Zelensky confirms that the situation is getting worse for Ukraine on the Donetsk front

The Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelenskyexplained in his address to the nation on Sunday night that the situation is getting worse for Ukraine in front of the eastern region of Donetskthus confirming the warning made a day earlier by the head of the Army, Oleksandr Sirski, about the deterioration of the situation on the Eastern Front.

“The situation at the front in This intense war is always difficult. But nowadays, especially in the area of Donetsk“It’s getting worse.”he said Zelensky in his speech, in which he thanked the brigades that protect these and other areas of the contact line.

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The head of the Ukrainian Army warned on Saturday, during a visit to the area, that the situation had “has worsened significantly in recent days” on the Eastern Front, due to increased Russian offensive actions on surrounding Ukrainian positions Liman and Bakhmut.

The general himself Sirski declared on Sunday that Russia “concentrates its efforts on breaking through” Ukrainian defensive lines west of the occupied city of Bakhmut, on advancing towards the canal Siverski Donets-Dombas and in the capture of the settlement of Chasiv Yarabout twenty kilometers west of Bakhmut.

Russiaadded the head of the Ukrainian Army, also seeks “create the conditions” intensify its advance towards the city of Kramatorsk.

According to SirskiRussian military commanders set themselves the goal of taking Chasiv Yar before May 9th, when Russia celebrates the victory of Soviet Union about Nazi Germany Second World War.

In addition to Sirskithe Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Rustem Umerovwho warned, in the same vein as the general, that Russia is concentrating troops to break through the Ukrainian lines west of Bakhmut.

“Despite Russian numerical superiority, we are thwarting these plans efficiently, thanks to courage, preparation and professionalism of fighters, who make good use of advanced technological systems“, he wrote on his networks Umerov.

The influential Ukrainian Telegram channel Deep State reports in its latest publications on Russian advances in several areas of Donetsk.

As announced on Saturday Russian Ministry of Defensethe forces of Kremlin They took the city of Pervomaiskein Donetsk.

Russia is achieving these advances at a very high price in casualties and loss of military equipment, according to the report. Ukrainian army.

Source: Elcomercio

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