Donetsk hard fought: Moscow: Putin all day in the senior staff

Russian troops are once again attacking Ukraine with massive rocket attacks.

Donetsk hard fought: Moscow: Putin all day in the senior staff

Russian troops are once again attacking Ukraine with massive rocket attacks. This time President Putin seems to be getting the most accurate information: According to the Kremlin, he spent the whole of Friday on the senior staff. The Donetsk region remains particularly hard-fought. Both sides disagree on this.

According to the Defense Ministry in Moscow, Russian troops have continued their attacks in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine. Counterattacks by the Ukrainian army were fended off and advantageous positions were taken as a result, said ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov in Moscow. On the other hand, the Ukrainian military announced that Russian breakthroughs on the defense line had been prevented.

The Kremlin meanwhile informed that President Vladimir Putin spent the whole day on Friday in the command staff of the so-called military special operation. Putin was informed there about the next war goals. Details were not given. On Friday, the Russians once again launched massive rocket attacks on Ukraine.

Chief of Staff Valeri Gerasimov was seen for the first time in a long time after rumors of his resignation. In the Donetsk region, sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Ukrainian armed forces and a camp with foreign mercenaries were also destroyed, Konashenkov said. He also confirmed Friday's new massive rocket attacks. "The aim of the strike has been achieved. All targeted objects have been destroyed."

The transport of weapons and ammunition as well as production in armaments factories in Ukraine had been stopped. Ukraine's anti-aircraft defense systems have also been defused. The Russian missiles were fired by bombers from the air and from the sea, Konashenkov said. In the case of air defense, civilian infrastructure on the ground was also damaged by the "unprofessional actions" of the Ukrainian air defense.

The information could not be independently verified. Ukraine spoke of more than 70 rocket attacks on Friday, most of which were intercepted by air defenses. As a result of the hits and damage, the power and water supply failed again in many regions. In the capital Kyiv and in the Kharkiv region, among others, the authorities reported progress in restoring the supply. In the Kiev region it was said that 50 percent of households still had no electricity.