![]() ![]() Continued tension at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant: The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi said “he remains gravely concerned about the situation” at the Zaporizhzhia power plant as long as there is any shelling.Russia and China's relationship: As Russian forces suffer a string of defeats, Moscow is playing up Beijing’s support for its invasion ahead of a key meeting between Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping this week.Russian President Vladimir Putin is aware of the situation on the frontline, he added. “The special military operation continues and will continue until the initial goals are achieved,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in a conference call with journalists. Kremlin says Putin is aware of the situation on the frontline: The Kremlin on Monday insisted that Russia would achieve all of its goals in Ukraine, despite the setback in Kharkiv.The official also said the US believes Ukrainian forces “have very likely taken control of Kupiansk and Izium in addition to smaller villages.” In the Kharkiv region: Russian forces have “ largely ceded their gains to the Ukrainians” in the vicinity of Kharkiv in the northeast, according to a senior US military official, adding some Russian forces moved back over the border.In the eastern Donetsk region: Geolocated images and video show that Ukrainian units have crossed th e Siverskiy Donets river to take control of the town of Svyatohirsk. The capture will further complicate any attempt by the remaining Russian-backed forces to withdraw.He noted, in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer, that even since the early days of the war, Russian soldiers “did not have the unit cohesion, they didn't have the good leadership, they didn't have the morale, they were running away from the fight, even in the first couple of weeks in and around Kyiv.”Īsked how significant the blowback could be on Vladimir Putin, Kirby said the Russian president is "having more and more difficulty hiding the size and scale and scope of his failures inside Ukraine from the Russian people." ![]() While Kirby wouldn’t estimate just how much territory the Ukrainians have retaken, he said the operations “had an effect on the Russians, have forced them to push back, certainly have forced them to give up territory and to move away in retreat from where the Ukrainians have been advancing.” “What we're going to do is continue to make sure we're providing them the tools and capabilities they need to continue to succeed.”Įarlier on Monday, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian forces have recaptured 6,000 square kilometers (around 2,300 square miles) in the east and south of the country since the start of September. “But it's obvious these are impressive military reports to be sure,” he continued. ![]()
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