The Russian army, which continues to invade Ukraine, is intensifying its offensive in the eastern part of the country ahead of President Putin's important "Victory Day" on the 9th, claiming that he is expanding his territory in the eastern part of Ukraine.
In addition, the Ukrainian side is also targeting railway facilities that carry weapons and ammunition to the front, and is strengthening the restraint on military assistance from Europe and the United States.
The Russian army, which continues to invade Ukraine, has intensified its offensive mainly in the eastern part, such as announcing that it shot down Ukrainian unmanned aircraft in eastern Kharkiv Oblast Izyum and Luhansk Oblast on the 4th.
Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu emphasized the results of the war at a meeting held on the 4th, saying that he is expanding the territory of control in eastern Luhansk and Donetsk Oblasts. Insisted that.
He continued to siege the steelworks under President Putin's orders, saying, "We are following the orders of the Commander-in-Chief to tightly block the remaining fighters in the area of the Azovstal ironworks in Mariupol." Shows the idea.
In response, a spokesman for the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense said on the 4th that the Mariupol steelworks were "continuously bombarded and bombarded" and that Russian troops were still attacking them. rice field.
He added, "Russian troops are trying to intensify their offensive against eastern Ukraine," and analyzed that Russia is reorganizing and strengthening its troops for further attacks, and is increasing its vigilance.
The British Ministry of Defense also said, "Russian troops have deployed 22 troops near Izyum in Kharkiv Oblast and are trying to advance from the north side of the eastern Donbas region," the Russian troops said in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, south of Izyum. And is trying to seize Severodonetsk in Luhansk Oblast.
Strengthen military support from Europe and the United States
In addition, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on the 4th that it destroyed substations near six railway stations such as Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine and Dnipropetrovsk in eastern Ukraine with missiles, and it was provided to the Ukrainian army on the front line from the Western side through the railway. Claimed that the weapons and ammunition were being carried.
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu also emphasized that "NATO = North Atlantic Treaty Organization's transportation means that arrived with weapons and supplies to the Ukrainian army will be our legal target" and restrained military support from the West. I am strengthening.
In Russia, the victory anniversary of the former Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War II is approaching, and it seems that it is trying to expand the eastern territory while restraining the support of the Western side. ..
Meanwhile, on the anniversary of the victory, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that he was "in a state of war" with Ukraine, and there was a view that the Russian people would be mobilized. "And so on.