectives beyond Sievierodonetsk, including the key city of Kramatorsk.”
source: Noticias
