Kyiv’s armed forces rejected the Russian claim that its ground units crossed for the first time to the Ukrainian Dniptrov region, although the prospects of the American-mediated ceasefire remain elusive.
Separately Ukraine and Russia continued to exchange tests on the details of the planned large prison swap, which they agreed in Turkey last week. The exchange is likely to move forward in the coming days.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said on Sunday that its 90s of the dancing regiment exceeded the Western administrative border of Donetsk to neighboring Dnipropetrovsk, which would be a symbolic milestone in their annual offensive.
In response to the southern defensive forces of Ukraine, it stated that its troops “hold part of the queue” while participating in a situation that, although “tense”, is still contained in the area of Donetsk.
It is a potential procedure of Moscow ground forces to one of the most populous and industrial areas of Ukraine.
The value of reaching the edge of the region seems to be symbolic, because the Kremlin units are more than 140 kilometers from the Dnipro’s regional capital, which is also protected by the river of the same name and its mouth system.
Nevertheless, she sneaks to the West could stimulate the aggressive posture impressed by President Vladimir Putin, who follows maximalistic goals in Ukraine and at the same time resist the efforts of US President Donald Trump about his negotiating table.
Dnipro is the fourth largest city of Ukraine, Kiev, Charkiv and Suba, with a pre -war population of about 1 million people. Before the beginning of the war, Dnipropetrovsk after Ukraine was the second most populous region after Donetsk and the region of Sending is the second largest territory of the ground mass. It is home to the main steel industry, coal mining and machines and is an important logistics center for the army.
A few days ago, the Kremlin forces were estimated to be about 2 kilometers from the provincial border. Progress takes place at a time when Russia recently confiscated a small amount of territory on the far northeast of Ukraine. It also brings a war to the soil of two provinces that have not yet been officially earmarked for annexation by Putin.
The Russian leader demanded that Kiev to give up the provinces of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zeporizhzhia and Kherson, which illegally attached Russia illegally in 2022, but does not control fully. In addition, this is to the Crimea that the Kremlin was illegally connected in 2014.
The Russian slow ground war increased speed again. In recent days, the Kremlin units have advanced closer to the regional capital of sums in the northeast of Ukraine. Parts of the sum of the sum were occupied during the Russian invasion of 2022 in full scale and liberated in the Ukrainian counter -compensation.
President Volodymyr Zelenky said last week that the Russian renewed focus on the region of sums was not “surprised” for the Ukrainian army, which is trying to bounce a deposit. Sumy’s regional governor said that on Sunday there is no need for emergency evacuation of the population, according to the public transmitter Suspecline.
The Ukrainian coordination headquarters on Sunday for the treatment of war interests said that “everything moves as planned” to move forward with a large imprisonment agreed on June 2, which will also include the return of the bodies of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers held in Russia. On Saturday, Russia suggested that Ukraine be fault for the delay at the start of the exchange.
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