Zelenskyy claims Ukraine inflicting ‘significant’ losses on Russian forces as battle rages on | Top factors

As Russia continued its assaults on its neighbouring nation, Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine is inflicting “extraordinarily significant” losses on Russian forces close to the city of Vuhledar. Here are the most recent developments.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Feb 20, 2023 10:08 IST

Ukrainian service members experience on a navy automobile with a ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft cannon within the front-line metropolis of Vuhledar, Ukraine (Image: Reuters)

By India Today Web Desk: As the Russia-Ukraine battle entered Day 361, Ukraine’s air power stated Russia launched 4 Kalibr missiles, two of which had been shot down by air defences.

Even as Russia continues its assaults on its neighbouring nation, Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine is inflicting “extraordinarily significant” losses on Russian forces close to the city of Vuhledar.

It has been nearly a yr since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, sowing demise and destruction throughout the nation. The toll of the battle is grim: hundreds of Ukrainian civilians lifeless, tens of hundreds of troopers on each side killed, hundreds of thousands displaced, and entire Ukrainian cities and villages razed to the bottom.

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Here are the most recent developments from the Russia-Ukraine battle.

Ukraine’s navy is inflicting “extraordinarily significant” losses on Russian forces close to the city of Vuhledar within the japanese Donbas area, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated.

“The situation is very complicated … We are breaking down the invaders and inflicting extraordinarily significant losses on Russia,” Zelenskyy stated in his nightly video deal with. He referred to a number of cities in Donbas, the place combating has been targeted for months, saying “the more losses Russia suffers there in Donbas – in Bakhmut, Vuhledar, Marinka, Kreminna – the faster we will be able to end this war with Ukraine’s victory”.

Blasts wounded two civilians and shattered lots of of home windows within the west Ukrainian metropolis of Khmelnytskyi as Russia fired missiles from the Black Sea, Ukrainian officers stated.

Meanwhile, Ukraine’s air power claimed that two of the 4 Kalibr missiles launched by Russia had been shot down by air defences, as reported by Reuters.

Russia’s defence ministry stated a push by its forces had captured Hrianykivka, a village in Ukraine’s Kharkiv area 180km (110 miles) north of Bakhmut, AP reported.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned China’s high Chinese diplomat Wang Yi on the Munich Security Conference of penalties ought to China present materials assist to Russia’s invasion.

Furthermore, US Vice President Kamala Harris accused Russia of committing crimes in opposition to humanity in Ukraine, including that Washington will assist maintain these accountable accountable.

In response, Russia’s ambassador to the US stated Washington was attempting to demonise Moscow and foment the disaster in Ukraine with allegations of crimes in opposition to humanity.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated in an interview revealed on Sunday that the French chief Emmanuel Macron was losing his time contemplating any form of dialogue with Russia.

Meanwhile, Russia on Sunday scolded Emmanuel Macron over remarks about desirous to see Russia defeated, saying Moscow nonetheless remembered the destiny of Napoleon Bonaparte and accusing the French president of duplicitous diplomacy with the Kremlin.

The two nations’ remarks come after Macron advised the paper Le Journal du Dimanche that France needed Russia to be defeated in Ukraine however had by no means needed to “crush” it.

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Feb 20, 2023