Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has predicted that Russia will escalate its attacks this week as European Union leaders consider whether to support his country’s bid to join the bloc, and Russia is pushing its campaign to gain control. Eastern Ukraine. “Obviously, this week we should expect Russia to intensify its hostile activities,” Zelensky said in a video overnight video on Sunday. “We are getting ready. We are ready.” Ukraine applied to join the EU four days after Russian troops crossed its border in February. The European Union’s executive branch, the European Commission, on Friday recommended that Ukraine become a candidate country. The leaders of the union of 27 nations will consider the issue at a summit on Thursday and Friday and are expected to approve Ukraine’s request despite hesitations from some member states. The process can take many years to complete. The EU’s embrace of Ukraine will interfere with one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s stated goals when he ordered his troops to enter Ukraine: to keep Moscow’s southern neighbor out of the sphere of Western influence. Putin said on Friday that Moscow had “nothing against” Ukraine’s accession to the EU, but a Kremlin spokesman said Russia was closely monitoring Kiev’s efforts, especially in light of increased defense co-operation among EU members. . On the battlefield, Russian forces are trying to take full control of the eastern Donbass region, parts of which were already held by Russian-backed separatists before the February 24 invasion. The primary target of the eastern attack on Moscow is the industrial city of Sievierodonetsk. Russia said Sunday it had captured Metolkine, a village on the outskirts of the country, and that Russia’s state-run TASS news agency had reported that several Ukrainian fighters had surrendered. Ukraine’s military says Russia has had “partial success” in the region. The story goes on The governor of Luhansk, Sergi Gaidai, told Ukrainian television that a Russian attack on Toskivka, 35 kilometers (20 miles) south of Sivierodonetsk, had also had a “degree of success”. In Sievierodonetsk itself, a city of 100,000 before the war, Gaidai said Russia controlled “the main part” but not the entire city after heavy fighting. Reuters could not independently confirm the accounts on the battlefield. Both Russia and Ukraine have continued heavy bombardment of Sivierodonetsk “with little change in the front line,” the British Defense Ministry said on Sunday. In the twin city of Lysychansk in Sievierodonetsk, apartment buildings and private homes were destroyed by Russian bombing, Gaidai said. “People are dying on the streets and in bomb shelters,” he said. “THE WAR CAN PASS YEARS” Analysts at the Institute for War Studies, a think tank based in Washington, D.C. in this small area “. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said that the war in Ukraine could last for years and urged Western governments to continue sending state-of-the-art weapons to Ukrainian troops, the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag reported. “We have to prepare for the fact that it may take years. We should not give up our support for Ukraine,” Stoltenberg was quoted as saying. Russia has said it has launched what it calls a “special military operation” to disarm its neighbor and protect Russian-speaking people there from dangerous nationalists. Ukraine and its allies dismiss it as an unfounded pretext for an aggressive war. In Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkiv, northwest of Luhansk, the Russian Defense Ministry said its Iskander missiles had destroyed weapons recently supplied by Western countries. Russian forces were trying to approach Kharkov, which had been heavily bombed earlier in the war, and turn it into a “front-line town”, a Ukrainian Interior Ministry official said. The governor of Russia’s Bryansk region said the border village of Suzemka had been bombed by northern Ukraine, injuring one person and damaging a power plant. Ukraine’s general staff said Russia had deployed an anti-aircraft missile division in Bryansk and had up to three regular battalion groups covering the border in Bryansk and neighboring Kursk. Towards Kharkov, the Russians were trying to prevent Ukrainian forces from advancing on the border, he added. In southern Ukraine, Western weapons helped Ukrainian forces advance 10km into the Russian-occupied city of Melitopol, its mayor said in a video posted to the Telegram outside the city. The Australian Ministry of Defense has announced that it has sent the first four of the 14 armored personnel carriers promised to Ukraine as part of a $ 200 million bailout. An EU decision in favor of Kiev’s eventual accession would put Ukraine on a good path to pursuing an ambition that was unattainable for the former Soviet republic before the Russian invasion. “Whole generations have fought for an opportunity to escape from the prison of the Soviet Union and, like a free bird, to be thrown into European culture,” said Ukrainian Parliament Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk in a statement. (Report by Reuters and Maria Starkova · Written by Cynthia Osterman and Lincoln Feast, Edited by Robert Birsel)
title: “Ukraine S President Expects Russia S Attacks To Intensify With Eu Summit This Week " ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-18” author: “Melinda Brroks”
“Obviously, this week we should expect Russia to intensify its hostile activities,” Zelensky said in a video overnight video on Sunday. “We are getting ready. We are ready.” Ukraine applied to join the EU four days after Russian troops crossed its border in February. The European Union’s executive branch, the European Commission, on Friday recommended that Ukraine become a candidate country. read more Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register The leaders of the union of 27 nations will consider the issue at a summit on Thursday and Friday and are expected to approve Ukraine’s request despite hesitations from some member states. The process can take many years to complete. The EU’s embrace of Ukraine will intervene in one of the stated goals of Russian President Vladimir Putin when he ordered his troops to enter Ukraine: to keep Moscow’s southern neighbor away from the sphere of Western influence. Putin said on Friday that Russia had “nothing against” Ukraine’s accession to the EU, but a Kremlin spokesman said Russia was closely monitoring Kiev’s efforts, especially in light of increased defense co-operation among EU members. . On the battlefield, Russian forces are trying to take full control of the eastern Donbass region, parts of which were already held by Russian-backed separatists before the February 24 invasion. The primary target of Russia’s eastern offensive is the industrial city of Sievierodonetsk. Russia said Sunday it had captured Metolkine, a village on the outskirts of the country, and that Russia’s state-run TASS news agency had reported that several Ukrainian fighters had surrendered. Ukraine’s military says Russia has had “partial success” in the region. The governor of Luhansk, Sergi Gaidai, told Ukrainian television that a Russian attack on Toskivka, 35 kilometers (20 miles) south of Sivierodonetsk, “also had a degree of success.” TASS, citing the assistant interior minister of the Luhansk People’s Republic, said Toskivka had been “released”. In Sievierodonetsk itself, a city of 100,000 before the war, Mayor Olekander Struk said Russian forces controlled about two-thirds of the city, including most residential areas, and continued to drop forces on Ukrainians in a bid to take full control of the city. . “I hope the city will hold on and, once it gains the advantage in firepower, we will be able to liberate it without letting it go first.” Both Russia and Ukraine have continued heavy bombardment of Sivierodonetsk “with little change in the front line,” the British Defense Ministry said on Sunday. In the twin city of Lysychansk in Sievierodonetsk, homes and government buildings were destroyed by Russian bombing, Gaidai said. “People are dying on the streets and in bomb shelters,” he said. A woman passes in front of damaged structures in a local market after the recent bombing during the Ukraine-Russia conflict in Donetsk, Ukraine, June 19, 2022. REUTERS / Alexander Ermochenko read more Reuters could not independently confirm the accounts on the battlefield.
“THE WAR CAN PASS YEARS”
Analysts at the Institute for War Studies, a think tank based in Washington, D.C. in this small area “. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said that the war in Ukraine could last for years and urged Western governments to continue sending state-of-the-art weapons to Ukrainian troops, the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag reported. read more “We have to prepare for the fact that it may take years. We should not give up our support for Ukraine,” Stoltenberg was quoted as saying. Russia has said it has launched what it calls a “special military operation” to disarm its neighbor and protect Russian-speaking people there from dangerous nationalists. Ukraine and its allies dismiss it as an unfounded pretext for an aggressive war. In Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkiv, northwest of Luhansk, the Russian Defense Ministry said its Iskander missiles had destroyed weapons recently supplied by Western countries. Russian forces were trying to approach Kharkov, which had been heavily bombed earlier in the war, and turn it into a “front-line town”, a Ukrainian Interior Ministry official said. read more The governor of Russia’s Bryansk region said the border village of Suzemka had been bombed by northern Ukraine, injuring one person and damaging a power plant. Ukraine’s general staff said Russia had deployed an anti-aircraft missile division in Bryansk and had up to three regular battalion groups covering the border in Bryansk and neighboring Kursk. Towards Kharkov, the Russians were trying to prevent Ukrainian forces from advancing on the border, he added. In southern Ukraine, Western weapons helped Ukrainian forces advance 10km into the Russian-occupied city of Melitopol, its mayor said in a video posted to the Telegram outside the city. The Australian Ministry of Defense has announced that it has sent the first four of the 14 armored personnel carriers promised to Ukraine as part of a $ 200 million bailout. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Report by Reuters and Maria Starkova. Written by Cynthia Osterman and Lincoln Feast, edited by Robert Birsel Our role models: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
