In the wake of the Ukrainian defeat AvdiivkaIn the context of the general deterioration of the military situation, and with A Russian President Vladimir Putin Mocking its opponents who have “deserted en masse from the front,” the United States is poised for a major leap in quality. According to NBC, they are actually about to send the most powerful version of the ballistic missile to Kiev AtakmsCapable of hitting a target 300 kilometers away, which would put Crimea and beyond in the crosshairs.

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On the ground, independent observers reported that there were clashes and skirmishes between groups of soldiers. Russian forces are busy reinforcing the front around Avdiivka and throughout Donetsk while pressing the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, launching attacks to “take advantage” of the victory, as Putin himself explained. On the opposite front, Kiev forces retreated a few kilometers, strengthened their defenses, and repelled the attacks. The military commander in the Avdiivka area, Oleksandr Tarnavsky, reported that his soldiers were attacked 42 times by small groups of Russians, supported by a deluge of artillery, with more than a thousand rounds fired in what was not a particularly large area of ​​operations. Due to the scarcity of ammunition, the Ukrainians are forced to sip it to target enemy concentrations in order to cause more damage. In many cases, it is impossible to counterattack with enemy artillery, “it costs a lot of ammunition,” many officers complain. Then Kiev returned to strongly denounce summary executions of soldiers captured by the Russians, most recently near Robotny, in the Zaporizhzhya region. Three unarmed soldiers were brutally murdered, as seen in another horrifying video from two years of war.

Hacking operation in Moscow

Meanwhile, Moscow – as revealed by the American Institute for the Study of War – launched a large-scale hacking operation against several Ukrainian information sites to spread and materialize the idea of ​​the mass escape of the Kiev army from Avdiivka. The thesis that Putin relaunched today: “The Ukrainian leadership issued the order to withdraw its forces when they were already on the run,” Putin said, mocking his opponents and calling on the Ukrainian armed forces “in the liberated territories to surrender.” He insisted that “the victory must be consolidated”, and with great fanfare announced the occupation of the village of Krynki in the Kherson region.

It is a Ukrainian bridgehead on the bank of the Dnipro River, which is occupied by Moscow: Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu confirmed that during the battle, the Russians “received supplies for the first time in history thanks to powerful drones.” In this increasingly worrying context, and after months of requests from Kiev, the Biden administration is reportedly working to supply Ukraine with powerful new Atakam ballistic missiles. Not the medium-range missiles that have been delivered so far, but those with a range of up to 300 kilometers. NBC, which revealed the information, confirmed that everything depends on the US Congress’ approval of the draft law, which provides for $95 billion in aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan.