Putin intensifies the offensive in Ukraine while celebrating the victory parade
The agreement between the United States and Ukraine on minerals and rare earths, signed on April 30, does not contemplate concrete security guarantees for Ukraine. Pact that Zelenski initially described as abusive and then did well when he verified that Europe did not speak in a single voice. Such agreement is Trump’s first achievement since his inauguration, so he favors his domestic image. But I could also play against Washington’s interest to prevent Putin from reinforcing his ties with China. Nor can it be ignored that the areas that are more strongly disputed today (Tors ‘Ke, Toretsk and Prokovsk among others) are of great carboniferous wealth and, consequently, essential for the manufacture of steel, both by the supply of metallurgical coal, and for what they suppose of energy and economic support to the region where they are located. Areas that are now in danger of falling into Russian hands, which, probably, has favored the rapid conclusion of that amorphous agreement on minerals and rare earths. In that context, Putin seems the only one of the first war actors who now maintains the strategic initiative and, consequently, that manages his own agenda. The announced high the unilateral fire by him decreed, between May 8 and 10 on the occasion of the celebration, in Moscow, of the 80th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany, it is a solid proof of this. Attendance at the phases of around twenty heads of state/government of Africa, Latin America, Asia and countries of the former USSR is expected. Special relevance will have the assistance of Chinese leader Xi Jinping for the implicit message that will entail “association without limits” against the West. Related News Standard Mass attacks If psychosis in Moscow by the Ukrainian drones three days after the Victoria Parade Rafael M. Mañueco for the second consecutive day, mass attacks sow fear in the Russian capital while preparing for the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and spring, the Russian troops have intensified their offensive operations on the terrain. In the Kursk-Sumy area, after having evicted the Ukrainians of the Russian territory, they have continued their progression towards Sumy by two defined axes, respectively, by the rivers (from west to East): Snahist and Loknya. Reached the line (from western to east): Volodymyrivka-Volodahy-Bilovody-Basivka-Noven ‘Ke. The next line of objectives would be, where appropriate, Varachyne-Yunakivs ‘ka to dominate the H07 highway that unites Sudzha (Russia) with Sumy (Ukraine), thus putting the latter city within reach of the Russian campaign artillery. Likewise, the Russian troops, which dominate the Ukrainian land north of Járkov between Lyptsy and Vovchans ‘K, have reached the riverbed of the Vovcha River. Which reverifies the Russian threat by the north over Járkov. Simultaneously, they also press along the Oskil River line, where they have managed to position themselves at several points to the west of the channel of said river. Reason why Ukrainian troops are counteratacious, mainly in the Dvorichna area (north of Kupiansk), to hinder the progression of Russians also in the direction of Járkov. Russianly, the largest draft initiative is being produced in the Prokovsk area, where Russian troops press both for the east and west and south of that Ukrainian bastion. For the East, using the ease of infiltration of units on motorcycles, they have reached oleksandropil ‘, managing to interrupt the Ukrainian movement along the T0504 road between Prokovsk and Kostiantynynivka. They have also occupied the important communications knot located two kilometers south of Nova Poltavka and carried the fight to Malynivka. For western Prokovsk, the Russian troops fight hard in the Udachne-Kotlyne area, to try to dominate the stretch of the T0406 road that, from Prokovsk, enters the ‘Oblast ‘ of Dnipropetrovsk in the direction of that city. They are also attacking Bahatyr in a movement, on horseback of the N15, in the direction of Komar that would facilitate the subsequent progression towards Pokrovske and Zaporiyia. And, in the south, Russian troops are assaulting the first peripheral neighborhoods of Prokovsk. Consequently, it could be collected that the great battle for the Bastion of Prokovsk, access door to the Dnieper elbow (Dnipropetrovsk-Zaporiyia) has already begun. All this induces to think that the domain of both Járkov, as well as that elbow, which were included in the operational level of the Russian invasion (February 2022), has reverie in the current Kremlin campaign plan.
