[Lviv (Ukraine) 11th Archyde.com]–Ukraine said on the 11th that Russian troops are shifting their focus to the occupation of eastern Ukraine and will soon launch a new large-scale attack.
Austrian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who visited Russia on this day and met with President Putin, pointed out that he could not give optimistic impressions. “It is clear that an attack (in eastern Ukraine) is being prepared on a large scale,” he said.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense announced on the 11th that Russian troops have almost completed the armament of re-attacks against both Donetsk and Luhansk regions in eastern Ukraine. “Soon the fighting will begin in both regions,” spokesman Motuyanik said, saying the Ukrainian army is ready to fight.
A senior U.S. Department of Defense official said on the same day that the United States had caught signs that Russian troops had begun to reinforce and replenish their troops in the Donbus region of eastern Ukraine. Although it appears to be strengthening its armaments northeast of Donetsk, the United States said it did not see these moves as the start of a new offensive against the Donetsk region.
It is Mariupol that Russia is aiming at in the Donbus region. If Russia occupies Mariupol, it will be possible to coordinate troops invading from the east with troops from Crimea and siege Ukrainian troops in the east.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke in a video at the National Assembly of South Korea on the 11th, stating that tens of thousands of people are believed to have been killed in the southeastern port city of Mariupol by the Russian attack, and asked South Korea for military assistance. rice field.
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergeĭ Viklov said in an interview with the Russian state broadcast that Russia would not stop its military operations when the talks resumed, although there was no reason not to continue talks with Ukraine.
At the time of the first peace talks held in late February, President Putin ordered the suspension of military operations, but after that, the Russian government’s position changed, “because I was convinced that Ukraine would not respond as well. At the next round of talks, it was decided not to suspend (military action) until a final agreement was reached. “
The UK Department of Defense has announced that Russian bombardment continues in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions in eastern Ukraine. However, some Ukrainian troops counterattacked and destroyed Russian tanks, vehicles and artillery.
The Russian Defense Ministry announced that it had destroyed the surface-to-air missile S300 supplied from Europe to Ukraine by a sea-launched missile on the 10th, but U.S. officials said that although the airport of Doniplo was attacked and part of the infrastructure was destroyed, the S300 There was no evidence that it was destroyed by the Russian army.
The Governor of Luhansk said in a television program that bombardment in the area was increasing day by day and urged all citizens to evacuate.
Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine suffered multiple casualties, including one child, in a heavy bombardment on the 11th, the mayor said in a television interview.
Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said prior to a ministerial meeting in Luxembourg, “massive signs” of war crimes in Ukraine were identified.
The European Commission, the executive body of the European Union (EU), has put together a proposal for an embargo on Russian crude oil. Foreign Ministers of Ireland, Lithuania and the Netherlands revealed on the 11th. However, there is still no agreement.