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Ukrainian units are simply running out of infantry,
Paroinen said
The situation is generally difficult, the enemy is constantly attacking on foot,
said the deputy commander of Ukraine’s 59th assault brigade, which is fighting on the Pokrovsk front
He’s a well-respected commander and his appointment might lead to improved command and control and coordination between units on the frontline, which has remained a challenge for Ukraine over the past year,
said Rob Lee, a senior fellow at the U.S.-based Foreign Policy Research InstituteDay and night they are moving forwards,
Phoenix saidIt seems that, perhaps for the first time, they have started to spare their manpower,
he saidThere's only so much we can do. No matter what super warriors are fighting in our ranks, the Russians outnumber us. It hurts,
said the chief sergeant of Ukraine's 59th brigade, deployed in the Donetsk region, who goes by the call sign "San Sanych".
We grew up in these mines, we worked there, spent half of our lives in these mines. Everyone here is like that, in every city,
she said, recounting gatherings to celebrate holidays and Miner's Day on 31 AugustIf they close the mine, the region will die,
he said, taking a puff from his cigarette before getting on the shuttle bus for a night shiftIt's unrealistic to find a job other than mining in this city,
45-year-old underground electrician Maksym saidWe would see flashes here, flashes there, booms here and there,
the 39-year-old saidNo power means no ventilation, which means there's not enough air,
he saidYou knew that you had a home, that you were earning money and could afford stuff. Now you don't know... We live day by day in these scary times,
she saidI understand that there's a war and that I need to run away. But the feeling that you were born here, that you have your own house and memories, that's a feeling that is hard to leave, no matter how bad things are
he saidIt was hard work, but I liked working. I don't know if there was ever a day when I didn't work. I can't live without work,
she saidThe enemy is trying to advance around the clock,
Maksym Bakulin, a spokesman for the Ukrainian National Guard units fighting in Pokrovsk, told Army TV on Tuesday
They don’t have an unlimited number of personnel, which they used to simply throw into the city wave after wave, until they started to cling to some suburbs, then enter the city, then destroy buildings closer to the centre, and so on. They have already abandoned this tactic in Pokrovsk,
he told a telethon
What I do is focused on military aid, it has not been stopped, thank God,
Zelenskyy saidWe are fighting for lives, Fico is fighting for money, and hardly for Slovakia’s money,
Zelenskyy said in his evening address on December 23.It’s time to cut off the petrodollar flow fuelling Russia’s aggression,
Ukrainian Presidential Advisor Vladyslav Vlasiuk told EU ambassadors to Kyiv this month.jpg)
Russia is interested in continuing this trade.”
On Tuesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said