After four and a half months of war in Ukraine, the Russian army continues bombings “non-stop” Donetsk region (east). “The entire front line is under constant bombardment“, confirmed the governor of the region, Pavlo Kirilenko, on Friday evening. “They continue shelling in the direction of Donetsk… Bakhmut is shelled, Sloviansk day and night, Kramatorsk…”he added on Telegram.
Earlier, Pavlo Kirilenko informed about six victims and 21 wounded in 24 hours as a result of bombings in the region. According to him, it is the Russian army “In the process of regrouping, more precisely, reorganizing and preparing new operations” in Sloviansk, Kramatorsk, Bakhmut. Governor Oleg Sinegubov said that in Kharkiv Marz (north-east), the country’s second largest city, Russian bombing killed four civilians and injured nine people in 24 hours.
The new $400 million in US military aid, which includes four Himars missile systems and 155 mm rounds, will improve Ukraine’s ability to target military depots, weapons and the Russian military’s supply chain, according to a senior Pentagon official. Thanks to the first eight Himar delivered last month, military experts estimate that the Ukrainian army has been able to destroy more than a dozen Russian ammunition depots behind the front lines in the east of the country. Washington has already provided $6.9 billion in military aid to Kiev since the Russian invasion began on February 24.
There are massive fires in the fields, which were deliberately caused by the enemy. They try their best to destroy the crops. They are bombing agricultural machinery, combine harvesters…”
Governor of Donetsk region
By bombarding the Donetsk region, where civilian evacuations continue, Moscow is seeking to capture the entire Donbas basin, its strategic objective after withdrawing from the vicinity of Kiev in late March. According to the governor, the Russian army has also started burning the crops. “There are massive fires in the fields, which were intentionally caused by the enemy. They try their best to destroy the crops. They are bombing agricultural machinery, combine harvesters…”– he accused. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, considered one of the world’s breadbaskets, sent food prices skyrocketing and fueled global inflation.
Participants of the G20 ministerial meeting in Indonesia on Friday “expressed their deep concern about the humanitarian consequences of the war”. In Ukraine, according to the head of Indonesian diplomacy, Retno Marsudi. The impact of war “It’s felt around the world, on food, energy and budgets”– he noted. “And as always, poor and developing countries suffer the most”.
Although the G20 did not unanimously condemn the Russian invasion, Westerners believed they had succeeded in expanding the front against Russia and clearly attributing responsibility for the war and the global energy and food crises it caused. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, facing a flood of condemnations from the West, left the meeting in the afternoon, which was also attended by his American counterpart Antony Blinken. It was the first time the two men had been together since the start of the February war, but when the US secretary of state refused to meet his Russian counterpart separately, Lavrov responded that Moscow would not go after Washington for talks.
Source: Le Figaro
