Syrskyi organized and lead the defense of Kyiv, successfully driving back Russian forces that had nearly encircled the Ukrainian capital at the beginning of Russia’s invasion. He has paid regular visits to frontline units in the Donbas and elsewhere, including Bakhmut. Other military leaders have said it is a priority for Ukraine to continue defending Bakhmut, where fighting has intensified.ĬNN could not independently verify where the video was recorded but metadata on the file suggested it had indeed been recorded Wednesday. He went on to say Ukrainian forces were holding their ground.
“We are doing everything we can to ensure that the enemy is in this situation in this war.”
“Zugzwang in chess is a situation where any move by a player leads to a deterioration of his position,” the post read. One of Ukraine’s top military commanders visited the city of Bakhmut for the third time in less than a week, a video posted on his official Telegram account on Wednesday showed.Ĭolonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi, who is the second highest-ranked general, said his men were doing everything they could to ensure Russian forces made the wrong move, referencing a chess strategy. Heavy losses on the battlefield in Ukraine "have degraded Moscow’s ground and air-based conventional capabilities and increased its reliance on nuclear weapons," the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said in the report.Ĭolonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi posted a video on his official Telegram account on Wednesday reportedly showing him Bakhmut. Nuclear weapons: US intelligence agencies said in their unclassified annual threat assessment report that Moscow will grow more dependent on its nuclear, cyber and space capabilities. He urged that “it is absolutely mandatory that we move towards a sort of war economy mode in terms of supply and defense industry." Georgians have been coming out in force, protesting a foreign agents law they say will leave Georgia further from joining the European Union and NATO. On Wednesday, the EU's Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton said the organization is “at the decisive moment now" for the bloc's support to Ukraine. Support for Ukraine: Zelensky thanked Georgian protesters for holding his country’s flag and playing the national anthem during demonstrations on Tuesday and Wednesday. But when told of the invitation, McCarthy told CNN he does not plan to visit Ukraine, and argued that President Joe Biden has not acted quickly enough to aid the country. Invite to Ukraine: Zelensky invited US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to visit Ukraine to see the situation on the ground firsthand, as the Republican Party faces a divide over whether the United States should continue to provide aid to the country. And one of Ukraine's top military commanders Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi visited the city of Bakhmut for the third time in less than a week, according to a video posted on his official Telegram account on Wednesday. Visits to Ukraine: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to Kyiv for discussions on extending the grain initiative that allows Ukraine to export its agricultural produce from Black Sea ports. If you're just now catching up, here's what you need to know: And Avril Haines, the US director of National Intelligence, told Congress Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin could carry on the war in Ukraine possibly for years. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday he can't rule out that Russian forces will soon take over Bakhmut. Russian forces continue to advance in the battered eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, relying heavily on artillery supported by multiple launch rocket systems and some air power, the Ukrainian military said Wednesday.įighters of the private military company Wagner are the predominant forces in the area "with occasional support from Russian regular forces, and that appears to be dwindling down at the moment,” Western officials said. Ukrainian servicemen walk along a muddy road near the frontline town of Bakhmut, Ukraine on Wednesday, March 8.
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