Ukrainian President, Volodimir Zelenskyvisited this Tuesday the front line of the battle in the region of Donetskin the east of Ukraineannounced the Presidency.
The head of state “visited front-line positions in the defense zone Vugledar-Marinka”, where combats with the Russian army have been waged for months, indicated the Presidency in a statement, in which it released photos of the president with soldiers.
The main reason for the president’s visit to his troops at the front was to congratulate the Ukrainian sailors who are celebrating their day in Ukraine today, according to a statement published on the official account of the head of state on Telegram.
The Ukrainian presidential office later reported that the president had visited his soldiers in the front area near Vugledar and Mariinkain the eastern Donetsk province.
“Our defenders. The front. I am here today to congratulate our fighters on the Day of Ukrainian SeamenZelensky wrote on Telegram. “Glory to all who defend Ukraine!” he added.
The note is accompanied by numerous photos in which the president poses with or greets soldiers. Most of the soldiers who appear in the images wear the blue beret that identifies Ukrainian sailors.
“Every day on the battlefield, Ukrainian sailors prove to be a powerful force that destroys the enemy, liberates Ukrainian land and carries out the most difficult tasks in the most difficult conditions,” Zelensky was quoted as saying in the office statement. presidential.
During his visit, the Ukrainian head of state also decorated some of the soldiers deployed in the area for “the courage and heroism” shown in “the defense of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine” on the battlefield.
The president also announced the creation of a “marine corps” that “will significantly increase the potential” of this component of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
This is done after the head of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhinlashed out at the Russian army on Monday over an alleged attack in the Russian region of Belgorodstating that “today the special military operation has become a total war.”
“There is a de facto war. Today the “special (military) operation” has turned into an all-out war. It is not the first time that there have been explosions and deaths in the Belgorod, Kursk and Bryansk regions,” he said. Prigozhin.
Then, Wagner’s chief, a close ally of Putin and who maintains a power dispute with the Russian military high command, charged again against the Russian army, which he accused of “doing nothing” to reinforce the Russian borders.
“Far as I know, the russian army does nothing to reinforce our borders in the directions from which the Ukrainian army can enter. It (the Ministry) must do it, it is their direct responsibility. They are not the Ministry of Crime, so they cannot commit crimes, but the Ministry of Defense, so they are obliged to defend the country, ”he said.
The governor of Russia’s Belgorod region said on Monday that a “sabotage group” Ukrainian had entered Russian territory in the district of Graivoronbordering Ukraine, and was being repelled by Russian forces.
(With information from EFE)
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