Kremlin: Want to create buffer zone in dnipropetrovsk

Alarm sounded during the night over a long line of Ukrainian cities. According to the country’s air force, Russia performed its largest drone attack to date during the war. A total of 479 drones and about 20 robots will be used in the attack. Ukraine claims that the vast majority were either shot down or disturbed with electronic warfare.

At the same time, Russia claims that the Army has taken new areas in the DNIPropetrovsk region. The Ministry of Defense writes in a statement that the forces « continue to advance deeply into enemy defense », according to the state -controlled Russian news agency Paw.

Russia already stated on Sunday that the military crossed the border into the region from neighboring Donetsk, which was demented from Ukrainian.

On Sunday evening had Defense tanks Isw could not confirm the claims about Russia’s advancements through satellite data. However, pictures showed that new tracks from artillery fire appeared in the border area between Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk over the weekend.

According to the think tank, the activity near the border should not be interpreted as the beginning of a new Russian offensive with the aim of taking control of the entire Dnipropetrovsk. The Kremlin claims That one of the purposes is to create a buffer zone to protect Russian interests, but ISW has previously judged that Russia may want to take areas in southeastern Dnipropetrovsk to facilitate the conquest of the Donetsk region. Cutting Ukraine’s supply of livelihoods between the regions would help the Russian forces to have a greater takeover in the fighting.

Parallel to the development On the ground, the first part was carried out in a new prison exchange between the countries on Monday. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyj confirms that the first prisoners of war have returned home. The gear will take place in stages and is expected to take several days to complete, according to the president.

Russia has previously accused Ukraine of trying to delay the exchange, claims that Zelenskyj dismissed as « dirty political play ».