The Russian advance continues in Donbass while the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Oleksandr Syrskyhe defined the situation at the front is “difficult”. for the Kiev Defense Forces with the Russian Army that “continues to conduct offensive operations day and night“. The Ministry of Defense in Moscow claims the conquest of “more advantageous positions” in the direction of Donetsk while the air attacks continue, particularly in the city of Kharkiv. On the other hand, the Ukrainian armed forces have destroyed last night a oil pipeline in Russia in the village of Azov.
According to Moscow Ministry of Defense the clashes occurred in the areas of Antonovka, Krasnogorovka, Krasnoe and Novoe, in the Donetsk region, and in Belogorovka, in the Luhansk region. The Russian military launched an attack during the night, with long range weapons launched from sea and sky and drones, directed against defense companies, air bases and temporary deployment points of “foreign mercenaries”. The objectives have been achieved, Moscow says, claiming the conquest of “more advantageous positions”.
A situation on the front that the commander in chief of the Ukrainian armed forces, Oleksandr Syrsky, defined as “difficult” for Kiev’s defense forces with the Russian army “continuing to conduct offensive operations day and night”. In a post on Facebook, the general reiterated in any case that the settlement of Chasiv Yar remains under Ukrainian controland that all attempts by the Russians to break through to the settlement are so far losers. On Friday the spokesman for the Eastern Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Andriy Zadubinny, denied some Russian statements according to which the city had already fallen completely into the hands of the Kremlin’s army, confirming however that the Russian troops “are 500 meters from the town“.
Enjoying the air superiority and the advantage in the stocks of missiles and ammunitionthe Russians “keep trying to advance to the administrative border of the Donetsk region“, explained General Syrsky underlining that in separate directions, “the Russians are trying to assault the positions of Ukraine the waves, sending squads made up of platoons or companies, sometimes deploying battalion-sized groups.” The situation on the Bakhmut front is “particularly difficult” in the areas east of Chasiv Yar and Klishchiivka, in the direction of Avdiivka – in the areas of Berdychiv, Orlivka, Vodiane and Pervomaiske – and in the direction of Novopavlivka, Syrskyi underlined.
On Saturday afternoon, new air strikes were launched by Russia against the Ukrainian cities of Kharkiv and Odessa. Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov reported a dead and one injuredwhich are added to 6 dead and 10 injured of the night. The governor of Odessa Oleg Kiper, however, reported one civilian was killed in attacks. Overall during the night, Russia would have fired 32 drones Iran-made Shahed e six missiles against Ukraine, according to the commander of the Kiev Air Force, Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk. The Ukrainian air defense forces shot down three cruise missiles and 28 drones, the commander added in a statement, underlining that “Russian assassins continue to terrorize Ukrainians and attack Kharkiv and other peaceful cities.”
On the other hand, the armed forces of Kiev destroyed the night between Friday and Saturday pipeline in Russia in the village of Azov in the Rostov region used for military purposes. This was reported by the leadership of the Ukrainian intelligentsia (GUR), as reported Ukrainksa Pravda. “During the night, an oil pipeline was blown up through which oil products were pumped from a local depot to tankers in the port area of Azov seaport. The loading of tankers with oil products has been suspended indefinitely,” Ukrainian intelligence reported, adding that the facility was used by Russia for military purposes. Six Russian fighter planesinstead, they were destroyed from a Ukrainian drone attack on Friday evening also in the Rostov region, near the border. They reported it to Bbc the Ukrainian security authorities. They were in the same attack eight other planes damaged fighter aircraft and injured 20 people. The BBC reported that the base hosted Su-27 and Su-34 aircraft.
Meanwhile on SaturdayGerman Air Force intercepted a Russian military plane over the Baltic Sea. The Air Force itself reported this in a post on the social network Latvian base to Lielvarde for a protection flight, to intercept an IL-20 reconnaissance plane from Russia over the Baltic Sea that was traveling without a transponder”, reads the post.