Russia says it is advancing in Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine

Russia is steadily gaining ground in this region donetskIn eastern Ukraine, following the failure of the Ukrainian counter-offensive in the summer of 2023 and the fall of Avdiivka in February 2024.

Many eastern cities are under its control Russian FireIn Toretsk, where three civilians were killed and three others injured, according to the regional governor, Vadim Fylashkin; and Grodivka, another town in the Donetsk region, where one death has been reported.

The Russian army announced the capture of the town of Vovche in the same region on Monday. This Sunday, it claimed to have conquered two neighbouring towns, Progress and Yevgenivka; near the larger cities of Pokrovsk and Myrnograd.

On the other hand, Russian forces continue their offensive against the strategic town of Chasiv Yar, near Bakhmut in Donetsk.

Ukrainian forces will have to deal with this Numerical and material superiority The Russian army, which has more ammunition and uses sliding bombs, is difficult to counter.

According to President Zelensky, over the past week, Russia has used nearly 700 gliding bombs and more than 100 martyred explosive drones.

In addition to having fewer weapons and ammunition than the Russians, the Ukrainians also They are having difficulty recruiting soldiersSo laws were passed in the spring to accelerate mobilization.

Additionally, the Russian National Guard has announced that 25 people detained in occupied areas of southern Ukraine Accused of helping the Kyiv army.

The military internal security body, Rosgvardia, has indicated that 25 residents of the occupied Ukrainian territories Kherson And Zaporizhia They have been detained on suspicion of helping the Ukrainian army.

After launching an offensive in this former Soviet republic, Russia announced its intention to annex four Ukrainian regions in 2022, despite not having full control over these areas.

Four of those arrested have been charged with espionage gathering information about the activities of Russian troops and eight are accused of “treason”.

Zelensky visited the front in Kharkiv

Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky This Monday he visited the front in the Kharkiv region, in the north-east, amid an offensive by the Russian army, which has claimed a new occupation in Donetsk, in the east of the country.

“I had the honour to congratulate our special forces fighters (…) and present them with official decorations,” Zelensky said in a statement posted on social media after visiting a command post in the Vovchansk region.

“I am grateful to them for their bravery and their heroic operations behind enemy lines,” he said.

Russian forces open a new front Attack on Kharkiv region Last May 10 from the north. According to drone photographs of the Ukrainian army, the Russians are trying to capture the city of Vovchansk, where fighting is ongoing and which has also suffered heavy destruction.

This attack pushed Kiev forward send reinforcements to this area of ​​the regionDespite the fact that Ukraine is short of troops due to heavy losses suffered more than two years after the start of the Russian aggression in February 2022.

For the time being, Ukrainian forces have halted the Russian advance in the Vochansk sector. For their part, the Russians have also not been able to stop rocket and drone fire towards the Russian sector of Belgorod, which is one of its objectives. Kremlin According to Moscow, in this offensive.