Kirill Stremousov
"That's what Putin really said"; Two Harpoons destroyed; Threat of the United States
In Ukraine, the offensive of the Russian army on the Donetsk region continued, the evacuation of civilians was ordered in several cities.
The Ukrainian army continues to shell Donetsk using so-called "NATO-caliber" missiles. Fierce fighting is also taking place in the area of Grigorovka.
The fiercest battles are for Slavyansk. The explosions also echoed in Kharkiv.
Sievierodonetsk "cleansed"; Exchange of dead soldiers; Zelensky: We are not giving up
Russian forces emphasize that they are finishing the "liberation of Svyatogorsk and neighboring territories" in the Donetsk region.
On the other hand, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk are "dead cities".
They want to become part of Russia; They will also ask for a military base
According to the deputy head of the regional military-civil administration, Kyryl Stremousov, the goal is to become a Russian region.
"We do not plan to be a separate independent republic. Our main task is to be region within the Russian Federation," Stremousov told RIA Novosti.