Confirmation of the fact that the Russian offence in the East of the Ukraine IS making gains in territory …..
Zelensky admits Russia control’s 20% of his country’s land as a result of the conflict….
This while there are accusations of Russia ‘deporting’ over 200,000 Ukrainian citizens FROM Russian Ukrainian occupied territory…..
This while the Ukraine forces mount small counter offence’s in the South….
The US military is leading a ‘training cell’ of 20 nation’s Spec Ops forces training and helping the Ukraine military…This while the USand other countries keep the shipment of military hardware to the Ukraine rolling….
NATO will include China as a future threat this summer….
America and the EU is now stepping back from sanctions levelled on other countries ( Poland, Saudi Arabia, and Hungary ) for their internal actions….
A spokesman for Ukraine’s national guard said Kyiv is “making every effort to hold back the enemy,” even as up to 100 of its fighters are killed daily in the country’s east. The Russian-backed self-declared Luhansk People’s Republic says it controls all of the Luhansk region except Severodonetsk and Lysychansk.
Ukrainian counteroffensives continue to frustrate Russia near Kherson, a southern city captured by the Kremlin in the early days of the war. Kherson is the only part of Ukraine where Russia controls ground on the west bank of the Dnieper River, according to the Institute for the Study of War. If Russia holds on to that territory, it will be well placed to push forward with future attacks, the ISW said.
Germany said it will deliver its most modern air defense system to Ukraine, while Denmark voted to deepen defense relations with the European Union, in the latest sign of strengthening security ties on the continent after Russia’s unprovoked invasion.