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Ukraine has been confronted with gloomy military and diplomatic developments in the last week, as Russian President Vladimir Putin has rejected a complete cessation of fire, suggesting that there are “problems” that need ironing.
Vladislav Voloshin, a spokesman for the southern forces of Ukraine, said the Russian forces were increasing their mechanized attacks when spring time was attacked in a wetting place.
“The mud has disappeared … There is more vegetation and there is less visibility. Therefore, the enemy is trying to improve its tactical position,” Voloshin said.
The Russian forces on Tuesday entered the village of Stepove in a western arrest, southern Ukrainian province of Russian forces partially occupied.
The capture will complicate the local Ukrainian logistics, a Russian employee said.
“There is a way that runs from Orehov to Kamenskoe through Stepove, which the enemy is constantly using … They will have to move on longer routes. This leads to positive changes for us on the front of the overlapping front,” Vladimir Rogov told the Russian State Agency Tass.
There was also bad news about the Ukrainian forces in the Russian province of Kursk, where they organized a counter -countertop last August, attracting much of Russia's firing power from Ukrainian soil.
Russia seized their city Sudzha on March 13, pushing the Ukrainian forces to the border and seemed to intend to press in Ukrainian territory.
“Not only will we free our own land, but we will also create the buffer zone that (Putin) has assigned us to create,” said Apti Alaudinov, commander of the Chechen Ahmat Special Forces Department, in front of Rossia-1's television network.
Putin called for the creation of a “sanitary area” in Ukraine a year ago.
“It is important that this area is not less than 20 kilometers wide (10 miles) and preferably 30 kilometers (20 miles), extending deep in Ukrainian territory,” Battalion Deputy Commander Oleg Ivanov told the Civil Service.
Putin is looking for a selective end of fire
Drawed by these successes, Putin rejected the proposal of the United States, Ukrainian for a complete termination of fire on the day Suja fell.
“Who will determine where and who has violated a potential agreement to terminate the fire of 2,000 km (1.240 miles)? And who will then accuse which one for violating this agreement?” Putin He said, citing the length of the entire Russian-Ukrainian border.
“The situation on the spot … is changing quickly,” he told reporters.
Putin also claims that the Ukrainian forces in Kursk were surrounded.
The General Staff of Ukraine denied the claim, saying: “The reports of the alleged” environment “… are false and made by the Russians for political manipulation and put pressure on Ukraine and its partners.”
This did not prevent US President Donald Trump from believes them.
“(Russians) have surrounded about 2500 soldiers, they are well surrounded,” Trump said in a television interview.
There is no subsequent indication that they were captured.
Trump's envoy, Steve Vikoff, told reporters on Tuesday that instead of a complete cessation of fire, Putin agreed to end the fire of air attacks against power plants and general infrastructure, as well as long -term naval attacks in the Black Sea.
The agreement was sealed after two meetings between Vitcof and Putin lasted almost eight hours, followed by a two -hour phone call between Putin and Trump.
“Until recently, we really did not have consensus around these two aspects, energy and infrastructure termination of fire and the Black Sea moratorium when shooting. And today we have reached this place and I think this is a relatively short distance to the complete cessation of the fire from there,” Vitkof said.
The Kremlin's version of the Kremlin's events suggests that the Black Sea moratorium is not there yet.
Putin “reacts constructively” of the idea, said in a statement by the Kremlin Press and “agreed to start negotiations for a more exploration of the specific details,” while the energy and the general infrastructure Putin “immediately gave the Russian military command.”
Vitcof said details remain on Sunday when the US and Russian delegations should meet in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski said he would consider the partial ceasefire after talking to Trump: “So that we can understand the details,” he was quoted by the Ukrainian news portal, obshchestvennoye novoti on March 19.
But the deal between Trump and Putin puts it in a difficult position.
The complete cessation of the fire would stop the slow but ruthless annual Russian advance, while the simultaneous cessation of the long -distance fire would protect the Russian energy infrastructure and the Russian Black Sea Fleet from attacks by Ukrainian unmanned vehicles that were very successful.
On Wednesday, for example, Ukrainian drones hit a refinery in the Russian region of Krasnodar. Last Friday, they destroyed four Pantsir-1 rocket systems-a surface-air on Russian soil; Until the previous day, three drones reached Moscow.
Zelenski said Delon, created by Ukrai, had the test 3,000 km (1860 miles) on Tuesday, suggesting that Ukraine is striving for deeper strikes against weapons and refinery factories in the enemy.
The lack of such symmetry in the partial termination of the fire does not give rest or retribution for continuing Russian soil attacks.
Direct conversations between Russia and the US have also disappointed Zelenski, who enjoys unskilled support from former US President Joe Biden.
In a virtual meeting with NATO allies and the European Union on Saturday, Zelenski expressed frustration that Trump is discussing European security guarantees with Putin.
“This is a very bad signal-the opinion of the Russians is taken into account,” regarding the European language managed Peacekeeping Power in Ukraine, he said. “It's not (Putin) the business to decide something about the security of Ukraine and Europe,” he said.
Putin, on the other hand, sounded bulls when he turned to the Russian Union of Industrialists and entrepreneurs whose leaders said to get used to Western sanctions.
“Only those countries that can provide true, full-scale sovereignty and remain resistant, both in principle and in particular external pressure, are capable of dynamic, progressive development in the interest of their peoples,” he said.
Any termination of fire will be created to lead to negotiations for long -term peace, but neither Russia nor Ukraine has abandoned their main positions.
Russian deputy external minister Alexander Grushko told an interviewer on Monday that Ukraine should never agree to become part of NATO. Russia also requested Ukraine to withdraw from its four provinces, which Russia officially annexes and partially controls – Luhansk, Donetsk, Proceria and Herson.
Ukraine would never acknowledge its occupied territories for Russian, said Andry Jermak, head of the Zelenski cabinet, days after he was appointed to lead the Ukraine Negotiage team on Friday.
The EU also perceives a gloomy view of Putin's intentions.
“Those conditions they present show that Russia does not really want peace because they present as conditions all the end goals they want to achieve from the war,” said EU foreign policy chief Kalas at the beginning of Monday's ministers meeting.
The Trump National Security Advisor, Mike Walz, said the territorial discounts would be part of a transaction, while NATO membership for Ukraine was “extremely unlikely”.
“We can talk about what is right and wrong and we can also talk about the reality of the situation on the spot,” Waltz said in an interview with ABC News on Sunday.
The provision of Russia's territories it possesses would cripple Ukraine's future defense, according to the War Study Institute (ISW), a cerebral trust based in Washington.
“The current front lines do not provide the strategic depth that Ukraine will need to reliably protect itself from the updated Russian aggression,” ISW wrote.
“The Russian forces are right across the Denipri River from the town of Herson, about 25 kilometers (15 miles) from the city of Pargezh and 30 kilometers (20 miles) from the town of Harrriw. Russian troops on the Domipri River can use the termination of fire to prepare for the extremely difficult task of conducting oppositions of the river crossing.”
He concluded that “Ukraine will probably need even more bigger military with more opportunities to play its critical role in deterring and, if necessary, to beat future aggression,” while “the US and Europe are likely to provide military assistance to Ukraine faster, in much larger volumes and more.”
There were some good news for Ukraine in the past week.
German Christian Democrats and Social Democrats have adopted a resolution in the Bundestag on Tuesday to create 500 billion euros ($ 546 billion) for defense and infrastructure costs, overcoming the political tradition against high deficits.
He still has to pass the upper house of parliament.
Germany on Monday announced a new weapon and ammunition package for Ukraine, which includes Iris-T missiles.
Also on Monday, the European Council said Ukraine would soon receive approximately 3.5 billion euros ($ 3.8 billion) after the Council approved the third payment of Kiev's shortage grants and loans under Ukraine, which supports the reconstruction and modernization.
