The “maximum combat power of the Russian army” is now assembled there, said Volodymyr Zelenskyj in a video message on Tuesday night. She is trying to put more and more pressure on Ukrainian soldiers in the Donbass. Selenskyj named the cities and towns of Sievjerodonetsk, Lysychansk, Bakhmut, Slovjansk and Avdiivka as important targets of the Russian army.
There was also shelling on Monday in Kharkiv and in the Sumy region in north-eastern Ukraine. Russia launched a war of aggression against its neighbor on February 24. Ukraine is currently expecting a major attack on the center of its defense forces in Donbass in the east of the country. The Sloviansk-Kramatorsk region is the largest metropolitan area still under Kyiv’s control. The high command of the armed forces in the east of the country is also stationed here.
In his video speech, Selenskyj also addressed the threat of global grain shortages caused by the war. 22 million tons of grain already stored in Ukraine for export cannot leave the country due to the Russian blockade of the ports. He warned that this would mean starvation in countries in Africa, Asia and Europe, which in turn could trigger migration.
Selenskyj sees this as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s intention to destabilize the West. Ukraine is one of the largest grain exporters in the world. Western politicians also accuse Russia of speculating on a hunger crisis and using it as a means of pressure so that the West weakens sanctions. Moscow denies these allegations.
Source: Nachrichten
