Due to a severe lack of supplies, Volodymyr Zelensky is pleading with the West for more weapons while sending Ukraine’s reserves to fight against Russian tanks in civilian vehicles.
Former Canadian chief of the military staff Rick Hillier claimed that civilian volunteers have been given “nothing,” with one unit being deployed to the front lines in cars to engage in combat with tanks and armored vehicles.
They were positioning themselves to be prepared to fight against those Russian tanks and vehicles, and they were using their own civilian automobiles, the retired general who traveled to Ukraine told The Times.
After conquering the whole Luhansk region with the conquest of Lysychansk, Vladimir Putin today ordered his defense minister Sergei Shoigu to continue the attack despite facing a diminished civilian force.
Military troops, including the East group and the West group, are required to complete their missions in accordance with previously agreed plans, he said. As in Lugansk thus far, I hope that everything will continue to go in their favor.
The strongman has instructed the soldiers who took part in the Luhansk campaign to “rest and restore their combat capabilities” before the upcoming offensive.
Before Ukraine’s retreat and Moscow’s conquest, Lysychansk had been the last stronghold in the Luhansk area of the eastern Donbas region.
Now that it has been taken, Russian forces can march on Kramatorsk and Sloviansk in neighboring Donetsk.
Hillier claimed that although Volodymyr Zelensky just signed an order allowing for their deployment all throughout the nation, reservists had originally been informed they would only be protecting their home localities.
The professional fighters are receiving an equipment supply that is limited, leaving the heroic volunteers unprepared to fight the attackers.
In a speech late on Sunday, Zelensky pledged Kyiv would continue the struggle and make sure the military had “the most current weapons,” pleading with the US to provide more long-range HIMARS rocket launchers.
Zelensky declared: “We will guarantee such a supply, but it requires several agreements. When the fire supremacy of the occupiers is equalized, Ukraine will reach that point.
“The fact that we safeguard the lives of our troops and citizens plays an equally significant significance.”
People must be safeguarded above everything else, and we will rebuild the walls and retake the territory.
Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Chechnya, boasted about the city’s “liberation” today while displaying its blasted buildings and completely abandoned streets.
Flags can be seen flying from structures and soldiers can be seen building a pontoon bridge across a river.
The people of Lysychansk have been anticipating the coming of Russian forces for more than four months, according to Kadyrov. And now, at last, it took place. The locals take tremendous joy in sharing their thoughts and feelings.
They express enormous excitement at seeing a Russian combatant because they were longtime targets of Ukrainian nationalists. Additionally, they served as human shields.
In order to attribute all of the problems that had occurred to Russia, the nationalists purposefully chose to position themselves close to residential buildings.
The criminals did the most harm to the city’s infrastructure as they fled.
This makes is clear that the Kyiv dictatorship doesn’t give any thought to the civilian populace. We are experts not only in military matters but also in rebuilding urban infrastructure, which is a blessing.
As fast as we took this city, we will rapidly restore everything. I have no doubt that these streets will soon blossom in all colors.
“Our courageous fighters are engaged in this conflict primarily on behalf of those who have endured long-term bullying.
Now that Lysychansk has been freed, the Ukronazis’ misdeeds can finally come to an end. Residents are welcome to breathe in the Luhansk People’s Republic’s free air.
The defence minister’s assistant, Yuriy Sak, reiterated Zelensky’s appeal to the West and stated that the outcome of the conflict hinged on Ukraine receiving military hardware.
‘It is a setback, but it is a setback that we will turn back in the future. We will recapture Lysychansk as well as all other Ukrainian cities,’ he said on the BBC’s Today program.
Because we are vastly outnumbered and outgunned in the east of Ukraine, a lot will rely on how quickly Ukraine will receive all the heavy weapons we are demanding from our foreign friends.
‘We are depending on the military support from our foreign partners and we expect that this will be provided as soon as possible. Russians are employing tens of thousands of artillery rounds a day to damage Ukrainian cities.
“We are constantly informed that all steps are done to give this military aid as soon as possible,” the speaker continued.
“We are always assured of this during the conversations which our minister of defense undertakes virtually on a daily basis with our foreign allies.
Russian forces are concentrating their efforts on pushing into the line of Siversk, Fedorivka, and Bakhmut in the area, which they currently hold roughly half of in Donetsk, the second province of Donbas.
In response to Russia’s numerical and material advantages, the Ukrainian army declared in a statement that it would be leaving Lysychansk: “The continuation of the defence of the city will lead to deadly results.”
It was decided to retreat in order to protect the lives of the Ukrainian defense personnel.
“Unfortunately, material and technical resources are needed for success—steel will and patriotism are not sufficient.”
Following periods of fierce battle, Russian soldiers last week took control of Severodonetsk, the twin city of Lysychansk.
The Russian city of Belgorod sits close to the Ukrainian border, and on Sunday, Moscow accused Kiev of firing three cluster missiles towards it.
This accusation came the day after Belarus, another neighbor, claimed to have intercepted Ukrainian missiles.
Russia claimed that its anti-aircraft defenses knocked down three Tochka-U cluster missiles launched by “Ukrainian nationalists” on Belgorod, which would have escalated the conflict.
Belgorod governor Vyacheslav Gladkov reported damage to 39 homes and 11 residential structures.
In the past, Russia has accused Kiev of carrying out attacks on its territory, particularly in the Belgorod region.
Sak denied that Ukraine had purposefully targeted civilians, saying: “Our military and political leadership have repeatedly stated that, unlike the aggressor Russian forces, Ukrainian armed forces never target civilian targets.
However, there has been no official statement from the general staff of the armed forces of Ukraine.
This proves that it was improbable for Ukrainian forces to have attacked the city.
There could be a number of causes for the explosions. We have previously witnessed Russian military personnel staging such provocations on their own
Since Russian missiles occasionally misfire, it is challenging to pinpoint exactly what occurred.
Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus, charged Kiev with provocation on Saturday and claimed his army had shot down missiles fired at Belarus by Ukrainian forces “about three days ago.”
Belarus, a Russian ally, backed the invasion on February 24 and has been charged by Kiev with conducting its own incursions into Ukrainian territory.
Any involvement in a recent cross-border incident was denied by Lukashenko.
According to the state news agency Belta on Saturday, he stated, “We do not intend to fight in Ukraine.”
Heavy Russian shelling struck the city of Sloviansk, 45 miles west of Lysychansk, leaving six people dead, including a nine-year-old girl, according to Zelensky on Sunday evening.
In addition to the city, Kramatorsk, and Kharkiv, “the Russian army once again brutally shelled” about 20 other people.
Donetsk authorities reported that two people were murdered and three others, including two children, were injured in an attack on the settlement of Dobropillia, which is located nearby Sloviansk.
Residents and a government source told AFP that Siversk, 30 kilometers to the west of Lysychansk, also saw bombardment overnight.
A woman hiding in a cellar remarked, “It was intense, and it was shooting from all sides.”
Zelensky claimed that Russian forces had concentrated their firepower in the Donbass region and were able to use tens of thousands of artillery shells per day on a single area of the front.
He continued by saying that “there will be a day when we will say the same about Donbas,” noting that the Ukrainian military had advanced in the Kharkiv and Kherson districts.
Zelensky declared, “People must be safeguarded above everything else. We will construct the fortifications and retake the territory.” “Ukraine never gives up,” they say.
A Russian military base in Melitopol was “taken out of action,” according to a Ukrainian source on Sunday.
The army reported that the air force had damaged about 20 Russian troops and two ammo stores.
The exiled mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, declared, “The town of Melitopol is enveloped in smoke.”