Ukraine announced counter-attack in Kherson, confiscating assets of Russian oil and gas corporation

“As a result of attacks by units of the Self-Defense Forces, the enemy suffered losses and began to defend in unfavorable positions near Andriivka, Lozove and Bilohirka of Kherson Province,” the General Staff said. Ukrainian armed forces announced on Facebook on May 28. “The fighting continued. The Russian troops opened fire on civilian infrastructure outside the settlements of Prybuzke, Posad-Pokrovske, Blahodatne, Osokorivka, Novovorontsovka, Novooleksandrivka …”.

Russia has not yet commented on this information.

Earlier, Kirill Stremousov – deputy head of the Kherson provincial government appointed by Russia, said that the Ukrainian army used BM-27 Uragan rocket artillery to attack the suburbs of Kherson city.

“A bullet hit the village of Chernobaevka, hitting a house and killing a 36-year-old man in it. The man’s parents were injured and taken to hospital,” Stremousov said.

The Ukrainian military has not yet responded to this information.

Russia has controlled the entire Kherson province since mid-March, and once intended to make the province “completely part of the territory of the Russian Federation”. However, Stremousov said on May 28 that Kherson province would not hold a referendum on annexation to Russia until the fighting there and neighboring provinces such as Odessa and Mykolaiv ended.

Ukraine seizes assets of Russian oil and gas corporation

On May 28, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) posted a notice on Telegram saying that it had begun seizing the assets of the oil and gas company Rosneft in Ukraine. In addition, the activities of this energy company – which is part of Russia’s Rosneft group – have been suspended.

According to the SBU’s announcement, the total assets of 20 million Hryvnia (equivalent to about 677,000 USD) belonging to a subsidiary of Rosneft in Ukraine have been frozen. However, the announcement did not specify the identity of this subsidiary.

Rosneft Corporation has not yet responded to the above information.

In April, Ukraine’s parliament passed a law allowing the Ukrainian government to seize and nationalize the assets of Russian citizens on Ukrainian territory. In addition, Ukraine also allows the nationalization of assets of people believed to have close ties to Moscow or openly support Russia’s military campaign.

Chechen leader claims Russia has control of Severodonetsk

On May 28, the leader of the Chechen Republic of the Russian Federation Ramzan Kadyrov announced that Russia had taken control of the entire city of Severodonetsk in eastern Ukraine.

“Severodonetsk is under our complete control. The city has been liberated. People can rest in peace. From now on they are no longer in danger,” Mr. Kadyrov announced on Telegram.

According to the Chechen leader, the plan to seize control of the city of Severodonetsk was originally scheduled to take place within a week. “But today (May 28), I adjusted and set the mission to gain control of the city in 3 days. Therefore, our soldiers carried out this plan even faster – in just within 3 hours,” Kadyrov announced.

Earlier, Lugansk Governor Serhiy Gaidai confirmed on May 27 that Russian troops had entered Sievierodonetsk, and that Ukrainian forces might have to withdraw from the city to avoid being attacked.

On the same day, Oleksandr Striuk, head of the military junta in Sievierodonetsk, said the city had “stayed through the night” in the face of Russian onslaught, and warned Russian forces would continue their momentum. attack on Sievierodonetsk.

Ukraine urges the West to provide more modern weapons

Ukrainian officials say the country’s military urgently needs modern weapons systems with a wider range, such as the advanced US-made multiple rocket launchers (MLRS), to stop the advance of Ukraine. Russian troops in the Donbass region.

“It’s hard to fight when you’re attacked from 70km away and there’s nothing to fight back. Ukraine can repel the Russian army, but we need effective weapons for that,” Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Zolodymyr Zelensky, wrote on Twitter on May 28.

On the same day, General Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, also said that the country’s army urgently needed weapons that could attack the enemy from a long distance. “The price of the delay is the lives of those who are defending Ukraine from the Russians,” Zaluzhnyi said.

Also on May 28, US media reported that President Joe Biden had agreed to provide Ukraine with a number of missile systems, as part of Washington’s new arms aid package to Kiev to be announced this week. this. The aid package may also include some other advanced weapons, such as the Himars long-range multiple-barreled artillery system.

The decision was made after negotiations between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba. However, the types of weapons systems provided and when they were delivered to Ukraine have not yet been detailed by the White House and Pentagon.

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