A Ukrainian counteroffensive has made beneficial properties alongside the frontline within the Zaporizhzhia area, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated.
Kyiv has stated its forces have been advancing across the city of Dobropillia, close to a key logistical goal for Russian troops within the Donetsk area, for a number of weeks.
In his nightly tackle on Sunday, the Ukrainian president stated his forces had additionally made beneficial properties of greater than 3km (1.8 miles) additional south within the Zaporizhzhia area.
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Mr Zelenskyy says his troops have made beneficial properties. File pic: Reuters
“At this time, Ukrainian units are continuing our counteroffensive actions near Dobropillia, but also in other sectors – particularly in Zaporizhzhia region near Orikhiv,” he stated.
A Russian Defence Ministry report made no reference to Ukrainian advances however stated Moscow’s troops had hit Ukrainian troops and gear within the Zaporizhzhia area.
The international locations have been giving conflicting accounts of the scenario alongside the frontline, which is estimated to stretch 1,250 km (775 miles), within the battle that has raged for greater than three and a half years.
Russian President Vladimir Putin advised senior officers final week that Moscow’s forces had captured 5,000 sq. km (1,930 sq. miles) of territory this 12 months and have held the strategic benefit via all sectors of the frontline.
The subsequent day, Mr Zelenskyy stated Ukrainian forces had been inflicting heavy losses on Russian troops close to Dobropillia and had been “defending ourselves along all other directions”.
In the meantime, Russia attacked Ukraine’s energy grid in a single day as a part of of an ongoing marketing campaign to cripple the nation’s vitality infrastructure earlier than winter.
“Russia continues its aerial terror against our cities and communities, intensifying strikes on our energy infrastructure,” Mr Zelenskyy wrote on X on Sunday.
He stated Russia had launched “more than 3,100 drones, 92 missiles, and around 1,360 glide bombs” over the previous week.
He additionally referred to as for tighter sanctions on consumers of Russian oil and stated he had a “very productive” telephone name with Donald Trump wherein they mentioned “air defence, resilience, and long-range capabilities,” together with “details related to the energy sector”.
Mr Zelenskyy stated on Friday he was in discussions with US officers concerning the attainable provision of varied long-range precision strike weapons, together with Tomahawks and extra ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles.
The US president, who has been pissed off in his efforts to finish the battle by Russian objections, stated earlier this week he has “sort of made a decision” on whether or not to ship Tomahawks to Ukraine, with out saying extra.
A senior Ukrainian delegation is about to go to the US this week.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated in remarks printed on Sunday that “the topic of Tomahawks is of extreme concern”.
