Slovak: President Vladimir Putin On Monday, Russian troops were ordered to deepen their offensive in the Donbas region of the eastern Ukraine After the capture of the strategic city by the Moscow army lisichansk,
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu Told Putin at a meeting that Moscow’s military was now in full control of the Lugansk region.
In a sign that there will be no shortage of fighting and Russia is now eyeing the entire Donetsk region, Putin told Shoigu that troops stationed there should continue their campaign.
“Military units, including the Eastern Group and the Western Group, must carry out their tasks according to pre-approved plans,” Putin said.
“I hope everything continues in his direction as it has been so far in Lugansk.”
Ukraine’s military said on Sunday it was withdrawing from Lisichansk to save the lives of its soldiers, who were outnumbered and outnumbered by Russian forces.
With the war now well into its fifth month, Ukraine told a reconstruction conference in Switzerland on Monday that it would already cost $750 billion to rebuild the country.
“The major source of recovery should be Russia and the confiscated assets of Russian oligarchs,” Prime Minister Denis Shyamal told leaders of dozens of countries in Lugano.
In a video address, President of Ukraine Volodymyr zelensky described the reconstruction of Ukraine as “the common task of the entire democratic world” and “the greatest contribution to the support of global peace”.
The loss of Lisichansk over the weekend prompted Zelensky to call for increasing arms supplies from the West. Kyiv Can sustain resistance and reclaim lost areas.
Having abandoned its initial war objective of capturing Kyiv after tough Ukrainian resistance, Russia has focused its efforts on gaining control of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions that make up the Donbass region.
Moscow’s capture of Lisichansk – a week after the Ukrainian army had retreated from the neighboring city of Severodnetsk – freed Russian forces to advance on Kramatorsk and Sloviansk in Donetsk.
Lugansk region governor Sergei Gede said on Telegram that fighting was still going on in the town of Bilogorievka outside Lisichansk.
“We continue to protect a small part of the Lugansk region so that our forces can build a protective redoubt,” he said.
In his address late Sunday, Zelensky vowed that Kyiv would fight and ensure the army had “the most modern weapons”.
“Ukraine will reach the level when the fire superiority of the occupiers is leveled.”
The Ukrainian flag was raised on Snake Island, a rocky outcrop in the Black Sea, in a symbolic boost, following Russia’s withdrawal from strategically important Ukrainian territory last week.
In Sloviansk, about 75 kilometers (45 miles) west of Lysychansk, there were few people on the streets on Monday, the day after Russian attacks that killed at least six people, among them a nine-year-old girl and injured 19. Went.
In a large city market largely devastated by fires caused by the Russian strike, some vendors offered basic goods, while others cleaned up the burnt debris.
Vendors and residents who spoke to AFP, some still in shock, expressed concern for days and weeks to come, as gunfire was heard again.
Residents and an official told AFP that the city of Siversk, 30 kilometers west of Lisichansk, also received shelling overnight.
But Zelensky’s address on Sunday evening was defiant, predicting that Ukrainian troops would “win back” territory in the Donbass, as they had done in other areas earlier in the war.
Leaders of dozens of countries and international organizations met in the Swiss city of Lugano on Monday to prepare a roadmap for the reconstruction of Ukraine.
Lugano is not a pledged convention, but will attempt to set the principles and priorities for the reconstruction process, with the aim of starting even when the war is raging.
“Ukraine can move from this to a stronger and more modern country,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said.
But for residents of Bucha – a Ukrainian city synonymous with war crimes that Moscow’s military was accused of following their return in April – fear lingers even as talk of reconstruction begins.
“We’re going to bed without knowing if we’ll wake up tomorrow,” said 65-year-old Vera Semenyuk.
“Everyone is back, starting repairing homes, putting in tons of new windows. It’ll be terrible when it starts all over again, and we’ll have to drop everything again.”
Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersen arrived in Buka on Monday on her first visit to Ukraine.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu Told Putin at a meeting that Moscow’s military was now in full control of the Lugansk region.
In a sign that there will be no shortage of fighting and Russia is now eyeing the entire Donetsk region, Putin told Shoigu that troops stationed there should continue their campaign.
“Military units, including the Eastern Group and the Western Group, must carry out their tasks according to pre-approved plans,” Putin said.
“I hope everything continues in his direction as it has been so far in Lugansk.”
Ukraine’s military said on Sunday it was withdrawing from Lisichansk to save the lives of its soldiers, who were outnumbered and outnumbered by Russian forces.
With the war now well into its fifth month, Ukraine told a reconstruction conference in Switzerland on Monday that it would already cost $750 billion to rebuild the country.
“The major source of recovery should be Russia and the confiscated assets of Russian oligarchs,” Prime Minister Denis Shyamal told leaders of dozens of countries in Lugano.
In a video address, President of Ukraine Volodymyr zelensky described the reconstruction of Ukraine as “the common task of the entire democratic world” and “the greatest contribution to the support of global peace”.
The loss of Lisichansk over the weekend prompted Zelensky to call for increasing arms supplies from the West. Kyiv Can sustain resistance and reclaim lost areas.
Having abandoned its initial war objective of capturing Kyiv after tough Ukrainian resistance, Russia has focused its efforts on gaining control of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions that make up the Donbass region.
Moscow’s capture of Lisichansk – a week after the Ukrainian army had retreated from the neighboring city of Severodnetsk – freed Russian forces to advance on Kramatorsk and Sloviansk in Donetsk.
Lugansk region governor Sergei Gede said on Telegram that fighting was still going on in the town of Bilogorievka outside Lisichansk.
“We continue to protect a small part of the Lugansk region so that our forces can build a protective redoubt,” he said.
In his address late Sunday, Zelensky vowed that Kyiv would fight and ensure the army had “the most modern weapons”.
“Ukraine will reach the level when the fire superiority of the occupiers is leveled.”
The Ukrainian flag was raised on Snake Island, a rocky outcrop in the Black Sea, in a symbolic boost, following Russia’s withdrawal from strategically important Ukrainian territory last week.
In Sloviansk, about 75 kilometers (45 miles) west of Lysychansk, there were few people on the streets on Monday, the day after Russian attacks that killed at least six people, among them a nine-year-old girl and injured 19. Went.
In a large city market largely devastated by fires caused by the Russian strike, some vendors offered basic goods, while others cleaned up the burnt debris.
Vendors and residents who spoke to AFP, some still in shock, expressed concern for days and weeks to come, as gunfire was heard again.
Residents and an official told AFP that the city of Siversk, 30 kilometers west of Lisichansk, also received shelling overnight.
But Zelensky’s address on Sunday evening was defiant, predicting that Ukrainian troops would “win back” territory in the Donbass, as they had done in other areas earlier in the war.
Leaders of dozens of countries and international organizations met in the Swiss city of Lugano on Monday to prepare a roadmap for the reconstruction of Ukraine.
Lugano is not a pledged convention, but will attempt to set the principles and priorities for the reconstruction process, with the aim of starting even when the war is raging.
“Ukraine can move from this to a stronger and more modern country,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said.
But for residents of Bucha – a Ukrainian city synonymous with war crimes that Moscow’s military was accused of following their return in April – fear lingers even as talk of reconstruction begins.
“We’re going to bed without knowing if we’ll wake up tomorrow,” said 65-year-old Vera Semenyuk.
“Everyone is back, starting repairing homes, putting in tons of new windows. It’ll be terrible when it starts all over again, and we’ll have to drop everything again.”
Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersen arrived in Buka on Monday on her first visit to Ukraine.