Almost along the entire line of collision, the Russian Federation continues to use all means of artillery and aircraft to shell the positions of Ukrainian troops and destroy civilian and military infrastructure.
Regarding the situation in the besieged Mariupol, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine notes that despite the declared “silence regime”, the enemy resumed shelling and assault operations at the Azovstal plant.
This is stated in the evening summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for May 9.
“In the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, the enemy continues to carry out activities of the administrative-police regime. An imitation of the celebration of the so-called Victory Day has been carried out for the Russian media in certain occupied settlements,” the report says.
Enemy losses exceed manning rates, which has a significant impact on the general moral and psychological state and becomes a prerequisite for the refusal of personnel to further participate in hostilities against Ukraine.
As previously reported, Russian troops are conducting offensive operations in eastern Ukraine in order to establish full control over the territory of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
