Ukraine offensive: Putin side nervous?

Russia speaks of “fake”

Created: 08/30/2022Updated: 08/30/2022 10:27 am

By: Franziska Schwarz

Picture taken on August 29: a civilian among the rubble of his home in southern Ukraine © Dimitar Dillkoff/AFP

Fierce fighting is taking place in the Kherson region.

However, the information as to who suffers losses is contradictory.

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Kyiv - There is currently much talk of a Ukrainian counter-offensive.

Does the war-torn country have the strength for this offensive?

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy only hinted at it.

“But the occupiers should know: We are driving them across the border.

Across our border, where nothing has changed.” If the Russian soldiers wanted to survive, “now is the time to go home,” the Ukrainian president affirmed in his regular video address.

Ukraine starts offensive: military reports recaptures around Cherson

Politically, Ukraine is under time pressure because Russia wants to keep the conquered territories and is presumably preparing referendums on this for September.

The city of Cherson in the south of the country, for example, was captured right at the beginning of the Russian invasion in February 2022.

However, there are hardly any secured details about the offensive.

The US broadcaster CNN, citing Ukrainian military sources, reported that four villages near Cherson had been recaptured.

The information was initially not verifiable.

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Counter-offensive in the Ukraine war: Russia speaks of “fake”

The Defense Ministry in Moscow confirmed Ukrainian attacks in the Kherson and Mykolayiv Oblasts, but claimed they "failed miserably."

The Ukrainian army suffered heavy losses in soldiers and technology.

There was no evidence for this.

Statements from the occupying authorities, which assured that nothing was happening, spoke for nervousness on the Russian side.

The alleged offensive is "as usual a fake Ukrainian propaganda," said Crimea's head of administration, Sergei Aksyonov.

Russian nationalist and former Separatist field commander Igor Girkin confirmed the attacks on Telegram.

So far, however, they have only been intended as a demonstration, and Ukraine has not yet deployed its main forces.

Pentagon officials came to a similar conclusion, speaking of "scanning" the front, according to CNN.

Concern for Zaporizhia: Nuclear experts travel to the war zone

Meanwhile, the site of the Zaporizhia NPP has come under fire again.

This was announced by the Russian occupation administration.

The Russian and Ukrainian sides blame each other for the shelling.

On August 29, a team from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) left for Zaporizhia to inspect the nuclear power plant.

However, it is not expected on site until later in the week.

Ukraine and the USA are calling for a demilitarized zone to be set up around the nuclear power plant, but Russia rejects this.