Russia accuses US, West of stalling Ukraine war by sending weapons

Russian Protection Minister Sergei Shoigu is accusing the United States and other Western nations Tuesday of making an attempt to “delay” the program of the war in Ukraine by sending shipments of weapons to Kyiv’s armed service. 

Shoigu manufactured the comment although meeting with prime navy brass. In the meantime, Russia’s army has introduced a new, comprehensive-scale offensive in eastern Ukraine. 

“Expanding volumes of international arms deliveries evidently show their intentions to provoke the Kyiv regime to battle to the last Ukrainian,” Shoigu explained. 

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the Typical Workers of Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov go to a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 27. 

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Shoigu also stated that the Russian military has “persistently carried out the strategy to totally liberate the Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics.” 

Moscow-backed separatists have been preventing Ukrainian forces for 8 many years in the largely Russian-speaking eastern industrial heartland, Donbas, that contains the Donetsk and Luhansk areas.  

A Ukrainian soldier rides atop an armored fighting automobile in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday. 
(Push service of the Ukrainian Floor Forces/Handout by means of REUTERS)

They have declared two independent republics that have been recognized by Russia.  

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Unexpected emergency personnel distinct up debris immediately after an airstrike hit a tire shop in the western city of Lviv, Ukraine, on Monday.
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Ukrainian safety formal Oleksiy Danilov said Tuesday that Russian troops are now striving to break by Ukrainian positions “alongside practically the total front line of [the] Donetsk, Luhansk and Kharkiv locations,” Reuters reported.   

New explosions have been listened to in the Donetsk region and in the cities of Kharkiv, Mykolaiv and Zaporizhzhia, even though air raid sirens could be listened to wailing in populated parts in close proximity to the front line, the news agency also described, citing officers and regional media.  

Online News 72h’ Amy Kellogg and the Online News 72h contributed to this report.