Ukraine war: Western weapons ‘work very strongly’ against Russian forces, says Zelenskyy | World News

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Western-supplied weapons are starting to have an impact on the war in Ukraine.

Ukrainians the fighter is making a “visible attack” on Russian The president revealed the logistical targets in the nightly video message and added that the airstrikes were affecting Moscow’s offensive potential.

“Western artillery – the weapon that we received from our partners – started to work very strongly,” he said.

“Its accuracy was exactly where it was needed. Our defenders made very noticeable attacks on depots and other points important to the occupier’s logistics, and this significantly reduces the offensive potential of the Russian army.

“The occupiers’ losses will only increase week by week, as will the difficulty of supplying them.”

Main developments:

• The Ukrainian flag flies again on Snake Island
• Western artillery is ‘very powerful’, says President Zelenskyy
• Representatives from G20 countries including Russia gathered in Bali
• Heavy shelling along the front lines in Donetsk but neither side has made progress, the UK Ministry of Defense says
• Ukraine feels ‘betrayed’ because giving up territory ‘not an option’, Kyiv mayor says

It came out after Sky News reported on how The Ukrainian military’s social media is increasingly reporting on the use of the HIMAR . SystemAn American company has built and supplied multiple rocket launchers that analysts say were used over the weekend to target Russian forces.

Kyiv has repeatedly begged the West to send more weapons to repel the Russian invasion.

Zelenskyy said that his forces were advancing in several tactical directions – especially in the south, Kherson region, Zaporizhzhia region – and that the Ukrainians “will not give up our land”.

Meanwhile, a Ukrainian flag was hoisted over Snake Island in the Black Sea after self-defense forces liberated it from Russian troops.

Blue and yellow once again vibrated on the strategic island, which has been the focal point of war many times – at least when a Russian warship was asked to “go on its own” when it demanded the surrender of Ukrainian troops early in the conflict.

Referring to that episode (now a feature on Ukrainian stamps), the flag has a message addressed to a Russian warship written on it, stating that the island is Ukrainian and signed by its head. Odesa Maxim Marchenko region.

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The British Ministry of Defense on Wednesday said heavy shelling continued along the front lines in Donetsk but neither side was making progress.

The intelligence update said it was believed that the Russian forces involved in last week’s victory were “reconstructing”.

It comes as foreign ministers from the G20 gather on the Indonesian island of Bali to negotiate with a backdrop dominated by the conflict in Ukraine, despite an agenda focused on global cooperation and security. food and energy security.

This is understood to be the first time that top Russian diplomat Sergei Lavrov has met with many G20 leaders since Russia invaded Ukraine in February.

The G20 includes Western countries that have accused Moscow of war crimes in Ukraine, and countries like China, India and South Africa that either support Russia or abstain from UN votes calling for action. protest against Russian aggression.

Many of its members oppose sanctions imposed by the West.

The German foreign minister said that the G7 countries will coordinate their response with Mr. Lavrov in Bali.