Ukrainian officials say Russian forces shelled the city of Chernihiv overnight, despite previously announcing a significant reduction in military activity in the area.
“Russian forces conducted air strikes on the city of Nizhyn and shelled throughout the night on the city of Chernihiv,” Vyacheslav Chaus, governor of Chernihiv province, said on March 30. The city of Chernihiv is the capital of the province of the same name, located northeast of the Ukrainian capital Kiev.
Vadym Denysenko, adviser to the Interior Minister Ukrainesaid air raid sirens sounded throughout parts of the country on the night of March 29 and continued this morning, after the Russian military announced it would reduced activity in the Kiev and Chernihiv regions to facilitate peace negotiations between the two countries.
An apartment complex in the city of Chernihiv, Ukraine was damaged during an air strike on March 3. Photo: AFP.
“Air raid sirens are constantly ringing in the Donbass region, Kramatorsk, Bakhmut, the capital Kiev, Kiev province,” Denysenko said. “The city of Chernihiv and the Khmelnytsky province were shelled. In Kiev, several rockets were shot down.”
Denysenko said the situation in Chernihiv and Mariupol, two major cities besieged by Russian forces, was “very difficult”. Fighting is also believed to have occurred near the western suburbs of Irpin overnight, according to the adviser.
“Russian forces have not yet reduced their activity intensity in the direction of Kiev and Chernihiv,” Denysenko said. “Some units and equipment are moving to Belarus, but this is more like a reversal and consolidation of forces than a real cessation of the military operation.”
The Russian side has not commented on Ukraine’s allegations.
Earlier, Russia announced that it would significantly reduce the scale of military activities near the capital Kiev after the latest round of talks between the two sides in Turkey made positive progress, when Ukraine proposed a neutral option to end the conflict. end the conflict.
Senior Pentagon officials said yesterday that Russia has begun withdrawing some units near the capital Kiev, including battalion-level tactical groups, while concentrating forces only in southern and eastern Ukraine. However, US officials warned that Russia could reverse the move at any time.
Ukrainian positions declared counterattack against Russian forces. Click to see details.
Fighting continues in southern Ukraine. On March 29, Russian forces were accused of ambushing the government building in the city of Mykolaiv, killing 7 people and injuring 20 others.
Russia on February 24 launched a special military operation to “demilitarize and de-fascist Ukraine”. After nearly five weeks of hostilities, more than 3.9 million people have been evacuated from Ukraine, with thousands killed and wounded, according to the United Nations.
Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu announced on March 29 that Russia has completed most of the first phase of the military operation and will focus on the eastern and southern regions of Ukraine. Shoigu also warned that Russia will respond appropriately if NATO provides aircraft and air defense systems to Ukraine.
Nguyen Tien (According to AFP, CNN)
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