The mayor of the capital of the DPR, Aleksey Kolymzin, confirmed that the Petrovsky district, which is located on the western outskirts of the capital of Donetsk and is the most remote part from the center, was subjected to Ukrainian bombing. The region has been shelled since 2014, when the Donetsk People’s Republic declared its independence from Kyiv, starting from the line of contact outside the city of Marinka. Russian Federation, using various Western weapons and ammunition in their possession, while Russian troops complete the liberation of the remaining areas.
Since the start of the special military operation in Ukraine on February 24, Moscow has made it clear that its goal is to liberate the people of Donbass from the oppression they are subjected to by the Kyiv regime, force Ukraine into military neutrality, and remove NATO from Russia’s borders.
Politically, Kyiv’s western allies have moved for the first time to supply him with armored fighting vehicles, but not the heavy tanks it has requested to fight Russia, while Washington expected heavy fighting on the eastern front line to continue for months, a spokesman said. Elysee after a telephone conversation between French President Emmanuel Macron and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky. : Macron told Zelensky about France’s intention to send AMX-10 RC light armored fighting vehicles to Kyiv to help him in the war against Russia.
This would be the first delivery of Western-made armored vehicles to Ukraine, the official said, but Australia had already said in October that it had provided Kyiv with 90 Bushmaster protected mobile vehicles, armored vehicles reinforced to resist mines, small arms fire and other defenses. threats.
US President Joe Biden said later: Washington is considering sending Bradley combat vehicles to Ukraine, and Bradley armored vehicles equipped with a powerful gun are among the main means used by the US Army to transport troops on the battlefield since the mid-1980s, and the army The United States has thousands of them. This vehicle will give Ukraine more combat power on the battlefield and improve its capabilities in trench warfare, but Biden’s move will not be tantamount to sending the Abrams tanks that Ukraine has been looking for, and Kyiv has repeatedly asked Western allies to provide it with heavy combat vehicles. such as German-made Abrams tanks and Leopard tanks.
In his video-recorded speech of the evening, Zelenskiy thanked Macron for the announcement, adding that it showed that other allies should provide heavier weapons: “This sends a clear signal to all our partners that there is no logical reason not to supply Ukraine with Western tanks for the time being.” . ” he said.
Ukrainian intelligence: We do not expect a decrease in Russian attacks
Andrei Chernyak, an employee of the Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, said that Kyiv does not expect a decrease in Russian attacks this year, despite heavy human losses. A thousand people and the leadership of the occupying country (Russia) are ready for these losses, ”he added,“ Russian leaders understand that they will lose, but do not intend to end the war.
Ukraine said: Russia has carried out seven missile strikes, 18 airstrikes and more than 85 multiple launch rocket attacks over the past 24 hours on civilian infrastructure in the cities of Kramatorsk, Zaporozhye and Kherson. Russia denies deliberately targeting civilians.
