The Ukrainian authorities reported this Saturday (05.07.2022) fighting in the Donbass region, while the siege of the Azovstal steel mill continues, where the Ukrainian troops from Mariupol are resisting and kyiv believes that Russia is preparing a parade for May 9, Victory Day over Nazi Germany.
The offensive in Donetsk and Lugansk continues, indicates in its latest statement the General Staff of the Ukrainian army. However, Ukrainian troops managed to repel eight attacks in both breakaway regions in the east of the country, according to the same source.
In Mariupol, where according to Russian and Ukrainian sources the evacuation of 50 civilians was achieved this Friday, the Russian siege continues to try to penetrate the Azovstal complex, according to Ukrainian media.
Two days ago, it had been assured that the first Russian troops had already entered the industrial complex, where some 200 civilians and an undetermined number of Ukrainian soldiers are supposedly still refugees.
The 9th is traditionally commemorated as Victory Day over Nazi Germany, with the signing of the Capitulation of the Third Reich and after the Soviet army entered Berlin. Russian President Vladimir Putin will deliver his traditional speech that day from Moscow as scheduled.
But the kyiv authorities believe that for that anniversary, Russian troops are preparing to parade through the center of Mariupol, the strategic Black Sea port city, under siege since the first day of the invasion of the country on February 24.
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