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The Moscow occupiers suffer significant losses in all operational areas – Polissya, Severskyi, Slobozhanskyi, Tavriya directions and in the area of Joint Forces Operation. This was announced by Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksii Danilov.
According to him, the Ukrainian military and territorial defence forces have intercepted a tactical initiative, but the enemy does not abandon plans to surround the cities of Kyiv, Kharkiv and to reach the administrative borders of Luhansk and Donetsk regions. At the same time, the Russian occupation command has already used at least 95% of the prepared BTGs and needs an urgent increase in reserves.
«Realizing the weakness of their own positions and in order to gain time for redeployment and renewal, the enemy inflicts intense air and missile and artillery strikes on military and civilian targets. Tonight, the Putin regime has put the world at risk of global catastrophe. Russian terrorist forces fired on the territory of the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant, as a result of which a fire broke out, and only thanks to the heroic actions of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine detachment in the Zaporizhzhya region was the danger localized,» – he said.
Danilov adds that all this is a consequence of the Kremlin’s inability to achieve its goals in Ukraine by military means, which led to Putin’s authorization of overtly terrorist methods. This is evidenced, in particular, by the use of ambulances with Red Cross symbols for the transportation of weapons and ammunition; disguising the Russian landing forces and troops of special operations in the Ukrainian military uniform, shelling of peaceful areas, cities and villages.
«For the entire Russian elite, The Hague is approaching faster and more inevitably, « he added.
The southern direction, according to Danilov, remains «hot», the occupier is concentrating resources there for active action to try to surround Odessa. At the same time, the Ukrainian army is ready to repel the occupier and destroy him, wherever he may be.
It will be recalled that the enemy has losses in all directions, demotivated occupiers surrender and throw equipment. These trophies help to beat the Russian invaders.
Translated by Vitalii Holich
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