Russian troops fail to advance to Dnipropetrovsk region

Olena Roshchina – Sunday, 6 March 2022, 07:16

Russian troops continued to shell Kharkiv at night. They failed the attempted breakthrough from Balaklia in the Kharkiv region to the Dnipropetrovsk region.

Source: Adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs Vadym Denysenko

According to Denysenko: "As far as I can tell, the night passed relatively calmly. There were shellings in Kharkiv […]

The relatively good news is that today the Russians tried to make a breakthrough in Balaklia towards the Dnipropetrovsk region, but they were stopped. A column of Russian military equipment was destroyed.

Fighting also took place in the Sumy region, where a relatively small column of Russian equipment was also defeated.

According to the most recent data, we understand that the Russians want to break through from the Luben (the Poltava region) side and from the side of the Kaniv hydroelectric power plant.

The situation in Kyiv last night was relatively calm. But there is a huge armada of Russian equipment on the approach to Kyiv. Irpin, Bucha, Hostomel – the situation is very difficult there."

Details: The adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs also said that the situation remains very difficult in a number of cities in the Sumy region, in particular, Okhtyrka and Trostyanets.

"These are cities where there is virtually no electricity, no water supply. Cities on the verge of a humanitarian disaster. In Trostyanets, the Russians simply looted all the shops. In fact, it is only thanks to the efforts of a local farmer and a few local people that bread is baked and distributed free of charge," he said.

The situation in Mariupol is very difficult: "Yesterday we did not manage to create any humanitarian corridors and the situation is on the verge of a humanitarian disaster."

The western regions, according to Denysenko, are "in a relatively safe zone" at the moment.

Denysenko noted that Ukrainian forces are ready to continue fighting: "We understand what the invading forces want – and I think we know how to fight them. The last few days have shown it."

He also hopes that the Russians will not receive reinforcements from Belarus: "Panic has started among the male population of Belarus, the number of men leaving the country en masse has increased. The probability that Alexandr Lukashenko will send troops to Ukraine is small: the Belarusian army is small and demotivated."