Ukraine: violation should cause panic – the nightly update without photos

According to Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Volodymyr Havrylov, the expected offensive by the Ukrainian army to recapture the occupied territories in the near future will “spread into panic” Russia. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wants the world to know the unvarnished truth about Russia’s misdeeds in Ukraine.

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Russian propaganda misrepresents the situation

The Russians still have not understood that their propaganda is misrepresenting the situation, Havrylov said in an interview with British newspaper The Independent on Sunday. “This war will be won on the ground, not on TV screens or the internet.”

Havrylov did not want to name a time for the long-awaited offensive. “We will begin our counter-offensive – when and where is not important at this point.”

The Kremlin hid the truth about Russian losses in this war from its own people for a long time. However, the offensive will change that. “You can’t fool your own people for years, especially when they see a difference on the front lines, when they see the dead and the wounded, when they see the families who have lost their homes,” he said. “You cannot hide the death of your son, husband or brother.” Moscow will bear the consequences for this.

Havrylov saw the months-long battle for the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut as evidence of the growing weakness of the Russian war machine. Russia will inevitably “sooner or later” experience disaster with Bakhmut.

Zelenskyj: The world needs to know the truth about the Russian terror

According to Zelensky, the world needs to know “all the facts of the Russian terror” against the Ukrainians. “It is important for the world to speak up about what the terrorist state is doing and how we are protecting lives,” Zelenskyy said in his video evening address on Sunday. In this regard, he spoke of the continuous Russian artillery attacks on Kherson or Kharkiv, as well as “terror against villages in the border areas of the Chernihiv and Sumy regions, hell in the Donetsk region”.

Russia’s main goal is to destroy security both in Ukraine and all over Europe, all over the free world, Zelensky said. “Destroying security, bringing death and chaos, that’s all a terrorist state does.”

Military spokeswoman: Russians test Ukrainian anti-aircraft guns

The Russian military uses constantly changing tactics to find ways to evade Ukrainian air defenses. “They are trying to exhaust our air defenses and find a way to get around them,” Natalya Humenyuk, spokeswoman for the Ukrainian Army Group South, said on national television on Sunday. “They use whatever is available to them.” Savings are only made with high precision weapons.

The Russian army uses several missions to search the locations of the Ukrainian air defenses. In addition, the frequent air strikes and the activities of the Russian air force increased the psychological pressure on the Ukrainians and exhausted their defenses.

Ukraine’s anti-aircraft defenses are now armed with some of the most modern Western weapon systems, including the US-made Patriot system and the German Iris-T.

Ukrainian general: situation on the eastern front “under control”

The situation on the Ukrainian eastern front is “tense but under control,” said the commander in charge there, Olexander Syrskyj. As the military leadership announced on Sunday, Syrskyj had obtained an overview of the situation in the areas of operations the day before and discussed further steps with the responsible commanders. It was mainly about the defense of Bachmut and the plan to “inflict maximum damage” on the enemy units of the Wagner mercenaries.

According to Syrskyj, the Russian army has increased the intensity of heavy weapons fire in recent days, deployed more modern equipment and regrouped their troops. “This indicates that the enemy will not change their plans and will do everything possible to take control of Bakhmut and continue their offensive,” the commander of the Ukrainian Army Group East said.

Russian troops have been trying to capture Bakhmut for months. According to her, they already have the city almost completely under control. The Ukrainian troops there fiercely resisted to inflict as many losses as possible on their opponents.

Reports: Russian secret services hold demonstrations abroad

According to research from various media outlets, Russian secret services are infiltrating or organizing demonstrations in major Western cities for propaganda purposes. The aim is to create sentiment against Ukraine or to make Sweden’s entry into NATO more difficult, the “Süddeutsche Zeitung” reported on Sunday, citing leaked documents allegedly coming from the Kremlin’s security apparatus.

That will be important on Monday

The end of World War II in Europe in 1945 will be commemorated in many places on Mondays and Tuesdays with memorial gatherings and demonstrations. In Berlin, several meetings are planned at the Soviet monuments and at the Brandenburg Gate. The police fear tensions over the Russian offensive war against Ukraine. An initial ban on Ukrainian or Russian flags had been overturned by the court. (sda/dpa)