NU.nl regularly provides an overview of the situation in Ukraine. This time: Ukrainian army command claims to have evidence that Russians committed war crimes in areas liberated from Ukraine. Furthermore, the Kremlin admitted defeat for the first time since the invasion of Ukraine in February.
Ukrainian authorities say they can prove that Russian troops committed war crimes in Kharkiv.
A senior police officer from Balakliia city says Russian troops there regularly tortured inmates from the local police station. They are also said to have captured soldiers and their relatives. Furthermore, they were looking for people to help the Ukrainian army.
According to police, eyewitnesses reported that the Russians used electricity to torture prisoners, among other things. According to unconfirmed reports from other parts of the region, the Russian military has also killed civilians.
Zelensky visits the reconquered city of Izium
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will visit on Wednesday carried to the reconquered Ukrainian city of Izium. He thanked the Ukrainian troops during his visit.
Zelensky also attended a ceremony where the Ukrainian flag was hoisted. In addition, the president said the flag will return to every city and village in the country.
Ukrainian troops launched a counter-offensive in the Donets Basin in eastern Ukraine earlier this month. According to Zelensky, the Ukrainian army has now recaptured 8,000 square kilometers of land in the Kharkiv region.
The Kremlin admits defeat for the first time
The Kremlin was first defeated since the invasion of Ukraine in February admitted. However, Russia is doing everything it can to clear President Vladimir Putin and put the blame on others.
According to the American think tank Institute for the Study of War (ISW) the causes of the defeat are widely discussed in the Russian state media. This is new according to the ISW. Previously, the defeats were hidden or distorted. Russian successes were either exaggerated or invented.
The Kremlin is definitely not blaming Putin for the defeat. Instead, the blame is shifted to “ill-informed military advisers in Putin’s circle,” writes the ISW.
Ukraine: Russians remove anti-aircraft defense systems
The Russian army is committed to removing the anti-aircraft defense systems from the Ukrainian territory still occupied by the Russians which has been attacked by Ukrainian forces in recent weeks. The Russians are moving air defense systems to the areas they conquered in the east of the country and sometimes to Russia itself.
According to the general staff of the Ukrainian army. For example, on the night between 11 and 12 September, convoys with S-300 and buk systems are said to have been spotted in the Luhansk region, towards the Russian-Ukrainian border.
The movements of military equipment would be part of the Russian army’s strategy to focus its efforts on trying to fully occupy the Donetsk region and stop the offensive actions of Ukrainian forces in some areas. Having said that the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Chancellor Scholz: Putin does not see the invasion as a mistake
Putin does not see the invasion of Ukraine as a mistake. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Wednesday. The two leaders spoke on the phone on Tuesday.
According to Scholz, he told Putin that the Russian president should withdraw his troops and resume negotiations with Ukraine.
Although Putin has not changed his stance on the war, according to the chancellor it remains important to keep in touch with his Russian counterpart.
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