KIEV, KOMPAS.TV – Russian President Vladimir Putin mentioned the assault by his troops within the Kharkiv area, Ukraine, was aimed toward making a protected zone, not conquering the town.
Putin mentioned Moscow launched an assault on Kharkiv following the bombing of Russia’s Belgorod area by Ukraine.
“I mentioned publicly that if [serangan] “This continues, we shall be pressured to construct security zones, sanitation zones,” he informed reporters in Harbin, China, on Friday (17/5/2024).
Putin added that the Russian army is “advancing every single day in line with plan.”
He additionally emphasised that at the moment Russia has no plans to grab Kharkiv.
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Meanwhile, the assault drone An enormous fireplace in Ukraine’s Crimea area on Friday morning precipitated an influence outage within the metropolis of Sevastopol, broken planes and a gas depot at an airport, and precipitated a hearth at a refinery within the south of the nation, Russian authorities mentioned.
An assault drone This is seen as an try by Kiev to retaliate towards Russia’s invasion of northeastern Ukraine.
The Russian invasion provides strain on the closely outnumbered and overpowered Ukrainian forces and they’re ready for the supply of important weapons and ammunition to their Western allies.
The Ukrainian intelligence chief confirmed that the Security Service and the Military Intelligence of Ukraine carried out a joint operation to assault Russian army infrastructure in Novorossiysk and Sevastopol in Russia.
The official spoke and requested to not be recognized as a result of he isn’t licensed to remark publicly.
This mission was aimed toward attacking the ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet and was carried out by drone Air made in Ukraine, mentioned the official.
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A broken MiG 31 fighter jet and a gas depot on the Belbek air base, close to Sevastopol, Crimea, Thursday, May 16, 2024. (Source: Maxar Satellite / AP)
At least three fighter jets had been destroyed within the assault, in line with a satellite tv for pc picture of the air base supplied by Maxar Technologies.
Russia’s Defense Ministry mentioned its protection planes shot down 51 drone Ukraine over the Crimea, one other 44 within the Krasnodar area, and 6 within the Belgorod area.
It mentioned Russian warplanes and patrol boats additionally destroyed six drone within the sea within the Black Sea.
Gubernur Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhayev, speaks like this drone broken the town’s energy plant.