On the 89th day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the number of refugees has already reached 6.5 million people, According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), he expects the number to continue to rise in the coming weeks if the war does not stop. 3.5 million refugees arrived in Poland aloneAlthough the UNHCR census only takes into account the land border of exit from Ukraine and does not estimate the distribution of all these people, some of whom continue to make their way to other parts of Europe.
Meanwhile, Russian troops are preparing to resume the offensive against Sloviansk in the Donetsk regionand relentlessly attacking various places Lugansk try to wrap Severodonetsk. In addition, they continue their attempts to break through the Ukrainian defense and “advance” from neighboring and also pro-Russian Donetsk to the border of the pro-Russian Lugansk region, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on Monday.
After the occupation of the southern city of Mariupol, The Russians focused their efforts on controlling Donbas.in the east of the country, where the self-declared independent republics of Donetsk and Luhansk are located.
The Western, Eastern and Central Military District troops and the 11th Corps of the Russian Federation Baltic Naval Fleet are preparing to resume an offensive on the Sloviansk front, one of the cities that has been hit the hardest in recent days.
On the Severodonetsk front, the efforts of the Russian army are focused on capturing the city of the same name, but tThey also conducted an offensive operation near Toshkivka..
According to the latest report of the Institute for War Studies (USA), this Sunday Russian forces made little gains in eastern Ukraine. “The Russian forces are likely to send additional reinforcements on the west bank of the Siverskyi Donets River (northeast of Kharkiv, the main tributary of the Don River) to use as a defensive position and to prevent Ukraine from advancing to the north east.” “.
in Mariupol, Russian sappers clearing the vast lands of the Azovstal steelworksIt was in Mariupol, Ukraine, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on Monday.
According to the military portfolio, “more than 100 explosive devices” located at the metallurgical plant after the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops have already been defused. On May 20, Russia announced the complete surrender of the Azovstal defenders.
The Red Cross confirmed the treatment of Ukrainian prisoners captured in Azovstal. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will verify the status and treatment of Ukrainian soldiers who surrendered at the Azovstal steelworks in the coastal city of Mariúpol and are held captive by Russia.
The organization’s spokesperson, Mirella Hodeib, said on Monday that the ICRC’s priority verify the conditions of detention and treatment of prisoners of warAccording to local agency Ukrinform, to prevent their disappearance and to maintain contact with their families.
Source: Informacion
