Ukraine: Sersen’s mayor arrested – Fierce fighting around Lisyansk

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D.He said the Russian occupation forces have the elected mayor of the big city, Igor Kolishev Gerson In southern Ukraine, arrested. This was confirmed by Kherson to the Ria Novosti news agency on Tuesday by the pro-Russian deputy head of the military and civilian administration in Kirill Stremousov. Kolishev openly called on the city administration’s staff to sabotage and justify his arrest by disregarding Stremuzov’s instructions from the new administration.

The former mayor “hero of the Nazi environment” and the “denunciation” of Ukraine did great damage, Stremuzov said. Kherson remained in the city of Kolychayev after the occupation, but refused to cooperate with the occupying Russian forces. “Denunciation” is a catchphrase used by Russia to justify its illegal occupation of a neighboring country.

According to his aide, Kalina Liyashevsky, Kolishev was detained by the Russian National Guard and the FSB secret service after a meeting with other former members of the city council. She talked about “kidnapping”. Opposition to the Russian occupation is relatively high in southern Ukraine. A member of the pro-Russian administration in Gershon was killed in a bomb blast last week.

Preparations for the referendum on entry into Russia have begun, according to the Russian administration in the occupied Gershon region. This was reported by the official Russian news agency DOS.

Battle for the supply road to Lysychansk

Meanwhile, fighting in the east of the country continues unabated and intensified. Both sides are currently trying to control the vital supply route to the highly competitive ex-city Lyciansansk To win. According to their own reports, the Ukrainian army thwarted Russian advance in the village of Spire on this road.

Public servants said Lysychansk was constantly being shelled by mortars and other artillery. According to the Ukrainian military, Russia is trying to encircle a city of strategic importance. This was one of the main attempts of the enemy.

Russian troops are already in the southern suburbs of the city. Representatives of pro-Russian separatists also reported fighting in the city. Relations to the neighboring Donetsk region have been under constant Russian fire for days.

There are also Russian attacks on the western part of the city of Liszansk பச்முட், According to public servants. To keep pace, the invaders have strengthened their battalion, it said. This information could not be verified independently.

With Russian progress in the metropolitan area Sloviansk-Gramadorsk There is little movement. There the enemy focuses on creating the conditions for further attacks.

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The Ukrinform news agency reported two rocket attacks in the city Kharkiv In northeastern Ukraine. The fire broke out in the southern part of the city. Information on injuries and damage is not yet available.

According to Ukrainian sources, a Russian attack on the city on Wednesday morning killed at least three people and wounded five others. Mycolastic Given in southern Ukraine. This is what Vitaly Kim, the military governor of the Mykolayiv region, wrote to the Telegram news service. A rocket hit a skyscraper.

After the attack on the eastern Ukrainian city Dinipro The bodies of 2 people were found in the morning. On Tuesday, six rockets were fired into the city, the governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region Valentin Resnishenko wrote in the Telegram news service.

Zelenskyj’s amazing performance

UN In a surprise appearance before the Security Council, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zhelensky called for Russia to be punished as a “terrorist state.” Russia should be excluded from the Security Council, Selenskiz said via video link to a meeting scheduled for short notice in New York on Tuesday.

The President of Ukraine has blamed Russia for the shelling of a shopping mall in the big city Kremensuk, Killed at least 20 people, targeted attacks on Ukrainian civilians. “It is imperative that a tribunal be set up to investigate all that the Russian military has done against the Ukrainians,” Zhelensky said.

Russia has reacted angrily to Gelensky’s appearance at the UN Security Council. Russia’s deputy ambassador to the UN, Dmitry Polyansky, has complained that this was put on the agenda last time and was not coordinated with all members. Russia’s top ambassador has spoken out against the UN Security Council’s routine procedure.

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