The Russian army suffered heavy losses and occupied the ruins Maryinka, and the Ukrainian army retreated
News came from the stalemate on the eastern front of Ukraine, and the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army confirmed that Maryinka, which has been heavily surrounded by Russian troops, has officially been occupied by the Russian army, and the city has now become a ruin;On the other hand, the Ukrainian Air Force succeeded in destroying yet another Russian tank landing ship Novocherkassk in Crimea ( causing the Black Sea Fleet to be severely damaged again.
Since the start of the war, Maryinka, not far from the Line of Actual Control (LAC) of the puppet Donetsk People's Republic before the full-scale outbreak of the war, has been attacked by Russian troops, and was once occupied by Russia in March. Due to the use of white phosphorus bombs during the Russian army's attack, there have been many serious fires in the city, coupled with the repeated shelling of the Russian army, the city of Maryinka has become a ruin, and most of the people have long been withdrawn from the local area, in order to delay the Russian army's offensive on the eastern front, the Ukrainian army continued to fight until Christmas 2023 before officially withdrawing to the new defense line outside the city, allowing the Russian army to occupy the city, which was described by the Ukrainian army as "gone".
Although the occupation of Maryinka can be said to be a few achievements of the Russian army in a few months, because the Russian army already controls the surrounding area and there are no more supply resources in the city, the American Institute for War Studies described that the Russian army did not get much tactical benefit from this, and the Russian army instead spent a lot of energy to capture Maryinka and affected the actions of other fronts. Unless the Russian army can significantly improve its mechanized marching capabilities, the capture of Maryinka will make little sense.
Recently, the Russian Airborne Forces have been asked to be in **mutt** as soon as possible and resist the offensive of the Ukrainian army east of Kherson, and have sent a number of airborne officers and soldiers who are still being trained to the front line. Although EU diplomacy believes that Putin is not satisfied with the current small victory and demands a final victory, the New York Times quoted several senior US and Russian leaders as saying that Putin is seeking a truce behind his back. Although these are all speculations, the Institute for the Study of War believes that the willingness to cease the war is more in line with Russia's recent attempt to get the West to reduce military aid to Ukraine to end the war as soon as possible. It's just that even if Western countries reduce military aid to Ukraine, Ukraine still insists on resisting to the end, and it is difficult to accept a ceasefire without driving away the Russian army.
The commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army criticized the conscription department for ineffective work.
The contradictions between the Ukrainian military and ** surfaced.
The commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army, Zaluzhny, publicly criticized the Ukrainian enlistment office on the 26th for announcing a draft - it is planned to reduce the mobilization conscription age from 27 to 25 years old, and previously revealed an increase of 450,000 troops. Zaluzhny believes that the direct release of the figures will only cause panic and discontent in society. He said that the Russian-Ukrainian war has so far been very exhausted, this reform is extremely sensitive, and the direct release of the figures will cause friction between the public and Ukraine's **Zelensky.
Zaluzhny believes that the conscription of 45.5 million is not due to the demands of the military, and that it cannot be done all at once, but should be gradually expanded.
Russia is trying to use Ukrainian prisoners of war to foment civil unrest.
The Kyiv Independent, citing Politico, reports: Russia is trying to use Ukrainian prisoners of war to incite civil unrest.
Ukraine** said last December that Russia is currently holding at least 3,500 Ukrainian prisoners of war, though the actual number is thought to be higher. Russia and Ukraine exchanged prisoners several times in 2022, but the number decreased in 2023, the last one in August.
Ukrainian authorities say Russia has frozen the exchange of prisoners, possibly to destabilize Ukrainian society.
Many families of prisoners of war received ** from family members detained by Russia, and the prisoners of war encouraged their families *** in ** claiming that Kyiv did not want to exchange prisoners of war and that "Kyiv did not want to bring us back".
Zelensky is right to openly discuss the mobilization bill.
Zelensky is right to openly discuss the mobilization bill.
Zelensky said in his evening speech:"Discussions on the new mobilization rules began today. The military command, the Ministry of Defense and other relevant agencies have submitted a legislative proposal to the Verkhovna Rada (parliament).
The discussion and adoption of these regulations should be transparent so that one can understand the vision of the military command, the motivations behind some of the rules and conditions proposed by the parliamentarians, and how to address the issues that have already been raised by the Wehrmacht servicemen. The law is relevant to everyone"。
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