Russia reacts to the latest attacks in Crimea by redoubling its offensive in eastern and southern Ukraine

Moscow has responded this Saturday to the Ukrainian attacks and sabotage of recent days on the Russian rear, especially those carried out in the region of crimea. The soldiers of Putin have redoubled their offensives on all fronts with aircraft and artillery, although they have made no progress on the ground. These offensives have once again set off alarms for a possible nuclear catastrophe.

Among the attacks, kyiv has reported the impact of a russian missile this Saturday over a residential area of Voznesensk, near Mykolayiv. At the moment there are no deaths, but it has left 12 civilians injured, among which are four children, between 3 and 17 years old. One of the girls has lost an eye to shrapnel.

This city is about 30 km from the Pivdennoukrainsk NPP, the second largest in Ukraine. the state company Energoatomwhich manages the four Ukrainian nuclear power generators, has described the attack on Voznesensk as “another act of Russian nuclear terrorism”.

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“It is possible that this missile was targeted specifically at the plant Pivdennoukrainsk nuclear power plant, which the Russian military attempted to repossess in early March,” Energoatom said in a statement.

Also, the Russian Ministry of Defense has reported this Saturday that in the past day the Ukrainian forces suffered over 800 fatalitiesamong which is “until a score of American mercenaries“In addition, in this same region, up to 130 Ukrainian troops were killed in another attack, this time with high-precision weapons.

According to the spokesman for this portfolio, in the Dniepropetrovsk region, Russian aviation “has annihilated” a Ukrainian territorial defense battalion by inflicting more than 350 casualties, with at least 200 of them deadly. In the same town and in Mykolaiv, more than 200 soldiers Zelensky were killed by rival artillery fire.

Ukrainian offensive

kyiv has not stood idly by this Saturday either and has followed the roadmap of its new military strategy to destabilize Russian troops in the territories they control. “Enemy personnel are demoralized, which is due to constant postponement of their rotation dates and not receiving promised payments,” the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said.

In his latest report, the Institute for the Study of War USA (ISW) He has noted that recent Ukrainian attacks on military and transport infrastructure in Russian-controlled Kherson and Crimea “are likely to reduce Russian confidence in rearguard security.”

This Saturday, Ukraine has launched a new UAV attack against headquarters of the General Staff of the Russian fleet in the Black Sea, in Sevastopol, where officials from the annexed Crimean peninsula have claimed that at least one drone had been shot down by air defenses. The attack has come a day after the outbreak of several explosions near military bases controlled by Russia in Ukraine and in Russia itself.

Mikhail Razvozhayev, Governor of Sevastopol, has published on Telegram that a drone has hit the roof of the headquarters this Saturday and has confirmed that there were no victimshas only caused a fire on the roof. “I’m at fleet headquarters now. A drone hit the roof 25 minutes ago. There are no victims”, she has pointed out.

This is the second time in less than a month that an airstrike has been reported against the Black Sea Fleet General Staff. Last July 31stFive people were injured after a drone dropped an explosive device, forcing the cancellation of the Army Day celebrations, which Russia celebrates on that date.

possible nuclear catastrophe

The city of Enerhodar, where the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, Europe’s largest, is located, has come under repeated bombing, with Moscow and kyiv blaming each other for the attacks. these events raise concern about a possible nuclear catastrophe. A fact that has raised the alarm signal in international institutions and leaders.

The UN, through its Secretary General, Anthony Guterres, already warned last Thursday about the risk of these combats in the area. A message joined by the Turkish leader, Tayyip Erdogan. Last Friday, the top French leader, Emmanuel Macronheld a meeting with Vladimir Putin to allow the entry of independent inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)) to analyze the impact of attacks. Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky has also urged the UN to secure the area near the Zaporizhia plant.