Moscow claimed on Sunday that it had “destroyed a huge warehouse” of weapons supplied by Westerners to western Ukraine. Meanwhile, fighting continues to rage in Sievierodonetsk, a major city in the East, where the Ukrainian defense appears to be very difficult.
The Russian Defense Ministry said it was destroyed in Tchortkiv, 140 km from the Romanian border, a large warehouse of anti-tank missile systems, man-portable air defense systems and shells supplied to the kyiv regime of the United States and European countries.
The Russian army did not specify when the strike took place, which it said was carried out using cruise missiles fired from the sea. was hit on Saturday night by four missiles. The strike reportedly injured at least 22 people, including civilians, and partially destroyed a military area.
In the East, on the front line where Russia’s offensive has intensified for several days, the Ukrainian presidency reported in the morning. continued artillery attacks and bombings in Sievierodonetsk and nearby villages.
Taking over the city will open the way to another major city, Kramatorsk, in Moscow, a stage to occupy the entire Donbass basin, a predominantly Russian-speaking region partially held by pro-Russian separatists since 2014.
The situation in Sievierodonetsk is extremely difficultrecognized in Telegram messaging Sergei Gaïdaï, the Ukrainian governor of the region.
The attackers want completely close the city and prevent any passage of people and ammunition, he added, saying he feared the enemy would launch all his reserves to take the city within 48 hours.
Saturday, Mr. Gaïdaï met being controlled by the Russians most likely 70% of the city, while Leonid Passetchnik, leader of the pro-Russian separatist region of Lugansk, admits to stumbling into control of the industrial area.
This is a chemical industry siteunderlined Mr. Passetchnik. Our main goal is to clear the area of Ukrainian fighters without causing environmental disaster.
Saturday night, Mr. Gaïdaï confirmed that there was an ongoing fire in the area of the Azot chemical factory, which was targeted by the Russian army. Sunday noon, however, we did not know what the situation was in the area.
Further south, in the Donetsk region, the Ukrainian presidency adopted that the Russians are trying to destroy critical infrastructure.
According to Moscow, the Russian army fired on three Sukhoi Su-25 fighter jets between Saturday morning and Sunday morning, two in aerial combat, and the third by anti-aircraft fire.
At the other end of the front line, at Mikolaiv, a major port on the Dnieper estuary to the south, Russia’s advance was halted outside the city, according to a group of AFP journalists in the square.
A big challenge
At the diplomatic level, then commit to kyiv one day before a response by the end of next week at the request of Ukraine to begin the process of joining the European Union, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, acknowledged that the challenge is to emerge from the European Council scheduled for June 23 and 24 with a united position corresponding to a historic challenge.
Hopefully in 20 years when we look back we can say that we did the right thinghe said on Sunday in Warsaw.
Ukraine has done great things over the past ten years and there is still much to be done. Our opinion will carefully reflect thishe said about the recommendation on the candidacy of Ukraine being prepared by the Commission for the next European Council.
The road to the European Union is well knownhe added. It is merit-based.
Ukraine demands a legal commitment allowed it to gain official candidate status for the EU as soon as possible, but 27 were very divided on the question.
For Ukraine, the status of the candidate will be a starting pointresulting in a long process of negotiations and reforms, Mr. Zelensky acknowledged.
We will work harder at all levels to get the right decision. He is very important to ussaid the Ukrainian president in a video message on Saturday night.
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Source: Radio-Canada
