The Russian army is intensifying its offensive with the aim of gaining complete control of the two eastern states of Ukraine, but the Ukrainian side, which receives military support from Europe and the United States, continues to resist, and some are on a reversal offensive.
Russia will celebrate Victory Day, which the Putin administration attaches great importance to, on the 9th, but the war situation has stalled and the prospects for a longer period are increasing.
On the 8th, the Russian Defense Ministry attacked a railway station near Soledal in Donetsk Oblast in the eastern part of Ukraine with a missile, destroyed weapons and equipment allegedly provided to Ukraine from the United States and other countries, as well as eastern Luhansk Oblast and Kharkiv Oblast. But he announced that he had destroyed the arsenal.
Governor Gaidai of Luhansk Oblast said on the 8th that Russian troops bombed the school and two people were confirmed dead, and about 60 people who had been evacuated to the school at that time may still be left behind under debris. I made it clear that there is.
Furthermore, in Mariupol, a key point in the east, Russian troops are believed to be intensifying their offensive aiming to seize the steel mill based on Ukrainian troops, and the deputy commander of Ukraine's "Azov Battalion" said on the 8th "The enemy is We bombed all night, with tanks and infantry. "
In addition, pro-Russian armed groups announced on the 8th that Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who is in charge of urban development under Russia's Putin administration, visited Mariupol to discuss plans for the reconstruction of the city and the export of goods from the port. , Is trying to strengthen the established fact of Russian rule.
On the other hand, the British Ministry of Defense analyzed the movement of the Russian army on the 8th, "The Russian army is struggling at the forefront. The defective plan is preventing the troops from proceeding as expected."
In addition, the U.S. think tank "Institute for the Study of War" said on the 7th, "Ukraine troops are likely to launch a reversal offensive in the northeastern part of eastern Kharkiv and advance to the Russian border within a few days to a few weeks." It is analyzed that the army is pushing back the Russian army in part.
Russia will celebrate the victory day of the former Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, which the Putin administration emphasizes, but the war situation of the two eastern Ukraine states that Russia has aimed for complete control is as follows. With the arrival, the fighting is expected to be even longer.
Mariupol Azov Battalion Deputy Commander "Injured Soldiers Need to Evacuate"
The deputy commander of the "Azov Battalion", which continues to fight against Russian troops based in the steelworks of Mariupol, a key point in eastern Ukraine, said in a newly released video on the 8th, "There is no ceasefire at this time. The enemy is all night long. , Bombing, with tanks and infantry, "he said, revealing that the fighting is still going on in Mariupol.
Regarding the steelworks, which are said to have completed the evacuation of citizens, "The worst thing is that no one from the Ukrainian leadership or international organizations came to the steelworks. I haven't even confirmed if it's there. There could be more civilians here, and there could be dozens of bodies under the rubble. "
He also said that "soldiers who continue to carry out their missions also need to receive appropriate medical treatment" and that injured soldiers also need to be evacuated.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video released on the 7th that more than 300 women and children were rescued from the steelworks. "We are preparing for the second stage of evacuation. Injured and hygiene. "For soldiers," he said, saying that it is necessary to evacuate injured soldiers.