In Ukraine, missile attacks by Russian troops continued in various parts of the country, killing at least 11 people on the 15th, and increasing the number of civilian casualties every day.
On the other hand, the Russian army seems to have been struggling due to the fierce counterattack of the Ukrainian army in the eastern part where the troops are concentrated.
According to Reuters news agency, a Russian missile landed on a street adjacent to an industrial facility in Dnipro in eastern Ukraine on the 15th, killing three people including a driver of a passing route bus and injuring more than 10 people. did.
Also in eastern Donetsk Oblast, Russian bombardment killed eight people in various parts of the country, and Reuters reported that at least 11 people were killed in total on the 15th alone.
A missile attack on the western province of Binnica killed 23 people, including three children, on the 14th of the previous day, and civilian casualties continue to increase every day.
Regarding the series of attacks, Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that it was intended to protect Russian citizens from Ukrainian attacks, and ordered the strengthening of operations, aiming to appeal the legitimacy of the attacks at home and abroad. It seems that there is.
On the other hand, the Russian army seems to have been struggling due to the fierce counterattack of the Ukrainian side in the eastern part where the troops are concentrated.
The British Ministry of Defense, which is analyzing the war situation, said on the 16th, "Russia claims to be advancing troops, but the scale and scope of the actual attack is shrinking," while the Ukrainian army "We have succeeded in repelling the Russian army by concentrating our forces in front of it," he said.