The war between Russia and Ukraine is fierce, and the two sides have been fighting fiercely for several weeks in the center of Luhansk , Severodonetsk. Ukraine The military said on the 13th that the Ukrainian army had been repulsed by the Russian army from the center of Severodonetsk.
According to AFP report, the Ukrainian military stated on social media on the 13th that the Ukrainian army had withdrawn from the center of Severodonetsk. The Ukrainian military said a raid by Russian troops in the city of Severodonetsk was partially successful.
Sergei Gedai, the military administrator of Ukraine's Luhansk, said that the Russian army is "assembling more equipment" to "encircle" Severodonetsk and nearby Lisichansk . The day before, Gedai revealed that the Russian army blew up a bridge connecting Severodonetsk and Lischichansk. Currently, only one of the three bridges connecting the two places still exists.
Ukraine said that due to the lack of a ceasefire agreement and an agreed evacuation corridor, Severodonetsk will be truly cut off if the bridge collapses due to new shelling by the Russian army. Ukrainian President Zelenskiy said on the 12th that Russia's key tactical objectives have not changed and the Russian army is putting pressure on Donetsk in the north.
Azov Steel Plant scene reappears in Severodonetsk?
Under heavy firepower, the Severodonetsk Azote Chemical Plant became one of the last strongholds of the Ukrainian army, with air raid shelters there. According to Tass news agency html reported on the 211th, as the Russian army and the Luhansk armed forces tightened the encirclement, some civilians who were previously trapped in the chemical plant were evacuated through channels that were not controlled by the Ukrainian army.
The head of Ukraine's Luhansk Military Administration said on the 12th that about 500 civilians were stranded at the Azote Chemical Plant, 40 of them children. The Ukrainian military is trying to evacuate the civilians. He also emphasized that there is no threat of encirclement for the Ukrainian military group in Luhansk. Previously, the Luhansk armed forces also revealed that there may be 300 to 400 Ukrainian military personnel and about 500 civilians in the chemical plant.
According to the Russian "Izvestia" report on the 12th, half of the area of the Azote Chemical Plant has been controlled, and the Russian army and Lugansk armed forces are advancing. At present, the outside world is paying attention to whether the Azote Chemical Plant will become another "Azov Steel Plant." At that time, the Russian army's siege of the "Azov Steel Plant" lasted from mid-March to May 20. The end result was that trapped civilians were evacuated through humanitarian corridors and the Ukrainian defenders surrendered.
In the village of Borovskoye near Severodonetsk, the Russian army and Luhansk armed forces repelled the Ukrainian army, which is very close to Lisichansk. Currently, Russian and Lugansk armed machine gunners, submachine gunners and snipers are defending in the trenches. Their mission is to further repel the Ukrainian army and control the village of Borovskoye.
Foreign media: Western weapons cannot stop the Russian offensive
According to Russian media reports on the 12th, Podolyak, chief advisor to the Ukrainian Presidential Office, said in an interview with the British " Daily Telegraph " that Ukraine hopes to obtain about 300 weapons from the West. Set of NATO standard missile system. He revealed that about 90% of the casualties of the Ukrainian army on the battlefield were caused by artillery fire. Ukrainian military officers and soldiers admitted that the Russian fire attack was very fierce.
The American "Stars and Stripes" admitted on the 11th that the amount of heavy equipment provided by the West to Ukraine was insufficient and the delivery speed was too slow to stop the Russian offensive. According to reports, as Russia adjusted its tactics and resumed its attacks, they used overwhelming firepower against the Ukrainian army, which was severely lacking in firepower. Although the Ukrainian army was still fighting back, their ammunition was about to be exhausted, and the number of casualties was much higher than at the beginning of the war. . An assistant to Ukrainian President Zelensky recently said that about 200 Ukrainian soldiers are now killed every day, up from 100 at the end of May.
Danilyuk, a Ukrainian government adviser, said that Ukraine has almost completely exhausted the ammunition of Soviet-era weapon systems, and Eastern European countries that use the same type of weapons have no excess inventory to provide. He said Ukraine urgently needs to move to longer-range and more sophisticated Western systems, but they have only recently entered service and are not numerous enough to match Russia's superior firepower.He said that the Russian army fires up to 50,000 artillery shells at Ukrainian positions every day, while the Ukrainian army can only use about 5,000-6,000 artillery shells to counterattack every day.
"Stars and Stripes" mentioned that the difficulties faced by Ukraine do not end there. Ukraine has been asking the United States to provide the more complex and longer-range " Seamaster " or M270 multiple rocket launcher system . But U.S. officials say Ukrainian soldiers first must be trained on how to use them, and it will be weeks before they can be deployed on the battlefield.
It is worth mentioning that the Russian Satellite Network said on the 11th that Donetsk armed adviser Yanga Jin revealed that their armed forces destroyed multiple M777 howitzers provided by the United States to Ukraine near the village of Avdeyevka. .
On the other hand, the Russian Ministry of Defense said on the 212th that the Russian army used "Caliber" missiles to destroy the Ukrainian army's large weapons depot in Ternopil. The weapons depot contained anti-attack weapons provided by the United States and other Western countries. Tank missile , anti-aircraft missile system and ammunition. Some military analysts believe that as the war develops, if Western countries further strengthen military aid to Ukraine, the Russian military will use more lethal weapons such as "Caliber" cruise missiles to clear obstacles for ground combat troops.
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Reprinted from: CCTV4 "Asia Today"
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