Russia continues to put pressure on Donbass, and Kyiv celebrates US support [VIDEO]

The Russian army continues to put pressure on eastern Ukraine, where it claims to be moving towards “better positions” and remains a threat to several cities, while Kyiv struggles to fight back and welcomes the announcement of more US aid.

“As a result of offensive operations by units of the Zapadny group, the enemy was driven out of the western environs of the city of Mesopotamia in the Kharkov region,” a spokesman for the Ministry of Defense said. Kharkiv. RussiaIgor Konashenkov, in his part of the war.

Russian pressure in eastern Ukraine

According to the Russian command, Russian aviation and artillery attacked the 92nd motorized rifle brigade of the Ground Forces. Ukraine in the cities of Kroimalnoe and Berestovo and destroyed “more than 30 Ukrainian soldiers, two armored vehicles and three cars.”

“As part of the offensive actions of units of the Southern Group, more advantageous positions were taken in the Donetsk direction,” Konashenkov said.

For its part, the Ukrainian command acknowledged that “the enemy, suffering heavy losses, does not stop offensive operations in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Novopavlovsky directions” in Donetsk.

During the last weeks the army Russia concentrated his activities in the east Ukraine and especially in Vugledar, Seversk and Bakhmut, since the capture of these cities, especially the latter, will open the way to Slavyansk and Kramatorka, the main strongholds of the Ukrainians in the Donbass.

While rumors linger about an expected Russian spring offensive that could coincide with the first anniversary of the conflict, Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the Ukrainian mayor of Mariupol, a long-suffering port city taken Russia Last April, he warned of the arrival of new Russian reinforcements.

Andryushchenko claimed on Telegram that in the past week alone, the Russian contingent in Mariupol received reinforcements of between 10,000 and 15,000 troops who were stationed next to civilians as a “human shield.”

“In general, we can talk about about 30,000 invaders concentrated in Mariupol and its environs,” he said, noting that Chechen troops were among the last units to arrive.

The Ukrainian spokesman added that the Russians “communicate well with the local population” and said that the strikes would be directed against Vughledar and Zaporozhye.

exchange of prisoners of war

As long as the situation at the front remains relatively stable and without much progress, Russia And Ukraine announced an exchange of prisoners of war, as a result of which 63 Russians and 116 Ukrainians returned.

According to the Ministry of Defense Russiathis exchange was carried out through the mediation efforts of the United Arab Emirates.

“At the moment, all military personnel are on the territory of Russia” and “they are provided with the necessary psychological and medical assistance, in addition, they are given the opportunity to communicate with their relatives,” the Russian command said.

“The group of released Russian servicemen includes persons from the “delicate category”, the exchange of which was made possible thanks to the mediation efforts of the authorities of the United Arab Emirates,” the department said, without going into details.

For his part, the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Andriy Yermak, said that Ukraine today managed to “return our people, our heroes.”

The group of liberated Ukrainians includes 87 servicemen of the armed forces, the rest are employees of the National Police, border guards and emergency services.

New US aid

Meanwhile, the United States today announced a new military aid package. Ukraine worth $2.175 million, with air defenses and Javelin anti-tank missiles to counter the Russian invasion.

Pentagon spokesman Gen. Pat Ryder said the aid also includes munitions and long-range missiles for high-mobility artillery rocket systems (HIMARS) provided to Ukraine by Washington.

With the start of the Russian invasion of UkraineOn February 24, 2022, the United States provided $29.3 billion in military aid to Kyiv, making it the country that provided the most aid to Kyiv. Ukraine since the beginning of the war.

In recent weeks, Washington has reported sending 31 Abrams main battle tanks to the United States. Ukraineafter Western allies such as Germany, Britain and Spain announced they were going to do the same.

The president UkraineVolodymyr Zelensky noted this event and assured that his country is facing Russian terror along with the United States.

“The greater the range of our weapons and the greater the mobility of our troops, the faster we will put an end to this brutal aggression by Russia,” he said.

(As reported by EFE)

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