Fighting in Ukraine's east and south continues in the third month of Russia's assault on the country, with Putin's forces unable to make a major advance.
Jens Stoltenberg, the Secretary-General of NATO, has stated that Ukraine "can win" its battle with Russia and that Moscow's onslaught is failing. He was speaking as NATO ambassadors convened in Berlin on Sunday to discuss Finland's and Sweden's pending membership aspirations, as well as giving further assistance to Ukraine.
Western Leaders: Russia's Effort in Ukraine Isn't Going Well
Finland's president and prime minister held a joint press conference to reaffirm the country's decision to join NATO. In addition, Sweden's ruling party. Turkey has reaffirmed its resistance to the applications, stating that Finland and Sweden both support Kurdish groups that Turkey deems terrorist. According to UK military intelligence, Russia has likely lost a third of its ground combat units since the invasion in February.
According to Ukrainian officials, Russia launched missiles against Ukraine's western Lviv area overnight, hitting military installations. President Zelenskyy praised Ukraine's win in the Eurovision Song Contest and promised that his country will host the competition next year. When the victors, Kalush Orchestra, returned to their homeland, the leader claimed they were ready to participate in the conflict with Russia once more, Euro News reported.
Russian and Ukrainian forces are fighting for control of the Donbas, Ukraine's eastern industrial heartland. For eight years, Ukraine's most experienced and well-equipped forces have fought rebels supported by Moscow in the east.
Despite its losses, Russia continues to kill and destroy people in Ukraine. Its fighters attacked a chemical complex and 11 high-rise buildings in Siverodonetsk, Donbas, during the weekend, according to the regional governor. Two individuals were killed in the shelling. Governor Serhii Haidaii advised inhabitants remaining in the city to seek safety in subterranean bunkers.
As reported by the governor of the Lviv area, Russian missiles destroyed military infrastructure installations in the Yavoriv district of western Ukraine, closing the Polish border. Although the Ukrainian charges could not be independently corroborated, Western diplomats offered a bleak image of Russia as well.
The Russian army had lost up to one-third of the fighting troops it deployed to Ukraine in late February, the UK Defense Ministry's daily intelligence assessment, and was failing to gain any significant land, according to KTLA.
Russian Troops Plan To Cross Donets River
In accordance with the governor, Russian soldiers were planning to attempt again to cross the Siverskiy Donets River after incurring losses two days earlier when Ukrainian forces demolished a pontoon bridge over the strategically important river in the Donbas.
A small group of Ukrainian military in the southern Donbas have refused to surrender and are holed up in a steel mill in Mariupol, which is mainly under Russian control. On Sunday, the soldiers' wives organized an online press conference to demand their release, claiming that the men were suffering from acute food, water, and medical shortages and that their untreated wounds were becoming infected.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine will follow tradition by hosting the competition the following year. According to commentators, the war on Ukraine has strengthened NATO's cohesiveness and spurred non-aligned nations like Finland and Sweden to apply for membership.
In a phone chat with Finland's president on Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has long complained about NATO's expansion, cautioned him that joining the alliance would be a mistake. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said Finland and Sweden will be key additions to NATO during a visit to Sweden on Sunday.
On Saturday, McConnell led a group of Republican senators who paid a surprise visit to Kyiv to show their support. He was accompanied by other Republicans. Turkey, on the other hand, has expressed reservations about Sweden and Finland joining NATO, stating that the two nations back Kurdish insurgents who have been fighting since 1984.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed optimism that Finland and Sweden will be welcomed by NATO members when addressing a special UN Security Council meeting this week, as per New York Daily News.
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