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Russian forces continue to attack eastern Ukraine to push deeper into the Donetsk region, while Ukraine continues to face shortages of manpower and material.

Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Monday that Russian forces aim to capture the town of Chasivyar in Donetsk by May 9, a day when Russia commemorates the Soviet Union’s victory in World War II The day of victory.

Chasiv Yar, located west of Bahmut, was captured by Russian forces last May. Capturing Chasiv Yar would give Russia another strategic gain in Donetsk and potentially allow it to advance towards the industrial center of Kramatorsk. Silski provided no evidence to support his claims.

Silsky said he had responded to the Russian effort to seize Chasiv Yar by strengthening defensive positions and reinforcing brigades with ammunition, drones and electronic warfare equipment. On Saturday, Silsky warned that the situation on the eastern front “has worsened significantly in recent days.”

The Ukrainian military said on Tuesday that Russian forces launched 16 missile strikes, 31 air strikes and 79 MLRS (multiple rocket system) attacks on Ukrainian army and settlement positions in the past 24 hours. The military said Ukrainian troops repelled 56 attacks in the past day in the Lyman, Avdiivka and Bakhmut regions of Donetsk.

Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said on Monday that the Ukrainian military’s ability to repel Russia’s intensified offensive operations in eastern Ukraine “has declined due to material shortages and may continue to decline in the near future if there are delays in U.S. security aid” Still going on.

The ISW said Russian forces are “exploiting material shortages in Ukraine… to achieve small tactical gains, but if the United States continues to withhold aid to Ukraine, future Russian attacks could achieve more significant and threatening results, especially in the “West of Buckmut”.

— Holly Elliot

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, said on Monday he plans to move forward with four separate bills to provide funding for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, separating key parts of a foreign aid package that has stalled in the House for months.

Johnson met with House Republicans on Monday night and introduced four bills: one to fund Israel, another to fund Ukraine, another to fund Taiwan and a fourth that would combine multiple foreign policy proposals into One item.

The plan comes as Johnson balances political threats from members of his party and additional pressure to provide military support to Israel following an attempted attack by Iran over the weekend.

Read more about this story here: Speaker Johnson will advance separate Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan bills after Iran attack

River levels continue to rise rapidly across large swathes of Russia’s Urals and southwestern Siberia, flooding hundreds of homes, cutting power and forcing residents to evacuate, officials said on Tuesday.

Russia’s Emergencies Ministry said on Tuesday that more than 300 houses and nearly 700 residential areas were flooded in Russia’s Kurgan region, which straddles the Tobol River and is close to the Kazakh border.

“The water level of the Tobol River is rising rapidly,” the ministry said on the Telegram messaging app.

About 1,500 residents were affected by a power outage in the city of Kurgan, the region’s administrative center, local officials said late Monday.

Vadim Shumkov, the governor of the Kurgan region, said he expected the situation to be “very difficult” and that the water level in the Tobol River could rise to 11 meters (36 feet) or less in some places. Nearly twice the burst water level.

The town of Ishim is located in the Tyumen region of southwestern Siberia, on the border with Kazakhstan, and has a population of 65,000.

Late on Monday, the region’s governor warned that water levels in the region’s rivers could reach record highs in the coming days.

Russia’s southern Ural region, southwestern Siberia and northern Kazakhstan have been grappling with some of the worst flooding in living memory, with heavy snow melting and heavy rains rapidly melting on land already filled with water before winter.

As of Monday evening, meltwater has caused water levels to rise in tributaries of the world’s seventh-longest river system, forcing more than 125,000 people to flee their homes.

— Reuters

Photos released on Monday via Getty Images depict the devastation in the city of Sloviansk in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, including a water-filled missile crater.

Ukrainian state police said on Monday that Russian shelling of the city damaged two apartment buildings, an educational institution, a bank and several cars explain on the telegraph.

Ukraine’s military chief said Russian troops aimed to capture the town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk before May 9, the day Russia commemorates the Soviet Union’s victory in World War II.

Chasiv Yar lies west of Bakhmut, a town in ruins that was finally captured by Russian forces last May after months of fighting. Capturing the town would give Russia another strategic interest in the war hotspot of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine and could allow it to advance toward the industrial center of Kramatorsk.

“Russia’s top military leadership has determined the task of its forces to seize Chasiv Yar by May 9,” said General Alexander Silsky, Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. said on telegramprovided no evidence to support his claims.

Silsky said he had responded to the Russian effort to seize Chasiv Yar by strengthening defensive positions and reinforcing brigades with ammunition, drones and electronic warfare equipment.

On Saturday, Silsky posted on Telegram that the situation on the eastern front had “significantly worsened in recent days.”

— Holly Elliot

Russia attacked the Ukrainian village of Lukyanchi in the Kharkiv region on Monday, killing two people and wounding four others, the local governor Oleh Syniehubov said. explain on the telegraph.

Sinehubov said Russia used guided aerial bombs to carry out the attack.

Sinehupov said the attack resulted in the immediate death of two men in their 60s and that four other civilians were being treated at medical facilities for shrapnel and blast injuries. An educational institution was also affected by the strike, he added.

CNBC could not independently verify the reports.

——Sophie Kidlin

Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday expressed “extreme concern” about another dangerous escalation in the Middle East following Iran’s missile and drone attacks on Israel.

“We are extremely concerned about yet another dangerous escalation in the region. We have repeatedly warned that the numerous unresolved crises in the Middle East, mainly those in areas of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, are often exacerbated by irresponsible provocations that increase tensions ,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Telegram.

“We call on all parties to the conflict to exercise restraint. We hope that regional countries will resolve existing issues through political and diplomatic means. We believe it is important for constructively thinking international actors to contribute to this effort,” added.

Israel has vowed to retaliate against the Iranian attack, which was carried out in retaliation for an Israeli airstrike in Damascus in early April that killed several senior Iranian commanders.

Russia stopped short of condemning the Iranian attack and reiterated Iran’s assertion that the attack was “carried out as part of the right of self-defense.”

Given Russia’s close ties with Tehran, an all-out war between Israel and Iran could drag Russia into its orbit. Russia has become a close ally of Iran, with the two countries developing deeper military ties in recent years and Russia using thousands of Iranian-made attack drones in Ukraine.

— Holly Elliot

Britain said on Monday that Russia continues to spread propaganda and seek to recruit foreigners to join its armed forces to fight in Ukraine.

“The latest leaflet, written in English, calls for foreigners to join the Russian army’s ‘special’ units and highlights a monthly salary of US$2,200, a contract payment of US$2,000, a Russian passport, free medical care and training,” the British Ministry of Defense said in the latest intelligence expressed in.

“Online job advertisements published in mid-2023 are particularly attractive to citizens of neighboring countries such as Armenia and Kazakhstan, with a monthly salary of $1,973 and a signing payment of $5,140,” the ministry said on social media platform X.

Russia has also recently Accused of seeking to recruit immigrants from India and Nepal and then sending them to fight in Ukraine The UK noted that migrant workers were likely to be “forced into fighting under false pretenses or financial inducements”.

Russia may want to avoid further unpopular domestic mobilization measures amid heavy casualties in Ukraine, the Russian Foreign Ministry said — The UK noted that there are currently an estimated 913 cases per day.

Britain said: “Russia needs to continue to explore all recruitment avenues to maintain a high flow of personnel.”

— Holly Elliot