The alleged withdrawal of Russian troops would actually be a “covert mobilization”. The Armed Forces of Ukraine believe that the true goal of Vladimir Putin is to move to the country “approximately 60,000” reservists with which to continue a war that has lasted 41 days.
“Russia’s political-military leadership has initiated measures for the covert mobilization of reservists to transfer military units to a state military situation,” said the Army General Staff Ukrainian through a message on his account on the social network Facebook.
Thus, he has stated that “during the selection of candidates, priority is given to people who already have combat experience.” “The main regions for mobilization are also defined: Krasnodar, Perm, Dagestan, Ingushetia and Kalmykia,” he stressed.
“The main motivating factor for Russian reservists remains material promotion. In addition, it is spread among the population that participants in the war with Ukraine can improve your financial position through the calls trophiesthat is, robbery and looting,” he explained.
On the other hand, he has emphasized that during the last 24 hours the Ukrainian forces repulsed seven attacks in the regions of Donetsk and Lugansk and he added that “Air Force aviation has continued to bombard areas where enemy troops accumulate, columns of military equipment and logistics centers.”
Bombings in Kharkiv
The Russian Army has begun to withdraw from its positions in the besieged Sumy region, in the northeast of the country, according to the regional governor, who has assured that there are no invading troops left. While, bombing continues on Kharkivwhich have caused at least three deaths and seven injuries on Monday.
There have also been attacks in the south of the country, in the cities of Novovorontsovka, Marianske, Mikolaiev and in Odessa. In this last city, the second missile attack in the last two days has been registered, after a fuel depot was hit on Sunday.
The British Ministry of Defense, which prepares daily situation reports with intelligence information, ensures that Moscow continues to regroup its troops to concentrate on the provinces of Lugansk and Donetsk, which together make up the Donbas region (east). Russia is amassing both regular troops and mercenaries there, including the Wagner Group, whom the EU accuses of war crimes.
This information would coincide with that provided by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. For its part, Russia has announced that its Forces have destroyed 14 Ukrainian military targetsincluding two command posts, two anti-aircraft missile launchers, two artillery arsenals, three fuel depots and six fortifications.
war party
“Russian anti-aircraft defense means shot down six drones near the cities of Mikolaiv, Kherson, Kukharovka, Industrialnoye and Velíkoya Novselka,” said the Russian Defense Ministry spokesman, Igor Konashenkovin the daily report on the progress of the “special military operation” in Ukraine.
A new missile attack was also registered in Odessa, the second in two days since the Russian invasion began, on which its consequences are also being evaluated, announced Serhiy BratchukUkrainian spokesman for the regional military administration of the area on his Facebook.
Refugees
The Ukrainian authorities have reopened this Monday several humanitarian corridors to evacuate citizens in the besieged areas and most punished by the Russian Army, especially in the south Mariupol city and in the Lugansk region, a self-proclaimed sovereign republic recognized by Russia.
As reported on her Telegram channel by the Vice President of Ukraine, Irina Vereshchuk, a corridor has been re-established this Monday to evacuate citizens from the besieged Mariúpol, where more than 100,000 residents remain with hardly any supplies, to be transferred to the city of Zaporizhia.
This transfer must be done in private vehicles, explained the vice president, who confirmed yesterday that they managed to evacuate 469 inhabitants of the city in this corridor.
The West wants more sanctions
Faced with all these movements, and after the images of civilian deaths in Bucha, the European Union is going to prepare “as a matter of urgency” new sanctions against Russia after the “atrocities”, which it condemns in the “strongest terms”, committed by the armed forces of the invading country.
The Twenty-seven stand in solidarity with Ukraine, a country they will continue to support “firmly”, while preparing new sanctions and helping to collect evidence so that those responsible for the “massacres” are brought to international justice, said the head of European diplomacy , Josep Borrellwho referred to the “disturbing images” of civilian deaths in various locations.
The EU “fully” supports the investigation initiated by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on war crimes and crimes against humanity, as well as the work of the Commission of Inquiry of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
And the French president, Emmanuel Macrondescribed as “war crimes” what happened in Bucha and proposes an embargo on Russian oil and coal, for which it will seek a European agreement in the coming days.
The German Defense Minister, Christina Lambrechtconsiders that the European Union should consider the ban on importing Russian gas after the massacre against civilians discovered after the withdrawal of Russian troops in the Ukrainian city of Bucha.
“There must be a reaction. Crimes like this must not remain unanswered and Putin must also be clear about that,” the minister said in an interview on German public television ARD.