The Russians gain control of the important city center
Ukraine’s military says Russian forces have stepped up an attack with artillery support on the city of Sievierodonetsk and have pushed Ukrainian troops out of central areas, the Ukrainian military said on Monday.
The city is one of two in the Luhansk region of the Donbas that Russia does not fully control. Regional governor Serhiy Haidai said the Russian forces were aiming to encircle Sievierodonetsk, destroying the bridges connecting the city center. He said mass evacuations were impossible due to shelling and the army was only evacuating a few people a day.
“The Russians are doing everything they can to cut off Sievierodonetsk,” Haidai said. “The next two or three days will be crucial.”
Leonid Pasechnik, head of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic, said Ukrainians who are standing firm in Sievierodonetsk should save themselves the trouble.
“If I were them, I would have decided to ‘surrender,'” he said. We will achieve our goal in any case. “
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► China has overtaken Germany to become the largest customer of Russian energy exports. The Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air said on Monday that Russia has received about 93 billion euros in revenue from the sale of oil, natural gas and coal since the February 24 invasion – 12.1 billion euros from Germany, 12.6 billion euros from China.
►Andriy Pokrasa, 15, and his father, Stanislav, are being praised in Ukraine for their volunteer air reconnaissance work after using their small drones in the early days of the invasion of Russia, determine the exact coordinates and quickly send valuable information to the Ukrainian military.
Russia may need reinforcements to capture Donbas, British military says
According to British intelligence assessments, the Russians are relying on their superiority in troops and artillery to make a significant advance into the industrial area of Donbas, eastern Ukraine, but they will probably need to replenish their forces.
“Russia will likely have to rely on recruits or mobilized reserves to deploy these units to Ukraine,” said a Sunday assessment posted on Twitter before the ministry posted a map of Ukraine detailing its territory. Russian-controlled territory to the east and south It is a large stretch, including most of the Donbas, where the parties continue to wage a fierce battle for the important city of Sievierodonetsk in Luhansk province.
British and Ukrainian officials have warned that Russia is using imprecise weapons that could cause mass casualties as it tries to capture terrain in the area that could provide them with a land corridor to them. Crimea, which they illegally annexed in 2014.
Ukraine provides a list of military equipment needed to deport Russians
An adviser to the President of Ukraine said his country needed 1,000 155 mm artillery pieces, 300 missile launchers, 500 tanks, 2,000 armored vehicles and 1,000 drones to win the war against Ukraine. back to Russia. Mykhailo Podolyak said his country was “waiting for a decision” from NATO defense ministers during a meeting on Wednesday and Thursday in Brussels. Ukrainian cities have been bombarded by Russian rockets and mortars for months, resulting in the loss of thousands of people and the destruction of hundreds of homes and businesses.
“I’ll be blunt. To end the war and push Russia out of Ukraine, we need comparable heavy weapons,” Podolyak said on Twitter.
Ukraine arrests ‘spies’ who lured Russians to military locations
Ukraine’s Security Service has arrested a spy they say leak the location of the Ukrainian army in the Kharkiv region for the Russians. The spy, detained on the outskirts of Kharkiv, is a local resident recruited via the Internet.
The government said the man, under the guidance of his Russian operator, recorded the positions of Ukrainian military units and other military units in the area. Among other intelligence, the Russians are interested in the coordinates of Ukrainian military fortifications and checkpoints, the government said. If convicted, the man could face up to 12 years in prison.
McDonald’s successor – ‘Tasty and That It’ – opens in Moscow
McDonald’s restaurants reopened across Moscow on Sunday, minus the American name and ownership but packing the same menu that drew large crowds to 850 stores across Russia.
“I am very pleased to introduce our new name, Vkusno & tochka,” general manager of the fast food chain Oleg Paroev told reporters hours before the first store reopened in Quang Ninh. Puskhin School in Moscow. The name means “Tasty and That It” or “Tasty, Stage.”
McDonald’s suspended operations at all of its 850 eateries in Russia on March 14, less than three weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine. Two months later, McDonald’s announced its withdrawal from Russia, 32 years after opening its first location in Pushkin Square. McDonald’s sold the business to Russian businessman Alexander Govor.
The chain still retains the previous labor and menu but has changed the name. Govor said 15 more restaurants have reopened in Moscow and about 200 will open by the end of the month.
“This is a historic site – the locomotive of McDonald’s,” Govor told reporters. “I’m sure it will be the locomotive for us.”
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