The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and the Ukrainian, Volodymyr Zelensky, have began this week visiting scorching spots on the battlefront in jap Ukraine, a day aside, whereas the long-announced counteroffensive from Kyiv continues to await.
The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and the Ukrainian, Volodymyr Zelensky, have began this week visiting scorching spots on the battlefront in jap Ukraine, a day aside, whereas the long-announced counteroffensive from Kyiv continues to await. In keeping with their respective workplaces, the top of the Kremlin on Monday wished to obtain first-hand data from his generals; Zelenski arrived in Avdíivka yesterday, Tuesday, to present encouragement to his troopers.
Putin visited his troops in Kherson and Luhansk, two of the 4 Ukrainian areas that Russia annexed final yr (additionally Zaporizhia and Donetsk), though it doesn't totally management any of them. The Kremlin reported yesterday on this unplanned journey.
Putin took an curiosity within the state of affairs on the southern and jap fronts. The Russian chief "visited the headquarters of the Dnieper group within the Kherson space," the Kremlin mentioned in a press release on its web site.
There, he heard stories from the commander of the Airborne Forces, Colonel Normal Mikhaïl Teplinski, and from different instructions. "It's important for me to listen to their opinion on how the state of affairs develops, to change data," he mentioned.
It was the Russian president's second journey to the Russian-occupied Ukrainian areas. On March 19, he rapidly visited the town of Mariúpol.
Then he went to the "headquarters of the Vostok (East) unit of the Nationwide Guard within the Folks's Republic of Luhansk."
The president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, was additionally close to the recent zone of the struggle. Yesterday he visited a army hospital within the territory of Donetsk province below Ukrainian management, his workplace mentioned.
There he adorned each army medical doctors and troopers handled within the hospital. “Thanks to your service. I want you a speedy restoration", he informed them.
Earlier than the hospital, it was within the metropolis of Avdiivka, additionally within the Donetsk province and one of many factors on the entrance the place the toughest combating takes place. Zelenski wished to present encouragement to the Ukrainian troops defending this small city, which earlier than the battle had 31,000 inhabitants.
There may be presently hypothesis about the place the Ukrainian counter-offensive will happen. If on this space within the east, or maybe in Kherson, within the south, the place in November the Russians needed to withdraw from the northern third of the province. In any case, Kyiv wants Western assist. Zelenski mentioned in his day by day message on Monday that he's trying ahead to the NATO assembly on the German base in Rammstein this Friday. Kyiv, he mentioned, expects "complete options that meet the prospects on the battlefield."
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