Russia seizes Ukrainian border villages as its bombing marketing campaign slows
Between Friday and Sunday, Russia launched round 900 drones at Ukraine, officers stated, amid a spate of large-scale bombardments. On Sunday night time, Russia launched its greatest drone assault of the three-year battle towards Ukraine, firing 355 drones.
From Monday to Tuesday, Russia fired 60 drones at Ukraine, the Ukrainian air drive stated Tuesday. Russia’s ministry of defence claimed its air defences downed 99 Ukrainian drones in a single day over seven Russian areas.
The weekend surge in Russia’s bombardments of Ukraine drew a rebuke from Trump, who stated Putin had gone “loopy”. That remark prompted a pointy Kremlin response on Monday, with spokesman Dmitry Peskov criticising ”emotional reactions” to occasions.
Peskov adopted a milder tone on Tuesday, hailing US peace efforts and saying that “the Individuals and President Trump have taken a fairly balanced method”.
In Sumy, Russian forces try to advance deeper after capturing villages, Oleh Hryhorov, head of the Sumy regional army administration, stated in a press release.
Ukrainian forces are endeavouring to carry the road, he stated. Residents of the captured villages had been evacuated earlier, and there’s no fast risk to civilians, Hryhorov stated.
Putin visited the Kursk area final week for the primary time since Moscow claimed final month that it drove Ukrainian forces out of the realm the place they captured land final August. Kyiv officers have denied the declare.
The lengthy border stays weak to Ukrainian incursions, Putin stated. He stated he instructed the Russian army to create a “safety buffer zone” alongside the border however offered no public particulars of the place the proposed zone could be or how far it might stretch.
Putin stated a 12 months in the past {that a} Russian offensive on the time aimed to create a buffer zone in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv area. That might have helped defend Russia’s Belgorod border area, the place frequent Ukrainian assaults have embarrassed the Kremlin.
