Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the country lost 100 soldiers a day to defend the region during the Russian occupation. “The situation is very difficult. We are losing 60 to 100 soldiers a day killed in action,” he said in an interview broadcast late last night by the US Newsmax channel. Zelensky also said that Ukrainian forces have about 500 casualties a day.
The casualty figures reported by Zelensky are lower than those reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense. Yesterday, the Russians said they had killed more than 290 Ukrainian fighters. Today, between air and artillery strikes, Russia reported around 340 dead. Neither Russian nor Ukrainian figures could be verified by independent sources.
In the interview, Zelensky reiterated that Ukraine will not give up land. “This is our sovereignty,” he said. The president also reinforced the call for longer-range weapons, stating that they would be for defending Ukrainian territory, not attacking Russian territory. “What’s going on in Russia is not our concern,” he said. “We are only interested in our own region in Ukraine.”
In his nightly video statement, the president of Ukraine said yesterday that everyone should “do for the supply of modern heavy weapons” to Ukraine, saying they can “really hasten the victory”.
Image: May 31, 2022 – Presidency of Reproduction/Ukraine
According to Zelensky, the war in Donbass, where pro-Russian separatists are concentrated in the east, has entered its 98th day with the most difficult situation. Expanding control over the city of Sievierodonetsk in the Luhansk region, local governor Sergey Gaidai stated that they launched attacks on the city, but Ukrainian troops continued to fight over the region.
Ukrainian authorities also reported attacks on points in the Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions. For Zelensky, Sivierodonetsk one of the epicenters of the conflict at the moment along with the neighbor The city of Lysychansk and Kurakhove, Donetsk region.
Today, June 1, is the day of the celebration of Children’s Day in Ukraine. National bodies recalled the 243 children who died during the Russian occupation, with Ukraine emergency services saying it was “difficult” to understand such losses.
Image: Armed Forces of Ukraine
cooperation with China
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said today that the current situation may create opportunities for the country’s relations with China. He said the United States and the European Union were “turning their currency into a tool of blackmail”.
“I am confident that the hybrid war launched by the Collective West against Russia has opened up new opportunities for expanding Russian-Chinese practical cooperation, including in the field of investment and finance,” the Chancellor said at a Russian-Chinese conference today. According to the ministry’s message
According to Lavrov, “The word ‘crisis’ in Chinese is a combination of how the words “danger” and “opportunity” are spelled. For the minister, “At the difficult and critical moment that the world is going through today, the comprehensive development of strategic partnership with China, Russia continues to be among the priorities of Turkey’s foreign policy”.
US weapons
Moscow officials said the US’ new weapons shipments to Ukraine, including the multi-barrel rocket system, raise the risk of a military confrontation between Russia and the US.
“Any ongoing or increased delivery of weapons increases the risk of such an event,” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told the RIA Novosti news agency, when asked about a possible armed conflict between Washington and Moscow.
The US government announced on Tuesday that Himars (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) systems, which allow multiple rocket launches and have a range of 80 kilometers, have been shipped to Ukraine. While they are not long-range systems, they represent a significant strengthening of Ukraine’s capabilities.
(with Reuters and AFP)
source: Noticias
