Russia is trying to advance in the Donetsk region, but Ukraine is resisting fiercely

Russian troops continued their advance into the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine on Saturday with little progress due to fierce resistance from Ukrainian forces that are attempting to counterattack in parts of the front.

“The enemy tried to launch counterattacks in the area of ​​​​the cities of Sladkoe, Shevchenko and Novomajorka of the People’s Republic. Donetsksouth of the city DonetskThis was stated by the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, General Igor Konashenkov.

In his usual daily report, the military stressed that the Ukrainian attacks were repulsed by artillery and ground attack aircraft.

In this sector alone, Konashenkov added, Ukrainian forces lost more than 40 killed and wounded.

Bakhmut, under the gun of the Russian army

According to British military intelligence (DI), Russian forces are concentrating their efforts on capturing Bakhmut, an important communication center north of Donetskwill allow advancing on Kramatorsk and Slavyanki, the main strongholds of the Ukrainian army in the region Donetsk.

“However, the campaign was disproportionately expensive compared to the potential profit,” DI said in a tweet today, pointing to the possibility that Bakhmut’s capture is intended to Russia “political, symbolic goal”.

In any case, according to British analysts, logistical problems and lack of supplies are hampering the offensive plans of the British Army. Russia.

Russia is trying to strengthen the military alliance with Belarus

In connection with the relative stabilization of the situation on the fronts, the Minister of Defense RussiaSergei Shoigu met today in Minsk with his Belarusian counterpart Viktor Khrenin, with whom he signed a protocol on amending the bilateral agreement on guarantees of regional military security, signed in December 1997.

“Belarus has been and remains a reliable partner. This is extremely important today, when the collective West is exerting unprecedented pressure and is waging an undeclared war against our countries, ”Interfax quoted Shoigu at the meeting.

Neither Moscow nor Minsk announced the scope of the protocol, and Kyiv stated that it was ready to adequately respond to the strengthening of Russian troops in Belarus, from whose territory they broke Ukraine at the start of a military campaign launched by the Kremlin more than nine months ago.

“The situation in the northern operational zone (the border with Belarus) is under control,” Lieutenant-General Serhiy Naev, Commander of the Joint Forces of Ukraine, said today.

The Ukrainian military indicated that although the joint Russian-Belarusian group of troops continues to strengthen in the territory of the neighboring country, it “does not yet pose a threat.”

The Kiev government, which has accused the regime of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko of complicity in Russian aggression, has repeatedly warned that if Belarusian soldiers break into the country, the Ukrainian army will use all its firepower against them.

Russians support military campaign but want talks

Although support for the military campaign in Ukraine Among Russians, it continues to remain high – it is supported in one way or another by 75% of participants in a survey published this Saturday by the Levada Center – supporters of peace negotiations have significantly increased.

According to a poll by the Levada Center, 52% of those polled in November last year – 44% in August – spoke in favor of starting peace negotiations with Ukrainewith the peculiarity that more than half of them indicated that they should start as soon as possible.

Among Russians aged 18 to 24 who took part in the survey, 68% were in favor of starting peace talks with Ukraine.

On the contrary, people over 55 are more in favor of continuing hostilities than peace negotiations. 48% of respondents in this age range were in favor of the first option, and 44% – for the second. (According to information from EFE)

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