Zelensky: More and more difficult for Russia

The Ukrainian army inflicts “significant logistical losses” on Russian forces, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky.

– It is increasingly difficult for the Russian army to hold positions in the conquered territory, he says in his daily speech.

Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief Valery Zaluzhnych says that deliveries of advanced rocket artillery systems, such as the American Himars, are changing the conditions on the battlefield, reports CNN.

The weapons enable attacks on Russian positions and ammunition and fuel supplies behind the front line in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of eastern Ukraine.

“We have succeeded in stabilizing the situation. It is complex, intense, but completely controlled, “Zaluzhny wrote on Telegram regarding the situation at the front after a telephone conversation with US Secretary of Defense Mark Milley.

“Advancing step by step”

President Zelensky says in his speech that the Ukrainian forces are damaging the Russian maintenance lines on occupied land.

– We are advancing step by step, disrupting the occupants’ livelihoods, identifying and neutralizing collaborators, he says.

According to Zelensky, the goal is clear: Ukraine will take back all the cities and villages that Russia occupies.

– It’s just a matter of time.

More are turned off

Volodymyr Zelenskyj also announces that another 28 people in the Ukrainian security service SBU have been suspended pending investigation.

The news comes after Zelenskyj said on Sunday that the public prosecutor Iryna Venediktova and the head of the security service Ivan Bakanov had been suspended. The reason is stated to be that their employees cooperated with Russia in occupied territories.

At least six dead

Russia has continued with robotic and artillery attacks against several Ukrainian regions over the past 24 hours, reports AP.

According to Ukrainian authorities, at least six people have been killed in Russian attacks on the city of Toretsk in Donetsk.

Pavlo Kyrylenko, governor of Donetsk, said in a televised statement that four Russian attacks had been carried out on Kramatorsk. He urges civilians to evacuate, writes AP.

– We see how the Russians want to spread fear and panic, he says.

– The front line is moving, so civilians have to leave and evacuate.