As Russian strikes have intensified in recent days in the Donbass, Russian pressure on Kharkiv seems to be losing power, while Transnistria, a region of Moldova that seceded in 1990, could be the next ground targeted by Russian forces .
Russian threat moving away from Kharkiv, Ukrainian authorities say
According to the Ukrainian authorities, the Russian vice is loosening on Kharkiv, the second city of Ukraine located in the east and which had been shelled since the end of February.
“Our armed forces gave us all good news from the Kharkiv region.
The occupiers are gradually being pushed back from Kharkiv,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video.
The Ukrainian General Staff clarified on Facebook that "the localities of Cherkasy Tychky, Rusky Tychky, Rubizhne and Bayrak have been liberated" in the Kharkiv region.
"Thus, the enemy was pushed back even further from Kharkiv, and the occupiers had even fewer opportunities to hit the regional center."
Heading for Transnistria for the Russians?
Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to "extend" the conflict to Transnistria, a region of Moldova that seceded in 1990, US intelligence chief Avril Haines said on Tuesday.
On April 22, a Russian general, Rustam Minnekayev, had also argued that "control of southern Ukraine is also a corridor to Transnistria, where there are also cases of oppression of the population Russian-speaking”.
However, the defense of Russian speakers is one of Moscow's justifications for the current war.
In addition to the Crimea annexed in 2014, Russian troops occupy much of southern Ukraine, including the regional capital of Kherson.
Green light from US Congress for $40 billion in aid for Ukraine
The American Congress has voted in favor of releasing a new huge envelope of nearly 40 billion dollars for Ukraine.
"With this aid program, America sends a signal to the world of our unwavering determination to support the courageous people of Ukraine until victory" against Moscow, said Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Speaker of the House of Representatives. , a few hours before this text was adopted by elected officials on both sides.
This package must now be voted on in the Senate before being promulgated by Joe Biden.
The Azov battalion releases photos of its wounded soldiers
In a message posted on Telegram, the Azov battalion published rare photos of its soldiers entrenched in the Azovstal steelworks, some of which show the serious injuries suffered by these fighters.
“The entire civilized world must see the conditions in which the wounded and crippled defenders of Mariupol find themselves and act!
“, says the battalion, calling on “the UN and the Red Cross to show humanity and to reaffirm the fundamental principles on which you were created in helping the wounded who are no longer combatants.
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An injured Ukrainian service member sits at a field hospital inside a bunker of the Azovstal Iron and Steel Works in Mariupol, Ukraine, in this handout picture released May 10, 2022. Dmytro Orest Kozatskyi/Press service of Azov Regiment/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.
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"We demand the immediate evacuation of the wounded soldiers to the territories controlled by Ukraine, where they will be assisted and treated", can we also read.
