Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday confirmed that Ukrainian counteroffensive had begun. The announcement, which comes as fatigue over the conflict begins to overwhelm all parties involved, is seen by Chinese experts partly as an answer to pressure from Western countries, which are counting on the counterattack to boost already failing domestic support.
Ukrainian forces blew up the Togliatti-Odessa ammonia pipeline in the Kharkov Region on the evening of June 5, with civilians hurt in the sabotage attack, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov said on Wednesday, Russian News Agency TASS reported.
Vladimir Leontyev specified that on June 4 the power supply was interrupted in a number of population centers in the Kherson Region due to Ukrainian shelling
According to Konashenkov, the activities of four Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were thwarted in the areas of Berestovoye settlement of the Kharkov Region, Rozovka and Novoselovskoye in the Lugansk People s Republic and Liman in the Donetsk People s Republic