On the night of May 13, Russian occupation troops advanced inside the city of Toretsk, as well as near many regulating in the direction of Pokrovsky in the Donetsk region.
Russia can prepare for a new larger offensive, reports of the Financial Times reference to Ukrainian intelligence resources. According to the Ukrainian Monitoring Project, Deepstate, this week Russian troops seized the territories in the eastern region of Donetsk, around the cities of Pokrovsk and Toretsk.
Street direction
The Ukrainian project updated the Russian troops’ promotional map and said they moved forward to Toretsk and in the area of repairs in the direction of Pokrovsky.
“The enemy has moved forward to Toretsk, near the novel and Novoolenevka,” the analysts wrote.
The general staff of the Armed Forces previously reported that since the beginning of Monday, 133 the conflict of the battle took place in front, while the Ukrainian military stopped 50 enemy attacks in the direction of Pokrovsky.
In the direction of the toret, Russian troops slammed into Ukrainian positions six times, while two quarrels had not been completed, the general staff reported Monday night.
West threatens penalties
French president Emmanuel Macron in the air of the French television channel said that if Russia had not agreed with a ceasefire for 30 days, European leaders were planning to return to the issue of penalties. Macron said many dozen packages of penalties have been introduced against Russia, but if Russia does not want to quit fire, then in the coming days “they will discuss new penalties -” in close contact with the United States of America, “emphasized the President of France.
Macron also spoke against the seizure of Russia’s frozen possessions, noted that there was no legal framework for it.
At the same time, European leaders are ready to wait until the possible meeting of the President of the Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky and Vladimir Putin in Turkey before pushing the United States to announce new sanctions against Moscow, Bloomberg wrote, citing knowledge resources.
After the conversations between American and European officials on Monday, it became clear that the American side wanted to provide an opportunity for negotiations between Russia and Ukraine on Thursday, before Putin’s pressure was strengthened, the publication said.
If Putin refuses to meet with Zelensky or Russia will not agree with an immediate and unconditional stop on Thursday, European leaders will call President Donald Trump to fulfill their threats to impose sanctions against Moscow, resources said.
The Trump administration has prepared options for the US president to carry out more economic pressure in Russia, if he decides to do so, Bloomberg has already reported. Trump himself announced on May 8 that the United States and its partners would impose additional penalties without Truce.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrei Samiba said to meet with the UK’s foreign minister, Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland and the European Union, as well as the France minister for European Affairs, discussed possible future penalties against Russia. They can affect the banking, energy and central bank sectors.
Also, the ready package may include, in particular, sanctions against the Russian shadow fleet.
“Putin must realize the consequences of abandoning the efforts of peaceful and the continuation of the war,” Samiba emphasized.
Source: korrespondent
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