While Kiev forces say they are finalizing preparations for a counteroffensive announced months ago to retake areas occupied by Russian troops, several attacks have taken place along the border with Russia in recent days. Vandalism was also reported in Crimea, a peninsula annexed by Moscow in 2014. Monday 1R In May, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said on national television that the military “Finish Line Reached” While ensuring that its products, commanders will decide “How, Where, When” A counter attack will be launched.
At the same time, in Washington, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby released the latest US intelligence estimates of Russian losses on the same day: 100,000 dead since December 2022, including 20,000 in the ongoing fighting in eastern Ukraine. , especially around Bagmouth. Half of them belong to the private Russian paramilitary company Wagner Group. “The result is that Russia’s offensive is backed off.”Mr Kirby gave the assurance, while declining to comment on losses suffered by Ukraine.
Monday, A “Explosive Device” A freight train derailed in the Russian region of Bryansk on the border with Ukraine, with no casualties, the region’s governor, Alexander Bogomas, said. It is reported that this explosion occurred in “50 Meters” The train, Belarusian Railways, said in a press release, left the city of Gomel (Belarus) in the direction of Bryansk. On Monday, local governor Aleksandre Drostenko announced that another explosive device damaged a high-voltage line in the Leningrad region (northwest), near the border with Estonia and Finland. A study of ” nasty job “ has been opened.
Five Russian villages were affected
And Mr. According to Bogomas, on Saturday evening, four people were killed and two wounded in the village of Sousemka, 9 kilometers from the border, in a Ukrainian artillery attack. On the same day, Ukrainian artillery fire left five villages in Russia’s Belgorod region without electricity, local governor Vyacheslav Klatkov said. Areas and infrastructure in this border region continue to suffer from strikes attributed to the Ukrainian military by Moscow, without Kyiv claiming responsibility.
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