Ukrainian forces have destroyed more than 30% of modern Russian
tanks
since the invasion began on 24 February: the advisor to the Ukrainian interior minister, Viktor Andrusiv, said in an interview with Canale 24. "Before the war against Ukraine, Russia had about 3 thousand modern tanks and more than 30% of them were destroyed by our defenders in three months of war. In six months this figure will only increase," Andrusiv said. that Moscow was forced to put the old Soviet-designed T-62 tanks back into service, dating back to the 1970s.
Meanwhile, the forces of Moscow advance in the Ukrainian east and confirm that they have conquered Lyman, the Chechens have taken Severodonetsk.
During the night, the leader of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, on his Telegram channel, made it known: "Severodonetsk is under our complete control. The city has been liberated. The residents can rest assured: from now on they will no longer be in danger".
Meanwhile, as the battle rages in the Donbass, diplomacy runs along the telephone line.
Yesterday from Paris and Berlin the umpteenth offensive towards the Kremlin starts, with Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz inviting Vladimir Putin to enter into "serious and direct negotiations" with Voldymyr Zelensky.
And they snatch a timid opening from the tsar: "Russia is ready to resume dialogue with Ukraine", he assured, saying he was also willing to facilitate solutions on the grain crisis front.
But the Russian president does not compromise on one point: "Just send weapons to Ukraine".