During the weekend, Russian forces gathered more weapons and tapped a decorated general to lead the war from a central location. This could be the start of a showdown in eastern Ukraine that could be very important.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky told the country last night that the coming week would be as important as any in the war. “Russian troops will move to even bigger operations in the east of our state,” he said.
He also said that Russia was trying to get out of paying for war crimes in Ukraine.
When people don’t have the courage to admit their mistakes, apologise, change their ways, and learn from their mistakes, they become monsters.” “And when the world doesn’t pay attention, the monsters figure out that the world has to change to fit them.”
“There will come a time when they will have to say everything.” Accept what he said.
Experts say that the next phase of the fight may start with a full-scale attack. This is what they say. The outcome could change the course of the conflict, which has destroyed cities, killed tens of thousands, and cut Moscow off economically and politically.
Depleted and demoralised Russian troops may not be able to take a lot of ground after they tried to take the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv. Britain’s defence ministry said on Sunday that the Russian military was trying to make up for the growing number of casualties by bringing back veterans who had been out of the military for a few years.
On Sunday night, Zelensky called on Western countries to help more with Ukraine, and he did it again. “We talked about how to strengthen sanctions against Russia and make Russia want to make peace.”
After Russian troops left Bucha and other cities outside Kiev, they left behind hundreds of bodies, many with their hands bound, and signs of torture. Ukraine says that Russia is to blame. According to Russia, they are not true. They say that the scenes in Bucha were staged.
Maria Vaselenko, 77, says her daughter and son-in-law were killed, leaving her grandchildren alone.
“The Russians were firing.” Then, some people wanted to come and help, but the people were shooting at them Vaselenko said that they were putting explosives under people who had died, and that it was dangerous. The reason my kids have been under the rubble for 36 days is because of this: It was against the law to remove bodies.
In Mariupol, Russia was sending fighters from the Chechen ethnic group, who are said to be very strong. Russia would have a land bridge to the Crimean Peninsula if it took the city on the Sea of Azov. Eight years ago, Russia took the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine.
The city has been cut off by Russian forces, which has made it difficult for people to leave. Authorities in Ukraine think that an airstrike on a theatre that was being used as a bomb shelter killed a lot of people. Zelensky has said that when Mariupol is no longer under siege, he expects to find more evidence of atrocities.
