Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said panicked Russians were forced to leave Crimea after three mysterious and devastating attacks in the past week. is believed to have said that he realized "that's not their place". Executed by Ukrainian operatives.
In his latest video speech, Zelensky said the long queue of cars crossing the Crimean Bridge leading to mainland Russia proved that the "absolute majority" of Russian citizens had received the message. At least he passed 38,000 cars on Tuesday. This is a record.
There have been mass exits after an ammunition depot and substation were blown up near the town of Zhangkoy, an important railroad hub. Another apparent Ukrainian attack took place outside Simferopol, the regional capital where a Russian air base was destroyed.
Zelenskiy hinted that similar creative attacks are to be expected. He called on Ukrainians living inCrimeaand the occupied south to stay clear of enemy command posts and depots. "Keep away from military objects of the Russian army," he said.
These could also explode due to "clumsiness," he added, describing his country's struggle against the Russian occupiers as the "People's Liberation War." Millions of Ukrainians were fighting a "terrorist state," he added.
The UK Ministry of Defense said in its latest intelligence update that Russian military leaders were likely "increasingly concerned" about the surge in retreat in Crimea. Moscow's Defense Ministry has vowed to deal with what locals call "sabotage".
Six alleged Islamic extremists were detained on Wednesday, according to Crimea's Moscow-appointed chief Sergei Aksyonov. It's not clear what those arrested had to do with the recent attacks, including last week's strike at Sarkie Airfield.
At about 3:00 am on Wednesday, Russian strategic aircraft bombed the port city of Odessa, firing two long-range missiles. Four people were injured. Rockets set fire to a recreation center in the area and several nearby homes.
The Kremlin's first war objectives were to capture the Russian-speaking city of Odessa, founded by Catherine the Great, It was to connect with the Transnistrian enclave of Moldova, where peacekeepers are stationed.[68][69][68][69][68][69]][68][69] Ukrainian forces halted an attempt to seize the neighboring city of Mykolaiv, and the main Russian aircraft carrier Military analysts believe that the amphibious threat to Odessa has been largely neutralized since then, when Moscow was sunk.
Moscow sank southern Kherson and the Zaporizhia region. There are growing signs that they plan to hold a "referendum" to annex next month. A Ukrainian counteroffensive to recapture the city of Kherson, which has been occupied since March, has yet to occur.
Russian soldiers are chasing community leaders for a 'vote'. The latest victim was her Svitlana Korotun, mayor of Verkhny Rohchyk village. She was kidnapped and disappeared because she refused to cooperate with the Russians, local officials said.
In the occupied southern city of Melitopol, an explosion reportedly occurred near a Russian command center. The details were sketchy. The region is at the center of a serious partisan uprising with severe countermeasures enacted by the Russian military and so-called district-wide "filtration".
Writing totelegrams, Ivan Fedorov, mayor of Melitopol in exile, stated that "a great explosion rang out near the enemy's hideout" in the center of the city. rice field. "Let me remind you that one of the occupier's commanders' offices is here," he said.
He added: This unshakeable truth is proven daily by soldiers of the Ukrainian Army in southern Ukraine.
Meanwhile, at least two of his men were killed in the latest shelling in East Donetsk province. Governor Pablo Kirilenko reported that Russian forces attacked the already destroyed towns of Avdiuka and Zaitsebe, close to Russian-controlled separatist-held territory.
