Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fires top general
Vladimir Putin’s troops have advanced along the “entire front line” in Ukraine as Kyiv was forced to switch to defensive operations, the country’s military warned.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi, said the situation was “difficult” and his focus was now to exhaust the Russian advance.
“At this time, the situation can be assessed as difficult. The enemy is now advancing along almost the entire front line, and we have moved from offensive operations to conducting a defensive operation,” Syrskyi told German TV channel ZDF.
“The objective of our defense operation is to exhaust the enemy’s forces, inflict maximum losses on him, using our fortifications, our advantages in terms of technology, in terms of using unmanned aircraft, means of electronic warfare, and maintaining prepared defense lines,” he added.
It comes as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky praised the US senate for agreeing on £48bn of aid for his war-torn country.
Mr Zelensky said: “For us in Ukraine, continued US assistance helps to save human lives from Russian terror. It means that life will continue in our cities and will triumph over war.”
Ukraine damaged Russian landing ship in Black Sea, media say
Ukrainian sea drones hit and damaged a large Russian landing ship off occupied Crimea, Ukrainska Pravda, a major Ukrainian media outlet, reported on Wednesday.
The news outlet published several videos showing a column of smoke over the sea off the southern coast of Crimea, as well as helicopters flying over the sea.
Ukrainian lawmaker Oleksiy Honcharenko said the targeted ship was Tsezar Kunikov, which took part in Russian military operations in Georgia in 2008.
Reuters could not independently verify the account and Ukrainian military intelligence was unavailable for comment.
In December, Ukrainian cruise missiles struck a large Russian landing warship in Crimea that killed at least one person.
Tom Watling14 February 2024 07:26
War must end with Ukraine reaching its borders, Ukrainian general says
Kyiv’s war with Russia must end with Ukraine securing its borders and all other options “won’t be considered”, Ukraine’s top general said.
When asked why he hopes that Ukraine can soon end the conflict, Oleksandr Syrskyi told German TV: “This is based on the fact that we must end it reaching our borders.
“This is the first thing. Because other options are not considered. Because we simply have no other way out. And this means that everyone, the whole society must rally around the common cause – victory.”
Oleksandr Syrskyi said the conflict must end with Ukraine securing its border
(REUTERS)
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President Biden slams Donald Trump as ‘un-American’
US president Joe Biden has slammed Donald Trump as “un-American” for his remarks on Russia’s war in Ukraine and Nato.
He said Mr Trump’s comments have raised the stakes of the nearly two-year-old war in Ukraine, calling them a “dangerous and shocking and un-American signal to the world” as well as “an invitation to Putin to invade some of our allies”.
The president accused Mr Trump, the likely Republican nominee against whom he’ll run for re-election this year, of having “bowed down to a Russian dictator,” something he said no other American president had ever done.
He also noted that his twice-impeached predecessor’s remarks indicated that Mr Trump, despite having spent four years in the White House as President of the United States, does not understand what Nato is or how the half-century-old alliance works.
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