The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense has said it has set a goal for Russian troops to take control of the entire eastern Luhansk region by the 26th of this month.
The Russian side is stepping up its offensive against the Ukrainian base, Severodonetsk, while the Ukrainian side is poised to step up its reversal offensive to recapture the region dominated by the South.
Ukrainian Under Secretary of Defense Hanna Malyar told local media on the 20th, "Russia's plan is to reach the Luhansk Oblast border by about 26th this month. Russian troops will have virtually all troops and equipment. "We are launching," he said, saying that Russian troops have set a goal of taking control of the entire eastern Luhansk region by the 26th of this month.
In response to these Russian moves, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Beresichk said on the 20th that the Russian army had taken control of the southern state of Kherson. We can free the region, "he said, showing a strong desire to recapture.
In addition, the British Ministry of Defense said in an analysis released on the 21st that the Ukrainian army attacked the Russian army's ship deployed in the Black Sea on the 17th of this month with the anti-ship missile "Harpoon" provided by the Western side. ..
This has made it difficult for the Russian side to carry out supply activities in the Black Sea.
In the south, President Zelensky has visited the site and has shown a stance of fighting thoroughly by encouraging his soldiers, and the Ukrainian side is poised to intensify the reversal offensive to recapture the dominated area.
However, according to a Ukrainian military spokesman, on the 20th, a food warehouse in Odessa Oblast in the south was destroyed by a missile attack by the Russian army and one civilian was killed, so the offense and defense are intensifying even over the south.