Ukraine guerrillas allegedly killed Russian officers - "Trying to cover it up"
Created: 05/18/2022, 16:54
By: Bettina Menzel
A Ukrainian soldier guards the front south-east of Kyiv at night (archive photo, March 20) © ZUMA Wire / Andrea Filigheddu / Imago
Russia is apparently attacking Donbass at night because Ukraine lacks the right equipment.
Meanwhile, guerrillas are said to have killed Russian officers.
The news ticker.
Escalated
Ukraine conflict
: high-ranking Russian officers are said to have been killed again - this time by
Ukrainian guerrilla fighters
.
Military tactics
: Russia is now said to be increasingly attacking at night in the Donbass, since the Ukrainians lack the equipment.
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news ticker on the military situation in the Ukraine war
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Kyiv – In the Ukraine war, the Russian army in Donbass is now allegedly using new tactics.
According to a report by the US magazine
Foreign Policy
on Tuesday, Russian troops are increasingly attacking at night because the Ukrainian army is not adequately equipped.
Moscow apparently wants to overrun Ukrainian positions.
In some cases, Russian special units are also said to be in action.
The Kremlin is also trying to use its numerical advantage to cause losses on the Ukrainian side.
"We need a lot of drones, including [...] thermal imaging drones, because a lot of things happen at night," said Tymofiy Mylovanov, adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and former economy minister.
Without night vision capabilities of its own, Ukraine would not be able to fight back, the adviser said, according to
Foreign Policy
.
Ukraine: Russia appears to be focusing efforts on the cities of Izyum and Lyman
According to a US defense official, Ukraine has already stationed 74 of the 90 M777 howitzer artillery units provided by the United States in Donbass.
Russia has in recent days begun to focus its efforts in northern Donbass on the cities of Izyum and Lyman, the senior Pentagon official, who asked to remain anonymous, said.
Russian troops are also said to have made small advances west of the city of Donetsk.
We need [...] thermal imaging drones because a lot of things happen at night
Tymofiy Mylovanov, adviser to Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Tymofiy Mylovanov, adviser to the Ukrainian President, during a speech in November 2019. He is currently calling for Ukraine to have better equipment so that it can defend itself against Russia in the event of night attacks (archive image).
© Danil Shamkin / Ukrinform / Imago
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Ukraine guerrillas allegedly kill Russian officers
According to information from the Ukrainian newspaper
Kyiv Independent
, Ukrainian guerrilla fighters have recently killed high-ranking Russian officers.
According to the report, the fighters come from southern Ukraine's Melitopol.
Moscow is trying to “cover up this situation,” the Zaporizhia regional military administration said Tuesday (May 17) on its Telegram channel.
The information could not initially be verified by an independent party.
Russia is probably losing generals in Ukraine - also because of US intelligence information
Ukrainians have repeatedly reported killing Russian generals on the ground since the invasion of Ukraine began on February 24.
According to the
New York Times
, "many" of the dozen or so killed Russian commanders are said to have fallen into the crosshairs of Ukrainian forces thanks to US information.
The newspaper referred to "high-ranking government officials".
So far, the Biden government has remained silent about specific intelligence information that it provides to the Ukrainian military - so as not to endanger its own sources and not to give Russia an excuse for allegations
According to British intelligence, Russia is also deploying high-ranking military officers in combat due to heavy losses in its own troops.
This leads to disproportionately high losses among the Russian generals, the report continues.
Accordingly, management experience (AFP/bm)
is then missing in many places
.