Russia mentioned on Sunday (June 8, 2025) it was pushing into Ukraine’s japanese Dnipropetrovsk region for the primary time in its three-year offensive, a big territorial escalation.
Moscow claims to have annexed 5 areas of Ukraine, however has not made a proper declare over Dnipropetrovsk.
The Defence Ministry mentioned forces from a tank unit had “reached the western border of the Donetsk People’s Republic and are continuing to develop an offensive in the Dnipropetrovsk region.”
The advance of Russian forces into yet one more region of Ukraine is each a symbolic and strategic blow to Kyiv’s forces afer months of setbacks on the battlefield.
There was no fast response from Ukraine to Russia’s assertion.
In greater than a decade of battle with Kremlin-backed separatists and the Russian military, Ukraine has by no means needed to struggle on the territory of the central region till now.
Dnipropetrovsk is a crucial mining and industrial hub for Ukraine and deeper Russian advances into the region may have a critical knock-on impact for Kyiv’s struggling navy and financial system.
It was estimated to have a inhabitants of round three million folks earlier than Russia launched its offensive. Around a million folks lived within the regional capital, Dnipro.
Ukrainian navy personnel beforehand instructed AFP that Russia may advance comparatively rapidly within the largely flat region, given there are fewer pure obstacles or villages that might be used as defensive positions by Kyiv’s forces.
Published – June 08, 2025 03:10 pm IST
