Rome, June 19, 2022 – “La war in Ukraine it could last for years. “This is the harsh prediction of the general secretary of the Nato Jens Stoltenbergwhich suggests “not to weaken support for Ukraine, even if the costs are high”, while the Ukrainian president Zelensky it does not move back a millimeter. “We will not give the South to anyone, we will return all that is ours and the sea will be Ukrainian and safe “, Zelensky said this morning, addressing his compatriots.
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The fights
Sergiy Gaiday, governor of Lugansk, the eastern Ukraine region that is the scene of heavy fighting, said the Russians are bombing 24 hours a day: “We are preparing for the worst.” “Ukraine with its former borders is no more”, adds Lavrov’s spokesperson.
The British military services however report morale problems among Russian troops. “Cases of entire Russian units refusing orders and armed tensions between officers and their troops continue to happen”, reads the usual daily bulletin which, however, also reports “cases of desertion “among Ukrainian troops. As for the fighting, “there is little change on the front line” with intense bombardment around Severodonetsk. The Russian authorities are experiencing problems in exerting “legal pressure” on dissenting military personnel, also due to the definition of the conflict as a “special operation” and not as a war. Among the reasons for Russian low morale, the British military services write, are “the perception of modest leadership, limited opportunities for troop rotation, very high casualties, combat stress, poor logistics and pay problems. Many.” Russian personnel at all levels are also confused about the objectives of the war. “
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