Putin’s army suffers heavy losses when Ukrainian troops destroy strategic bridge
Meanwhile, Ukrainian authorities opened the conflict’s first war crimes trial. The defendant, an arrested Russian soldier, is accused of shooting and killing a 62-year-old civilian in the early days of the war.
Russia suffered huge losses when Ukrainian troops destroyed pontoon bridges used by enemy troops to try to cross rivers to the east, a part of Moscow’s struggle to save a failed war by Ukrainian and British officials. And said in the sign.
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The test comes as the Russian operation in the Donbass, Ukraine’s eastern industrial region, makes steady progress.
The Ukrainian Air Command released photos and videos of the damaged Russian pontoon bridge over the Donets Siversky River and several destroyed or damaged Russian military vehicles nearby.
Ukrainian news reports said the military foiled a Russian military attempt to cross the river earlier this week, leaving dozens of tanks and other military vehicles damaged or abandoned. The order stated that his troops “sunk the Russian occupiers.”
The British Defense Ministry said Russia lost “essential armored movement elements” of at least one tactical group of battalions, as well as equipment used to keep the temporary bridge in place.
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Erdogan did not explicitly say that he would stop the two countries from joining NATO. But the military alliance makes its decisions unanimously, meaning each of its 30 member states has a veto over who can join.
The expansion of NATO would be a blow to Russian President Vladimir Putin, an attempt to thwart the progress of the coalition in the east, which they say is waging war. But Ukrainian aggression has raised concerns in other countries with the Russian wing that they may be next.
“The crossing of the river in a disputed environment is a very risky move and Russian commanders face pressure to make progress in their operations in eastern Ukraine,” the ministry said in its daily intelligence update.
In other developments, Finland and possibly Sweden’s move to join NATO was questioned when Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his country “does not have a good opinion” on the idea. He accused Sweden and other Scandinavian countries of supporting Kurdish militants and said other Turks consider them terrorists.
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With Ukraine applying for more weapons to deter the invasion, the EU’s foreign affairs chief announced plans to give the country an additional 500 million euros ($520 million) to purchase heavy weapons.
The battle for Donbass has turned into a fierce battle, village after village without any major success.
Oleksey Erestovich, adviser to the President of Ukraine, said the Vsevolod Bobrov logistics ship was badly damaged, but unexpectedly sank when it was trying to send an anti-aircraft system to Snake Island.
In April, Ukraine sank a missile cruiser Moskva, the main ship of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. In March it destroyed a landing craft.
Russia Sgt. Vadim Shishmarin, 21, was sentenced to life in prison for his war crimes trial of shooting a Ukrainian man in the head through an open car window in a village in northeastern Sumy province on February 28, four days after the invasion. There may be punishment.
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The Ukrainian army chief for the Luhansk Donbass region said on Friday that Russian troops fired 31 shots at residential areas the day before, destroying dozens of homes, mainly in the villages of Hirske and Popsniaska, and a bridge in Rubizan.
To the south, Ukrainian officials claimed another victory in the Black Sea, saying their troops were carrying another Russian ship, despite no confirmation from Russia and no casualties.
The murder is one of thousands of possible war crimes being investigated by Ukrainian prosecutors. Several alleged atrocities were uncovered last month after Moscow troops ended their attempts to capture Kyiv and retreated around the capital, revealing streets lined with mass graves and corpses.
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Shishimarin was asked a number of questions, including whether he understood his rights and whether he wanted
In a small courtroom in Kyiv, dozens of journalists watched the start of the war proceedings, which will be closely monitored by international observers to ensure the trial is fair.
The defendant, dressed in a blue and gray hoodie and gray sweat pants, sat in a small glass cage during the proceedings, which lasted about 15 minutes and will resume on Wednesday.
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Putin’s army suffers heavy losses when Ukrainian troops destroy strategic bridge
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