Moscow confirmed that its military operations in Ukraine will go ahead, announcing the targeting of the headquarters of the Ukrainian forces command, and the killing of more than 50 Ukrainian generals and officers.
Meanwhile, the British army chief stressed the need for his forces to prepare to fight in Europe again to defeat the Russian president's forces, with the NATO Secretary-General declaring that the war could take years.
While the Russian army continues to strike the positions of Ukrainian forces and military infrastructure, especially in the southern and eastern axes, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that it had killed more than 50 Ukrainian generals and officers in the Dnepropetrovsk region in central Ukraine while targeting a command post of the Ukrainian forces, using cruise-style missiles. Caliber.
The Russian Defense Ministry published pictures of missile launches from the ships of the Black Sea Fleet.
The Russian Defense Ministry also announced today that 100 Ukrainian soldiers were killed when a train carrying them to the Donbass region was targeted in the east of the country.
Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in a press briefing carried by Russia Today channel that "a long-range, high-precision Kalibr missile strike led to the destruction of 10 155-mm howitzers, M777, and up to 20 armored vehicles provided by the Russian Federation." West to the Kyiv system".
"In the same evening, high-precision missiles fired from the air hit a train carrying personnel, weapons and equipment of a Ukrainian brigade that had reached the combat zone in Donbass, killing more than 100 soldiers and destroying 30 tanks and armored vehicles," Konashenkov noted.
a destroyed building in the Ukrainian village of Kutuzovka;
While Russian forces continue their attacks on Donbass (Reuters)
The Russian forces are currently focusing their efforts on trying to impose full control over the Donbas region, which was controlled by Russian-backed separatists before the start of the Russian war on Ukraine on February 24, after failing to seize the capital, Kyiv, early in the war.
In the early hours of Sunday, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense, "up to 200 militants, including "foreign mercenaries", were eliminated, and two Grad rocket launchers, 10 infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers were destroyed in the Siledovo region in the Ukrainian Donetsk region. ".
Zelensky rekindles the spirit despite the losses
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who has encouraged his compatriots with daily video messages, said he visited the troops in the Mykolaiv region, about 550 kilometers south of Kyiv.
He added - in a video clip apparently recorded on board a moving train today, Sunday - speaking of his soldiers, "They are reassured. They have no doubts about our victory. We will not hand over the south to anyone, and everything that is ours will be restored."
Regarding the destruction caused by the Russian strikes in the Mykolaiv and Odessa regions, Zelensky said, "Losses are great. Many homes were destroyed and civil logistics were disrupted" in the battle for control of Severodonetsk.
The industrial city of Severodonetsk is a major target in Russia's offensive to take full control of Luhansk, one of two provinces that make up the Donbass region.
A Ukrainian armored vehicle is moving in the Donbass region, which the Russian forces are trying to control (Anatolia)
The Ukrainian military said Russia had achieved "partial success" in the area, and Luhansk governor Sergei Gaidai told Ukrainian national television that Russian forces "control the main part of the city but not the entire city," adding that the fighting made evacuations from the city impossible.
In Lysichansk, which lies across the river, Gaidai said apartment buildings and private homes had been destroyed. "People are dying in the streets and in shelters," he said.
In Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city, northwest of Luhansk, the Russian Defense Ministry said Iskander missiles destroyed weapons recently supplied to Ukraine by Western countries.
Meanwhile, the mayor of Melitopol - (southeast) said in a video posted on Telegram from outside the city that Western weapons helped the Ukrainian forces advance 10 kilometers towards Russia-occupied Melitopol.
A family walks in a neighborhood destroyed by a Russian missile on Sunday in Druzhkivka, Ukraine (Getty Images)
Britain is preparing
For his part, the commander of the British army, Sir Patrick Saunders, stressed the need for his country's army to "prepare to fight in Europe once again";
Trying to defeat the forces of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
He added that there is an urgent need to form an army capable of facing challenges amid the ongoing war in Ukraine, stressing the need to stand by his country's allies.
Sir Patrick Saunders' comments come as Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned Britons they would need to "prepare themselves for a long war" while Putin resorts to a campaign of attrition.
Johnson, who made an offer to train Ukrainian forces during a visit to Kiev on Friday, warned of the danger of "apathy over Ukraine" as the war continues to turn.
Johnson warned the British that they would need to "prepare themselves for a long war" (Anatolia)
protracted war
For his part, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that Russia's war in Ukraine could take years, stressing the importance of continuing to support Ukraine at a steady pace "even if the cost is high."
The German newspaper "Welt am Sonntag" quoted Stoltenberg as saying that supplying Ukrainian forces with the latest weapons will enhance the chance of liberating the eastern Donbass region from Russian control.
He stressed that NATO will continue to support Ukraine to defend itself, stressing at the same time that the alliance will not be part of the clash.