Russia reportedly launched missiles at Ukraine on Thursday. It attacked its biggest oil refinery, according to Kyiv. At the same time, the leader of the Wagner mercenary organization warned it would take weeks or months for the long-besieged city of Bakhmut to fall.
According to Ukraine’s Air Force, Russia launched 36 missiles early on, continuing to launch massive bombardments after Ukrainian victories on the battlefield or in international relations.
Following a meeting of their leaders on Thursday, Britain, and Poland agreed that help should be increased in the coming weeks. NATO alliance officials had reviewed preparations for additional military gear for Kyiv the day before.
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The Kremenchuk refinery was hit by Russian missiles, which also sent off air-raid sirens and caused unknown amounts of damage. The Air Force stated that the rate was lower than usual, with about 16 being shot down.
Ukraine said three KH-31 missiles and one Oniks anti-ship cruise missile were part of the barrage, but its air defenses could not intercept them.
In its evening report, the general staff said Russia had also shelled more than two dozen communities in the east and the south.
Reuters could not independently verify the information from the battlefield, and there was no word from Russia regarding the missile attacks or shelling.
Authorities in Moldova claimed they discovered missile debris close to the Ukrainian border once the parliament approved a new pro-Western government on Thursday.
Belarus, which at the outset of the conflict permitted Russia to send troops into Ukraine using its territory, declared that it would only join its friend in battle if attacked.
Tens of thousands of reservists have helped Russia step up its ground operations in southern and eastern Ukraine. As the year anniversary of its invasion on February 24 approaches, a significant new offensive appears to be taking shape.
Tens of thousands of people have died in the battle, which has destroyed Ukrainian towns, rocked the world economy, and forced millions of people to flee their homes.
Germany reported that 1.1 million individuals entered the country from Ukraine in 2022 alone, eclipsing the record-breaking influx of migrants in 2015–16.The small city of Bakhmut in Donetsk, one of the two regions that make up the Donbas, the industrial heartland of Ukraine that is now partially seized by Russia, is the center of Moscow’s attention at the moment.
Russia has been punching and encircling Bakhmut for months in assaults commanded by the Wagner group that was bolstered by recruits from prison. Over 70,000 people lived there before the war; most had already departed, leaving the Ukrainian military entrenched.
“There are many troops being sent by them (the Russians). I don’t believe they can continue to assault in this manner for long “Taras Dzioba, press officer for the Ukrainian 80th Air Assault Brigade, said.
“Their bodies are often just heaped up in certain spots. They just don’t evacuate their injured or dead from a trench, where there is one.”
Tens of thousands of reservists have helped Russia step up its ground operations in southern and eastern Ukraine. As the year anniversary of its invasion on February 24 approaches, a significant new offensive appears to be taking shape.
Tens of thousands of people have died in the battle, which has destroyed Ukrainian towns, rocked the world economy, and forced millions of people to flee their homes.
