April 19 (Reuters) – Volodimir Zelensky visited the combat zone in the Donetsk region on Friday, where he spoke with military officials about defensive preparations against the Russian offensive.
The Ukrainian president indicated on the social network
Twenty-five months after the start of the large-scale invasion of Moscow, the Russian army is progressing slowly on the Eastern Front thanks in particular to a shortage of ammunition from which the Ukrainian army is suffering, its allies being slow to supply it. the promised help.
Faced with Russian pressure, Kyiv has intensified its efforts to strengthen its defense lines in anticipation of a possible large-scale Russian offensive in the coming months.
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In the video shared on social networks, Volodimir Zelensky appears near an entrance sign in the city of Sloviansk, one of the large cities in the Donetsk region still held by Ukraine, about thirty kilometers from Chassiv Yar, main target of the Russian army at the moment.
According to the chief of staff of the Ukrainian army, Moscow aims to conquer the city by May in order to subsequently try to seize the rest of the Donetsk region, one of its major objectives. of war. (Written by Yuliia Dysa, French version Tangi Salaün, edited by Blandine Hénault)
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