On Sunday evening, large Russian military build-ups were on their way to the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, a day after the defeats suffered by Moscow's forces.
The company, "Maxar", said that satellite images monitored the progress of hundreds of Russian military vehicles towards Kiev.
She explained that the Russian crowd of vehicles extends to about 5 kilometers, and is approaching the Ukrainian capital.
And the Russian Ministry of Defense acknowledged the death and injury of a number of Russian forces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The spokesman for the Russian Ministry of Defense, Igor Konashenkov, said that there are dead and wounded Russian soldiers, but the losses of the Russian forces are much less than the losses of the Ukrainian forces who were eliminated. He indicated that the Russian forces It managed to destroy 1067 targets in Ukraine's military infrastructure, including 27 command and communications centers, 38 anti-aircraft missile systems (S-300), (BukM-1) and (Osa), in addition to 56 radar stations.According to the Russian Defense Spokesman, the Russian forces "destroyed 254 tanks and other armored vehicles, 31 aircraft on the ground, 46 missile launchers, 103 artillery and mortar emplacements, and 164 military vehicles." Ukrainian defenses," while the separatist forces advanced 6 kilometers in "Donetsk" and took control of the cities of Nizhny, Granitnoy and Gnotovo, he said.
Europe begins to deliver weapons to Ukraine
On Sunday, the European Union's foreign affairs official, Josep Borrell, announced that member states of the bloc are ready to supply the Ukrainian army with combat aircraft.
Borrell said, after a videoconference meeting with European Union foreign ministers, preceded by a phone conversation with the Ukrainian foreign minister, that the latter "said he needed planes that could be flown by the Ukrainians. Some member states have this type of plane, and we will provide it to them along with other weapons needed for war."
The European Union announced the start of delivering "significant" quantities of weapons to Ukraine. To help it in the face of the Russian invasion, while the Ukrainian army confirmed the capture of a number of Russian soldiers in the city of Kharkiv.
European Union officials told AFP that some of the deliveries took place on Saturday, and others are scheduled to take place on Sunday, stressing that the quantities are "important and will allow the Ukrainians to defend themselves." In front of Russian air traffic at the national level for each of the 27 member states of the European Union.
Reuters news agency quoted an unnamed European source as saying that the European Union intends to provide 450 million euros to finance arms shipments to Ukraine.
In turn, the head of the European Union Military Committee, Claudio Graziano, said that the Ukrainian army is in dire need of equipment, and it is possible to provide support to it through the European Peace Facility.
"We must take into account that prolonged Ukrainian resistance can profoundly change the current balance of power," he added in a tweet on his Twitter account.
And 17 countries announced the provision of weapons to Ukraine to repel the Russian attack, after calls from officials in Kiev for this purpose. For the Ukrainian forces, Belgium also confirmed the supply of Ukraine with Alversach and 3800 tons of fuel.
Sweden announced that it would hand over 5,000 anti-tank launchers to Ukraine, in addition to 135,000 combat food rations, 5,000 helmets, and 5,000 bullet-proof vests. Prime Minister Magdalena Anderson said, during a press conference, that this “extraordinary” decision was unprecedented since 1939, when Sweden helped Finland. After being attacked by the Soviet Union.
"volunteers"
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen confirmed on Sunday evening that her country will allow volunteers to join an international brigade that Ukraine intends to form to confront the Russian invasion, denying the existence of any "legal impediment" to that.
"It is an option available to anyone. This certainly applies to all Ukrainians who live here, and also to others who see themselves as able to direct," the prime minister said at a press conference.
"Based on our analysis, there is no legal impediment to anyone going to Ukraine to take part in the conflict, of course on the Ukrainian side," she added.
Earlier Sunday, the prime minister demonstrated with thousands of people in front of Russia's embassy in Copenhagen to protest Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
On Sunday, the Ukrainian presidency announced the formation of an "international brigade" of foreign fighters to help Kiev repel the Russian invasion, calling for volunteers to join it. And he asked them to go to the embassies of Ukraine in their countries. Russia raises the state of alert. Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the Ministry of Defense to put the Russian strategic deterrent forces on special combat alert, in response to the "aggressive" statements issued by NATO against Russia. And Putin said during his meeting With Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov, this step comes in response to Western officials who "not only took aggressive economic steps, but their NATO official also made aggressive statements against Russia". While the attempt to impose a siege on the capital, Kiev, continues; In preparation for their entry, the separatist forces in the Lugansk region declared control of the towns of Novoakhtyrka and Smolyaninovo, and accused the Ukrainian army of causing damage to the region and planting mines during its withdrawal. It destroyed everything in its path, opened fire on buildings, and planted mines in the region. He added: "Ukrainian forces open fire on residential buildings, lay mines in the region, and undermine civilian infrastructure," according to the "Novosti" agency. In turn, the Russian Information Agency quoted the Ministry of Defense as saying. The defense said, on Sunday, that the Russian forces had “completely surrounded” the cities of Kherson and Berdyansk in southern Ukraine, and had taken control of the town of Henichesk and an airport near Kherson. Kharkiv is completely under our control, while dozens of Russian forces have surrendered to us.” Kharkiv is the second largest city in Ukraine, and its mayor said that the Ukrainian forces have regained control of it, after fighting with the Russian forces. Oleg Sinhopov, head of the Kharkiv region administration, said in a statement via the “Telegram” application: The entire Kharkiv is under our control, the armed forces, the police and the defense forces are working and purifying the city from the enemy.” Earlier Sunday, Sinhopov announced the outbreak of fighting in the streets of Kharkiv, and the entry of Russian soldiers into a street war with their Ukrainian counterparts in the city, which is 20 km south of the border with Russia. The situation is still on the ground. volatile, and it is difficult to verify allegations of control, and the city is witnessing street warfare.
And the reports from the city, on Sunday morning, had said that the Ukrainian forces were fighting with the Russian forces in the streets of the city near the Russian border. And the mayor of the city had urged its 1.4 million residents to stay in their homes.
In turn, the Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba, confirmed that his country's forces are still deterring the Russian forces, stressing that the Russian army has not reached any strategic goal after 4 days of the invasion. The local forces are still deterring the Russian forces. And he stressed that the capabilities of the Ukrainian army to resist were unexpectedly high for Russian President Vladimir Putin, stressing that during the first four days of the aggression, Putin was planning to launch a quick war to deceive Ukraine; In order for us to surrender and hand him the keys to the capital, Kiev, but that did not happen. , referring to the symbol used for soldiers killed in battle. The site includes pictures of passports or military documents of Russian soldiers believed to have been killed in the invasion, in addition to video clips of Russian soldiers who were supposedly captured. According to data from the Ukrainian army, Ukrainian forces have killed more than 4,300 Russian soldiers. And captured about 200, while Moscow did not reveal any number about its losses since the start of the invasion.
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