Russia's Putin regime, which continues its military incursions into Ukraine, is still believed to be seeking control across four states it claims to have unilaterally annexed.
On the other hand, the governor of the Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine emphasized that Russia will continue to retake territory by maintaining the momentum of counterattacks even during the winter so as not to give Russia time to solidify its defenses.
On the 12th, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Ukrainian President Tymoshenko said on social media that a school near Bakhmut, one of the Ukrainian strongholds in Donetsk Oblast, had been destroyed by Russian artillery fire. Posted.
As the Ukrainian army recaptured Kherson, a strategic location in the south last month, and continues to reverse offensive in various places, Russian Presidential spokesman Peskov said on the 8th of this month, "There are still territories left to be liberated in new areas." I was.
On the 12th, the British Ministry of Defense, which analyzes the war situation, pointed out that this remark ``suggests that Russia's minimum political goal in the war has not changed,'' and the Putin administration unilaterally annexed it. It said it was still seeking control of four provinces, including the Donbass region in eastern Ukraine, where it claimed to have done so.
On the other hand, it is unlikely that the military's ground forces will make significant operational advances in the next few months, and that it is unlikely to achieve that objective at present.
On the other hand, the governor of the eastern Luhansk province, Haidai, said in an NHK interview on the 10th that ``13 villages have been released so far,'' and the Russian side also recaptured a part of the Luhansk province, which declared control of the entire area in July this year. claimed to have
After that, he said, "If we stop counterattacking, we will give the Russian side time to solidify its defenses, so we will not weaken the offensive." He emphasized that he would continue to recapture the