2023-06-22 03:49:00
Two weeks after the start of Ukraine’s offensive, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has vowed progress on the front lines. “We’re moving forward in the South,” he said in his daily video address on Wednesday. He admitted heavy fighting, but everywhere – including in the east, where the Ukrainian troops are on the defensive – the enemy is being destroyed, he said. Only a short time before, the Ukrainian head of state had dampened public expectations of the offensive.
In a BBC interview broadcast on Wednesday, he admitted that the offensive was progressing “slower than desired”. Selenskyj also attributed the small gains in terrain to the large-scale mining of the area by Russian troops. Therefore, a careful approach is necessary in order not to endanger the lives of the soldiers unnecessarily.
In his evening video message, however, Selenskyj announced mainly positive news. In addition to the unspecified progress on the front, the President also addressed the reconstruction conference for Ukraine in London and the new EU sanctions package against Russia. At the conference, Ukraine not only received state aid, but also commitments from the private sector to participate in the development of the country.
Zelenskyy praised the EU sanctions package as important to further isolate Russia “as long as Russia’s main export commodity is evil and death”. The main thing now is to cut off ways to circumvent the previous sanctions.
Kiev secret service admits Russian attack on own headquarters
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian military intelligence service HUR confirmed reports of a Russian missile attack on its headquarters. The attacks took place at the end of May, but “neither achieved the desired nor the announced goal,” said the agency’s spokesman Andriy Yusov on Ukrainian television on Wednesday. Russian President Vladimir Putin, among others, reported on the rocket attack.
The Russian leadership has repeatedly threatened to strike at Ukraine’s “decision centers”. The first information about an attack on the HUR headquarters appeared on May 29th. There was no official statement from Kiev at the time. Jussow declined to comment further on the consequences of the attack. He will only do that after the war.
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