Russia Strengthen offensive in southern eastern Ukraine Europe and the United States to further military support

Russian troops are intensifying their offensive, including attacking bases in the eastern and southern parts of Ukraine with missiles.

The Western side is wary of the possibility of a large-scale battle in the future, and is making adjustments for further military support to the Ukrainian army.

On the 8th, the Russian Ministry of Defense attacked railway stations in various parts of the province of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine with missiles, destroying Ukrainian military weapons and equipment brought to the area, and a port city in the south facing the Black Sea. Announced that the "foreign mercenary training center" in the northeast of Odesa was destroyed by a missile.

The British Ministry of Defense, which analyzes the war situation, said on the 8th that Russian troops continued to bombard in eastern and southern cities, taking control of Izyum, a strategically important city in eastern Kharkiv Oblast, and then moving further south. I point out that there is.

It is expected that some of the troops withdrawn from the suburbs of the capital Kyiv will be deployed to the east, and it will take at least a week to replenish for this redeployment.

In addition, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Milly, who is the head of the U.S. military uniform group, said at a hearing in the Senate on the 7th, "The Russian army is gathering force in the southeastern part, and large-scale battles are about to begin." , He said that the fighting could be prolonged.

Regarding military support to Ukraine, it was revealed that the Western side had provided about 60,000 anti-tank weapons and about 25,000 anti-aircraft weapons so far, and on top of that, for future large-scale battles, The Ukrainian army pointed out that it wanted weapons such as armored vehicles and mortars, and expressed its intention to coordinate with the countries concerned.

NATO = North Atlantic Treaty Organization also held a foreign ministers' meeting on the 7th, and agreed to strengthen military support for Ukraine, such as the provision of additional weapons.

On the other hand, Russia is strongly wary of such movements such as the United States, and spokesman Peskov of the Russian Presidential Administration said on the 7th, "Providing various types of weapons to Ukraine will lead to successful negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. It doesn't connect. There is no doubt that the result will be very bad. "