![]() ![]() ![]() The cruise missiles aimed at Ukraine were launched by Russian Tu-95 strategic bombers and from Russian navy ships in the Black Sea, military chief Zaluzhnyi said, while the S-300 missiles were launched from the Belgorod region just inside Russia and the occupied part of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region. The Kremin is currently concentrating its efforts on gaining full control of the Donbas, Kyiv claims, and is pushing at key points on several fronts, though Russian progress is reportedly slow. At that time, the capital, Kyiv, and the installation of a puppet government were among its targets, but numerous battlefield setbacks, including yielding Donbas areas it had initially captured, have embarrassed Russian President Vladimir Putin. Moscow’s goals have narrowed since it launched its full-scale invasion on Feb. ![]() Kremlin is striving to secure areas it illegally annexed last September - the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia regions - and where it claims its rule is welcomed, according to Kyiv officials. Moscow-backed separatists have been fighting Ukrainian forces there since 2014. Meanwhile, the Kremlin’s ground forces were focusing on Ukraine’s industrial east, especially the Luhansk and Donetsk provinces that make up the industrial Donbas region where recent fighting has been most intense, the Ukrainian military said. ![]()
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