Russian troops suffered another defeat yesterday when they left Lyman, a village at the confluence of the regions of Kharkiv, Donetsk and Lugansk and an important railway link route. And with this Ukrainian advance, others are expected in the coming days in the Lugansk region, and the scenario that arose with the liberation of Izium, in Kharkiv, that is, the recapture of a large tract of territory, can be repeated.
But this success in Kiev comes hours after Vladimir Putin’s show in the Kremlin and Red Square, in which the Russian leader guaranteed that the four annexed regions – including Lugansk – would be defended by all means, so regime commentators are demanding action. . The leader of Chechnya, who has already threatened to invade Poland, has called for the use of atomic bombs.
“I don’t know what the Department of Defense reports to the Commander in Chief” [Putin]but in my opinion more drastic measures should be taken, such as the declaration of martial law in the border areas and the use of low-yield nuclear weapons,” Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of the Chechnya region, wrote at the end of a tirade in which General Lapin, commander of the region, is accused of withdrawing the headquarters 150 kilometers from the front lines.
“For my part, I would demote him to a private soldier and send him to the front line with a machine gun in his hands to cleanse the shame with blood,” defended the Chechen who is leading the region through terror.
The statements so far are the most explicit from a Putin ally who criticizes a specific military man and, more seriously, resumes the nuclear threat. The rhetoric gained approval from another controversial figure, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner mercenary group. “Send all these pieces of garbage barefoot, with machine guns, straight forward,” extending the reach to other military officials.
Meanwhile, European allies are unwavering in the face of threats: German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht has visited Ukraine for the first time, promising to soon send the advanced IRIS-T anti-aircraft defense system, and the read Monde reported the shipment of more French-made Caesar long-range howitzers (between six and twelve) destined for Denmark.
Ukrainian authorities have since accused the Russian army of killing 24 civilians, including a pregnant woman and 13 children, in an attack on a caravan in a recently recaptured area in the Kharkiv region. A preliminary investigation shows that the attack on six cars and a truck took place on the 25th.
Kiev also called for the immediate release of the director of the Ukraine-led Zaporyjia nuclear power plant, which is under Moscow’s military supervision, and condemned the “illegal detention” of Ihor Murashov. According to the Ukrainian nuclear agency Energoatom, it was “led in an unknown direction”, blindfolded.
Source: DN
