Kiev is carefully studying the next moves of Moscow, while the Russian advance continues and the planet prepares for a long-lasting conflict. As top Ukrainian officials warn, a new fierce attack is being prepared by the Kremlin.
According to Ukrainian media, the general commander of Kiev's armed forces stresses that the Russian strike will hit three regions.
There is an operation to rebuild forces in the Donetsk region, near the city of Lyman. An attack is estimated to take place both in Kharkiv, near the town of Izium, and in the Sumy region.
From the warnings, it is concluded that the Russians will launch a new strike in the east, seeking to repeat the scene of 2014, when they annexed Crimea to their territories.
New heavy blows in Zaporizhzhya
Of serious concern is the intensification of Russian aggression, with the hammering in the east continuing.
The governor of the stricken region of Zaporizhzhya, Oleksandr Staruk, said the Russians had again destroyed buildings in villages.
He also stressed that Kremlin troops were strengthening their presence in the region.
Facing the death penalty 2.300 captured from Azovstal, pro-Russian separatists say
Ukrainian fighters of the Azov battalion who surrendered after fighting in Mariupol will be tried and face the death penalty, an official of the Donetsk separatist region said today.
"All the prisoners of war are on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic," Yuri Shirovatko, the "justice minister" of that self-proclaimed "republic", told Russian television.
"More specifically, we have 2,300 prisoners of war from Azovstal," he continued, explaining that the Azov battalion is considered a "terrorist organization" and all its members will be investigated with a view to their trial. "In our country, such criminals are punished with the ultimate penalty, the death penalty," he concluded."
The last defenders of Mariupol surrendered to Russian forces between May 16-20, after fierce fighting that lasted three months. The Russian authorities describe the Azov fighters, a battalion founded by Ukrainian nationalists, as "neo-Nazis" and hint that they will treat them as war criminals rather than prisoners of war.
On Saturday, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to release these prisoners.
As had been made known by the French Presidency and Berlin's announcements, the two European leaders received no response to their request but noted Vladimir Putin's commitment to treat the prisoners in accordance with international humanitarian law, in particular the Geneva Convention.
Source: Proto Thema
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