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Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered his forces to continue their offensive in eastern Ukraine, the day after the capture of Lysytchansk.
Volodymyr Zelensky said for his part that repelling the invader would require "superhuman time and effort".
In Lugano, Switzerland, where an international conference is being held to prepare for the reconstruction of the country, kyiv has assessed the cost of this project at 750 billion dollars.
A Russian shelling injured 6 civilians in Sumy Oblast on Monday.
Two other civilians were injured near the town of Bilopillya.
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Assaults
near Sloviansk
After the capture of Lyssytchansk, the centerpiece of the plan to conquer Donbass, "the enemy's main effort (...) aims at a gradual overflow" of the Ukrainian soldiers on this axis, the general staff said on Monday. Ukrainian.
In the evening, the Ukrainian army reported repelled Russian assault attempts in the Kharkiv (northeast) and Donetsk regions.
On the other hand, near Sloviansk, "the enemy launches assaults in the direction of the locality of Mazanivka and partially succeeds there", according to the same source.
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“Break” the enemy
“We must break” the enemy, President Volodymyr Zelensky launched in his daily address Monday evening, “it is a difficult mission, which requires superhuman time and effort.
But we have no other choice”.
He had spoken a little earlier by videoconference at the opening of an international conference in Lugano, Switzerland, to prepare for the reconstruction of the country.
This will be "the common task of the whole democratic world", he stressed.
kyiv has assessed the cost of this project at 750 billion dollars.
During his evening speech, Mr. Zelensky also explained that he needed these “colossal funds” to help the population, rebuild the cities and infrastructures destroyed by the war, but also “prepare schools and universities for a new school year”. and "getting ready for winter".
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