Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Alexander Silsky.
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Ukraine’s top military general warned on Saturday that the country’s east remains the center of Ukraine’s fiercest fighting, with battlefield conditions deteriorating sharply.
Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi said: “The situation on the eastern front has deteriorated significantly in recent days.” said on telegram.
“This is mainly due to the significant intensification of enemy offensive operations following the presidential election in the Russian Federation,” he added in comments translated by NBC News.
Silsky said the warm, dry weather was conducive to Russian troops’ attacks on Ukrainian positions in the Lyman and Bakhmut regions of eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, with Russian “commandos supported by armored vehicles” including dozens of tanks and infantry fighting vehicles.
“Despite heavy losses, the enemy is increasing its efforts to deploy new units of armored vehicles and occasionally achieving tactical successes,” Silsicki said.
Russia’s military goal, at least in the short term, is to seize the remainder of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions in eastern Ukraine, which it currently only partially occupies despite claiming them as part of the Russian Federation and in September illegally annexed them. . 2022.
Nonetheless, the Russian military has made some significant gains in Luhansk and Donetsk in recent months, thanks to its superiority in manpower and artillery supplies.
On March 31, 2024, the Russia-Ukraine war continued. Ukrainian soldiers used drones to monitor the situation on the front line in the direction of Cremina, Ukraine.
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Meanwhile, Ukraine has been warning for weeks of severe artillery shortages in parts of its eastern frontline and has repeatedly called on its international allies to provide it with more artillery and ammunition.U.S. Republicans still block about $60 billion in new military aid to Ukraine
Ukrainian President Zelensky warned last week If Congress did not approve more aid, his country might lose the war.Defense experts also warned that the war could quickly deteriorate from a stalemate Russia has the upper hand over Ukraine this year.
Gen. Sirsky, who succeeded Gen. Valery Zaluzhny as commander of Ukraine’s armed forces in February, said in his latest military update that he was “taking all necessary measures to stabilize the situation and increase the effectiveness of our troops’ operations.” nature, and “the enemy suffered the greatest losses” in eastern Ukraine.
He said problematic defense areas were being bolstered through electronic warfare and air defense systems, while drone inventories were being replenished. “Anti-tank missiles have been redeployed and additional troop reserves and means have been transferred,” he added.
Silsky said that the Ukrainian army needs to gain a technological advantage over Russia, and the demand for high-tech weapons has reappeared. “Only in this way can we have a chance to defeat a larger number of enemies and create conditions for seizing strategic initiative.”
He also called for improving the quality of training for troops, especially infantry units, in order to “give full play to the capabilities of combat equipment and Western weapons and equipment.”
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