War information
Russia takes full control of settlement in Luhansk . According to the Russian Defense Ministry , the Russian military said it had taken full control of the settlement of Bilohorivka in Ukraine's Luhansk and had secured better positions in the area.
Russian forces are also engaged in fierce fighting in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region near Vovchansk, Starytsia and Hlyboke, where Russian troops have repelled two counterattacks, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
Ukraine sends its most elite special forces unit to Kharkiv . The command of the Ukrainian armed forces said that they were forced to mobilize soldiers from the special forces of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense (GUR MO) to Kharkiv. This move by Ukraine is to prevent the activities of the Russian army on the Kharkiv battlefield.
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| Ukraine sends its most elite special forces unit into Kharkiv. Photo: RIA Novosti |
According to analysts, the reason for this tactic is clear: the Ukrainian army needs well-trained gunmen with higher capabilities than regular conscripts to participate in "street gunfights" when artillery fire and the effectiveness of aviation are greatly reduced.
Ukraine says it still controls 60% of border town . According to the Ukrainian military, its forces still control about 60% of Vovchansk and continue to fight to defend the border town in the northeastern Kharkiv region from Russian attacks.
“ The enemy is still trying, especially inside Vovchansk, to push the Ukrainian armed forces out of the town. About 60% of the town is now controlled by the Ukrainian armed forces, which means the attacks have not stopped ,” said Kharkiv Deputy Governor Roman Semenukha.
Some related developments
The US admits the situation in Kharkiv is difficult. US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin assessed before the start of the next meeting of the contact group on providing military assistance to Ukraine that the US considers the situation in Kharkiv to be difficult and dangerous for the Ukrainian armed forces.
The Pentagon chief said the meeting came at a “challenging time,” estimating that Russian forces “will try to advance in the coming weeks” in an effort to create a “buffer zone along the Ukrainian border.” “This is a difficult and dangerous fight,” Austin said of the situation in Kharkiv. Kiev had previously acknowledged that the situation in Kharkiv was extremely tense for the Ukrainian military.
Russia: Peaceful settlement in Ukraine is still possible. Russia's permanent representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya said that a peaceful solution to the conflict in Ukraine is still possible because it requires eliminating the root causes that led to the start of a special military operation.
“ A real solution to the Ukrainian crisis through political and diplomatic means is still possible. To achieve this, it is necessary for the West to stop arming Ukraine so that it returns to a non-aligned, non-nuclear neutral state, ” Nebenzya said.
The US has no plans to send military instructors to Ukraine . General Charles Q. Brown, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that the US currently has no plans to send American instructors to Ukraine.
Previously, the US had about 150 military trainers in Ukraine, until Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine in February 2022. According to Mr. Brown, he believes Ukraine did not use the US-supplied Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) to attack targets inside Russian territory.
Estonian Prime Minister: NATO trains soldiers right in Ukraine. Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said that military personnel from several NATO member countries have been training Ukrainian soldiers right on the territory of his country.
According to Ms. Kallas, this will not lead to a direct confrontation with Russia, because these trainers are “taking their own risk” by appearing in Ukraine.
“ NATO cannot automatically invoke Article 5 of collective self-defense if its military personnel are attacked in Ukraine. If someone is injured in Ukraine, it will not trigger Article 5 and demand that Russia be bombed. That is not how NATO works. There is no automatic mechanism to trigger the clause ,” Ms. Kallas emphasized.
Ukraine has lost about 90% of its electricity capacity . Former Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Aleksey Kucherenko revealed that Ukraine has lost about 90% of its electricity capacity in the Russian missile attacks.
We lost about 8,000 MW of electricity, which is huge, and our current capacity is only about 800 MW," said Mr. Kucherenko.
Mr. Kucherenko also warned that the situation would not improve in the short term because the infrastructure had been badly damaged.
Source: https://congthuong.vn/chien-su-nga-ukraine-2152024-my-thua-nhan-tinh-hinh-kharkiv-kho-khan-nga-noi-van-co-the-giai-quyet-hoa-binh-ukraine-321331.html
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