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Battle of Donbass: Russia captured the strategic city of Kreminna, killed 500 Ukrainian soldiers overnight

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A Ukrainian soldier walks among the ruins of a building heavily damaged by Russian bombardment near the front line in Kharkiv. Photo AP

“The city of Kreminna appears to have fallen and heavy fighting is being reported south of Izium as Russian forces attempt to advance towards the cities of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk from the north and east,” the MoD said in a statement. The announcement was posted on Twitter today April 26.

They did not specify how they knew the city of Kreminna had fallen. Kreminna is about 600km southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kiev. The Ukrainian government was not immediately available for comment.

The British Ministry of Defense’s assessment comes as Russian attacks on targets in Donbass, Ukraine continue.

The governor of the Lugansk region, Serhiy Haidai, said Russian forces had shelled 17 times in the past 24 hours, with the cities of Popasna, Lysychansk and Girske being the hardest hit.

In another development, according to Donetsk governor Pavlo Kyrylenko, a 14-year-old boy and a 9-year-old girl were among four people killed by shelling in the Donetsk region on Monday, April 25.

Russian forces are said to be fighting for full control of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions (two provinces that form the Donbass region) – Ukraine’s eastern industrial hub and trying to establish a corridor on the border. junction of Donbass with the Crimean peninsula.

As for Russia, in the report on the military operation in Ukraine published today, the Russian Defense Ministry said that on the night of April 25, Russia used high-precision missiles to attack four military facilities of Russia. Ukraine, including two ammunition depots in Kharkov, the country’s second largest city.

Russian forces also attacked 87 military facilities in Ukraine, destroying 59 armored vehicles, artillery, and vehicles and killing a total of “500 enemy troops” overnight. Two launchers of Ukraine’s Buk-M1 and Osa AKM air defense missile systems were also destroyed.

The Russian Defense Ministry said that its forces destroyed two S-300 air defense missile systems, a Tochka-U tactical missile launcher and an electronic warfare station near the village of Barvinkove. Kharkov province of Ukraine. At the same time, they shot down 13 Ukrainian drones.

Meanwhile, the Ukrainian General Staff said that in Velyka Oleksandrivka, a village in the Kherson region – now largely controlled by Russians, Ukrainian forces destroyed an ammunition depot and “removed” more than 70 Russian soldiers. This claim cannot be independently verified, according to ITV.

Amid the escalating conflict, officials from more than 40 countries are expected to gather in Germany on Tuesday for defense talks hosted by the United States, focusing on how to arm the country’s armed forces. Ukrainian army against Russian forces.

US Army General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the core goal of the talks was to agree on the best way to coordinate the delivery of military weapons to Ukraine, such as military equipment. armed drones, ammunition and howitzers.

“They need constant support to succeed on the battlefield. And that’s really the purpose of this conference,” he told reporters ahead of a meeting hosted by US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at the base. Ramstein Air Force.

The meeting took place in the context that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced in an interview on Russian television on April 25 that NATO is engaged in the war against Russia through proxy forces.

“They continue to pump arms into Ukraine despite our warnings, promoting anti-Russian sentiment that dates back to former president Petro Poroshenko and was consolidated under the Zelensky government,” Lavrov said, warning. Convoys carrying Western weapons to Ukraine will be considered legitimate military targets.

Lavrov also said that the risk of outbreak of World War 3 with nuclear weapons being used is very serious and Russia is trying to prevent this.

“The danger of the outbreak of World War 3 and nuclear war is real and very serious, it cannot be underestimated. I don’t want this risk to be exaggerated, many people want it to happen.” Russian diplomat said.

The United States and its allies have not commented on Lavrov’s statements, while Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said the statement showed that Moscow had “lost hope to prevent the world from supporting Kiev”.

The United States on April 25 declared a state of emergency for the first time under President Joe Biden to approve the sale of artillery shells worth $165 million to Ukraine without waiting for Congress to consider it, reinforcing Washington’s commitment to the issue. will continue to increase arms support to Ukraine in the conflict with Russia.

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