Russia has indicated that it may call back Her war aims to focus on Eastern Ukraine after failing to break the nation’s resistance in Month of Fighting and attacks on civilians.
The possible The transformation came ahead of A meeting planned by US President Joe Biden with Ukrainian refugees in Poland and talks with Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda in Warsaw before giving a speech on “The brutal war,” said the White House.
In February, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered invasion to destroy Ukraine military and overthrow the pro-Western President Volodymyr Zelensky, and put the country under the influence of Russia.
But Sergey Rudskoy a senior general to a large extent reduced “main goal” of control of eastern Donbass region already Partly by Russian agents.
His sudden statement came as if he was a Westerner official It was reported that the 7th Russian General, Lieutenant-General Yakov Rezansev, had died in Ukraine and that a colonel was “intentionally” killed by his frustrated person men.
Moscow holds challenges and invasion were the forces facing counterattack in Kherson, the only main Ukrainian city under Russian control.
While visiting Rzeszow, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Ukraine, Biden praised Ukraine’s “amazing” resistance, comparing the conflict with Akbar version of Communist China was crushed in 1989 of protests in Tiananmen Square.
Biden said soldiers From the 82nd Airborne Division that struggle in Eastern Europe represents a historical “inflection point”.
“Will democracies prevail … or will authoritarian regimes prevail? That’s really what’s at stake,” Biden said.
The US President has been informed on humanitarian situation, with more More than 3.7 million refugees have fled Ukraine, most of them of them in Poland.
Earlier, he finished his trip to Brussels for Meetings with The Western Allies announced new measures for help The European Union is getting rid of dependency on Imported Russian energy.
plan part of sea change in West who for It has shrunk years of direct confrontation with The Kremlin, but now it seeks to make Putin an outcast.
“Children” written clearly
Russia is much bigger military continued to combat Ukrainian defenders design who be using Weapons supplied by the West – near the capital Kyiv To Kharkiv Donbas region The destroyed southern port city of Mariupol.
Authorities said they fear about 300 civilians in Mariupol may have died in Russian air raid on Theater used as bomb shelter last week.
The theater was targeted despite the word “childrenIt is written heavily in Russian on Ground outside so that it is visible to pilots.
Russian forces knock Mariupol out, armored resistance is considered city pin in Their attempt to create a land corridor between the Crimea region, which was captured by Moscow in 2014, Donbass.
French President Emmanuel Macron announced bold plan with Turkey and Greece should evacuate ‘all these’ who wish to leave Mariupol,” adding that he will discuss it with put it in soon.
A resident of Mariupol who already left The city33year-old Oksana Vinokurova, described leaving behind Hell.
“I ran away, but I lost everything family. I lost house. “I am desperate,” she told AFP after arriving in the West. city of Lviv by train.
“my mother is dead. me left Mine mother in The yard like a dogBecause everyone is shooting.
Zelensky said in Friday video statement that despite the thousands of Evacuations from Mariupol ‘situation in The city remains tragic.”
counter attacks
Some predicted that the Russian army would move through Ukraine with Little resistance.
But Putin military Show poor discipline and morale, and flaws equipment And the tacticsas well as brutality towards civilians.
Amidst heavy censorship, the Russian authorities gave only on Friday second official military death tally since start of The invasionat 1,351.
This is far below Western estimates, with one senior NATO official He says between 7,000 and 15,000 Russians soldiers Die.
Rudsky announcement of axis for battle for Eastern Ukraine was accompanied by claims of success.
he told ukraine military deteriorated severely and that Russia did not seize the cities “to prevent destruction and reduce losses among them personnel and civilians.”
But his reference to plans for “Release” of Donbass region can lay the foundation for The Kremlin to focus on a easier campaign It could be sold to the Russians as a victory.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainians are building an increasingly violent defense and in taking places back a land.
The British Ministry of Defense said Ukrainian counter-attacks are underway Kyiv And the Pentagon official Ukrainian forces said also Trying to restore Kherson, the only major city held by russian invasion forces.
Ambulances rushed more people out of Destroyed Passenger City of Irbin, Northwest of Kyiv on Friday, AFP journalists said Ukrainian forces tried to push back Russian forces.
giant hoarseness of black smoke rose from direction of Irbin, Mashhad of Some of The heaviest fighting of the war as the explosions of the shells echoed off adjacent residential blocks.
paramedics took one Old woman with St.. M. P face out of Ambulance on A bloodstained stretcher, like sound of bangs and air Sirens were heard late at night across the capital.
chemical weapons warning
like the russian war machine Western officials falter warning Putin could resort to chemical weapons.
in Brussels on Thursday for Biden, NATO, the European Union, and the G7 have said the transatlantic alliance will “respond” if Putin does so. use Chemical warfare – although one senior adviser stressed that the United States itself “has no intention of of using chemical weapons.”
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov accused Biden of Seeks to “distract”.
And Putin from Biden again Described as “War criminalHe gave a speech Friday in which he said Russia was the victim, likening the western provinces to ‘Nazis’ in Germany.”
energy strategy
Earlier on Friday, Biden and European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced joint energy mission force Look for way for Europe to break its dependence on energy on Russia.
Germany, Moscow’s biggest customer in Europe has said it will halve Russian oil imports by June and end all coal shipments by the fall.
Efforts to reorient Europe’s energy supply will take time, together with Comprehensive sanctions aimed at isolating the Russian currency and industries already shock of western economies.
But von der Leyen said that campaign It works, and “is draining Putin’s resources to finance this heinous war.”
