Air strikes from the Russian side
Ukraine reports backsliding on the front
April 27, 2024, 7:19 p.m
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Ukraine repeatedly succeeds in attacking the Russian military with drone attacks. But the situation at the front is deteriorating, warns the Ukrainian commander. The Russian side is increasingly attacking the energy infrastructure. In Donetsk, Russia also reports the capture of other towns.
The Ukrainian commander-in-chief Olexander Syrskyj described the operational-strategic situation at the front in the fight against the Russian war of aggression as difficult. The situation has a tendency to deteriorate, the commander announced on the Telegram news channel this Saturday. He and other participants from Kiev informed the Western allies about this at the virtual meeting of the US-led Ukraine contact group the day before.
Syrskyj also provided information about the large number of Russian air strikes against the country’s energy infrastructure. Ukraine urgently and promptly needs missiles, ammunition, military equipment and combat technology for its defense. He once again thanked the USA for their help. The USA wants to provide additional weapons and support worth six billion US dollars (5.6 billion euros), as US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced on Friday.
Russia bombs energy facilities
Meanwhile, the Russian armed forces reported that after taking individual towns in the Donetsk region, they had now penetrated deep into the defenses of the Ukrainian army. The information could not be verified. However, Western military experts have also recently certified individual tactical successes for the Russian troops.
According to the ministry in Moscow, the Russian armed forces carried out more than 30 group strikes against Ukraine in the past week. The attacks on energy plants, defense plants and the railway infrastructure were a reaction to the attacks on objects in Russia, it was said. According to reports, Russian air defense intercepted more than 1,600 Ukrainian drone attacks within a week.
With drone attacks, Ukraine, which has been defending itself against the war of aggression launched by Russia for more than two years, continues to inflict serious damage on its neighbor. An oil processing company was hit in the Krasnodar Territory and had to temporarily stop some of its work after a fire. The Ukrainian Energy Ministry said that a bitumen plant and a military airfield on the Russian side were also hit. This was not officially confirmed.
According to authorities, five people were injured in the Belgorod region of Russia, which borders Ukraine. It was said that a drone fell onto the street in a village and exploded, three cars were damaged and the occupants were injured.