“We have discussed the situation in detail along the entire front line. I have told him about the offensive and offensive actions of our units. I have informed him that the operation is proceeding according to plan,” the Ukrainian general said in a statement. news agency AFP.
Ukraine announced on Friday that it is preparing attacks on the battlefront until mid-summer as part of its counter-offensive in the east and south of the country, where it plans to attack more Russian logistics routes.
The representative of the intelligence services of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Vadim Skibitski, explained that Kiev plans to undermine Russia’s ability to supply arms and ammunition to its troops through Crimea.
Kiev will analyze Russia’s military potential by mid-summer, after which it will be able to better assess “the possible nature of Russian actions in the autumn-winter period”.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky admitted that aid from Western partners could be reduced or increased depending on the success of the current counter-offensive.
Meanwhile, the head of the Wagner paramilitary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, claimed the occupation of Rostov, a key city in southern Russia for the war in Ukraine, and called for an uprising against the Russian military command, which he accused of killing its fighters. to attack.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin described the paramilitary group’s action as an insurgency, saying it represented a “mortal threat” to the Russian state and a betrayal that guaranteed there would be no “civil war”.
Prigozhin had previously accused the Russian military of attacking his mercenary camps, causing “a very large number of casualties”, allegations denied by the Russian Defense Ministry.
Prigozhin’s accusations expose deep tensions within Moscow’s troops over the offensive in Ukraine.
Source: DN
