A few days after the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from Avdiivka fell back into Russian hands, the most important success on the field since the capture of Bakhmutthe soldiers of Mosca they continue to advance, this time into another key town and the subject of a very long battle since the first days of the war, given the presence of an enormous nuclear power plant nearby: Zaporizhzhia. The troops of Kievas explained by the leaders of the Armed Forces loyal to Volodymyr Zelenskythey are facing “heavy attacks” of the Russian army which is advancing in the region. And pessimism is growing among Western allies: “The situation in Ukraine is becoming dramatic. As we know, Avdiivka has already fallen, the Russians are attacking in different directions and maybe it’s almost already too late“, said the Polish Foreign Minister, Radek Sikorski, condemning the resistance within the EU on the green light for new arms supplies. “I am sorry to say that there has been no progress. There are countries that are still blocking the creation of a special line of financing for the defense of Ukraine in the European Peace Fund,” he reported.
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The top Ukrainian commander on Monday Oleksandr Tarnavsky stated that Russia is launching multiple attacks near the village of Robotyneone of the few places where Kiev had managed to regain ground during the bankruptcy counteroffensive of spring. Commander Tarnavsky wrote on Telegram that the Russian army is proceeding with “small assault groups with the involvement of several armored vehicle units.” However, the soldier assures that the “offensive attempts have been stopped, the enemy has been eliminated on the outskirts of Robotyne”. The version spread by Russian military bloggers is different, according to which Moscow’s forces were on the southern edge of the village. “The situation is dynamic here, the enemy is inflicting heavy fire,” Tarnavsky’s spokesman said, Dmytro Lykhovyon national TV.
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Like many settlements in eastern Ukraine, Robotyne was completely razed by months of artillery fire. In recent weeks, Ukrainian defenses have been put to the test by the lack of ammunition and soldiers on the ground. Lykhoviy said Russian troops were “reorganizing” after Ukraine’s withdrawal from Avdiivka and “will probably move units to other sectors.” The alarm on lack of ammunition was also raised by the Lithuanian Foreign Minister, Gabrielius Landsbergis: “The problem is the equipment. The problem is the ammunition. They have been hungry for ammunition for a long time now, the calculation is six to one,” he said, referring to the Ukrainian army. “This means that for every six munitions the Russians are capable of launching at Ukraine, Ukraine only has one. So it’s a miracle that they’re able to do this.”
In this disheartening picture for Kiev, Zelensky tries to restore courage to his men by reaching the front Kupansk, in Kharkiv oblast. But handshakes, medals and congratulations are not enough: the commanders ask for weapons. Something perhaps moved in Munich, where Zelensky met with various allies, closing, he says, “many other agreements” on security and military supplies. Meanwhile, Ukraine is preparing for the arrival of the first F-16 fighter Americans – expected in June – adapting its infrastructure to accommodate them.