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Rais wa Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy amesema nchi yake inahitaji silaha zaidi kwa ajili ya kundelea kupambana na Urusi kauli ambayo amesema inalenga washirika wake wenye nia ya kuwasaidia.
Ametoa kauli hiyo baada ya kutembelea eneo la mapambano Mji wa Kharkiv, Mei 28, 2022 na kuzungumza na wanajeshi, akiwaambia: “Hawakutegemea tutapigana hadi hatua ya mwisho, tututaendelea kupambana na tutashinda bila shaka.”
Imedaiwa kuwa tayari wamepata msaada wa silaha kutoka kwa Denmark, ambayo ni makombora. Wakati huohuo, Jeshi la Urusi limenukuliwa likisema kuwa linaushikilia Mji wa Lyman uliopo Mashariki mwa Ukraine.
Source: VOA News
Zelenskyy: Ukraine Needs ‘A Supply of Weapons’ to Fight Russia
In his daily address Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reiterated his country’s need for weapons.
“We work every day to strengthen our defense. This is primarily a supply of weapons,” he said.
“Of course, a lot depends on the partners. On their readiness to provide Ukraine with everything necessary to defend freedom.”
he New York Times reports that Ukraine is “newly armed with Harpoon anti-ship cruise missiles from Denmark,” as Ukraine struggles to keep Russia from taking complete control of the country’s eastern Donbas region.
Russia’s military says it has taken the eastern Ukrainian town of Lyman, a key railway hub in the Donetsk region. The capture could signal a shift in momentum in the Ukraine war.
"Following the joint actions of the units of the militia of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Russian armed forces, the town of Krasny Liman has been entirely liberated from Ukrainian nationalists," the defense ministry said in a statement, using the Russian name for Lyman.
On Saturday, Russia also said it has successfully tested hypersonic missiles in the Arctic. The defense ministry said the Zircon hypersonic cruise missile traveled 1,000 kilometers and "successfully hit" a target in the Arctic.
Taking control of Lyman sets the stage for Russia to begin the next phase of its offensive in the Donbas region. The town is located 40 kilometers west of Sievierodonetsk, the largest Donbas city still held by Ukrainian forces.
Sievierodonetsk, a main focus of Moscow’s offensive, is now under heavy assault. The governor of the Luhansk region, which along with Donetsk makes up the Donbas, said Friday that Russian troops have entered Sievierodonetsk.
"If Russia did succeed in taking over these areas, it would highly likely be seen by the Kremlin as a substantive political achievement and be portrayed to the Russian people as justifying the invasion," the British defense ministry said on Saturday.
The eastern Donbas region is Ukraine's industrial heartland and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Moscow of carrying out a "genocide" there.
In his nightly video address Friday, Zelenskyy said that Ukraine will defend "as much as our current defense resources allow."
He sounded a defiant note against Russia’s offensive in the Ukraine’s east: “If the occupiers think that Lyman or Sievierodonetsk will be theirs, they are wrong. Donbas will be Ukrainian.’’
