Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday accused USA attempts to “prolong” the war in Ukraine, and his army condemned the “act of sabotage” after explosions at an armory on the annexed peninsula Crimea.
“The situation in Ukraine shows that USA trying to prolong this conflict,” he said. Insertin his speech at the International Security Conference in Moscow.
Washington “uses the people Ukraine as cannon fodder,” the Russian leader insisted, criticizing US arms supplies to Kyiv.
Russia launched an invasion of the former Soviet republic on February 24, hoping to meet little resistance and overthrow the pro-Western government Kyiv in short time.
But, having failed in the attack on the capital, the Russian army was mired in a war of attrition along a long front in the east and south of the country.
USA provided decisive economic and military support Kyivespecially with the use of long-range weapons and precision artillery, which allowed Ukrainian forces attack Russian targets on territory controlled by Moscow.
“Sabotage”
On Tuesday morning, a military facility in Crimea Based on photos posted on social media, it caught fire, releasing large plumes of black smoke.
Military warehouse located nearby Dzhankoyin the north of Crimea”was damaged on the morning of August 16 as a result of sabotage,” the Russian military said in a statement quoted by Russian news agencies.
The army does not point to the perpetrators and clarifies that the incident did not lead to serious injuries.
Previously, he indicated that the fire started at 06:15 local time and led to the detonation of stored ammunition.
A week ago, as a result of similar explosions at the Russian air base in the city of Crimea.
Ukraine has not directly claimed responsibility for these incidents, but senior officials and the military have hinted at their involvement.
Advisor to the President of Ukraine Mykhailo Podolyak said on Tuesday that the latest explosions in Dzhankoy were a “reminder” that Crimea occupied by the Russians, these are explosions of ammunition depots and a high risk of death for the occupiers and robbers.
attached Russia in 2014 on the peninsula Crimea it played an important role as a base for the advance into Ukraine.
However, in the eastern region of DonbassUkraine, the epicenter of the conflict, has condemned Russia’s launch of a “massive” offensive from an oil refinery in the recently captured city of Lysychansk, Luhansk region.
In the neighboring province of Donetskwhich is also part of Donbassone woman was killed and two others were injured in a Russian attack, according to the Ukrainian president.
This important mining region in the east of the country, the scene of conflict with pro-Russian separatists since 2014, is almost entirely under the control of Moscow.
On the other hand, on the southern front, in the Kherson region, tensions persisted around Europe’s largest Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, which has been occupied by Russian troops since early March.
On Tuesday the President of France Emmanuel Macron For an hour and twenty minutes, he spoke on the phone with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky about the situation at the nuclear power plant.
presidency of France He indicated that he would give a report on the exchange within Tuesday.
AFP
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