May 8, 2024

Athens News

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Diplomats from China, Turkey, Kazakhstan and other countries are hastily leaving Ukraine – something is coming "serious"


In anticipation of the latest Russian offensive, the withdrawal of Chinese and Kazakh diplomats from Kyiv, Kharkov and Odessa began. Turkish diplomats, Tajiks and Uzbeks are following the same path of hasty departure for security reasons.

Only security personnel will remain in their embassies and consulates.

Four days ago a message appeared that “mThe foreign ministries of Turkey, Kazakhstan and China urge their citizens to leave Odessa, Kharkov, Kyiv and the region as soon as possible.”

Tonight, military facilities (warehouses with military equipment) and critical infrastructure facilities in the Kharkov region were attacked, about a dozen UAVs worked on their intended targets.


In the direction of southern Donetsk, the Russians launched a powerful offensive from the Ugledar area, capturing Novomikhailovka. This is an important development, since in this case the Russians can threaten Konstantinovka. The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that the capture of Novomikhailovka would provide Russian troops with access to a wider operational zone in the direction of Vugledar.

Russian armed forces also carried out strikes on targets in the Ukrainian rear. In particular, the strikes were carried out in the area of ​​the Dnieper River and near the city of Kirovograd in central Ukraine.

A total of 200,000 Russian troops are assembled and preparing for the attack on Kharkov, while it is estimated that the operations to capture Odessa and siege Kyiv will require 600,000 men for ground operations and another 200,000 will be committed to sea and air operations.

Russia has quietly increased the size of its armed forces to 1.5 million, and another 130,000 Belarusians have been drafted into service.

16 armored brigades have been formed with new T-90M tanks and modernized T-72B3, as well as T-80 and new BMP-3, which will form the spearhead of the offensive. And most importantly, 5,000 teams of FPV drone operators have been created. On Ukrainian trench fortifications, it was decided to massively use the Air Force with guided bombs weighing up to 1,500 kilograms, and this is regardless of the use of artillery.

The mayor of Kharkov, Igor Terekhov, “complained” to the Ukrainian news portal LIGA.net that the energy supply to the region had been cut off. “Almost all vital energy infrastructure has already been destroyed, and private energy infrastructure has also been destroyed,” he said.

Kharkov suffered greatly. There has been no electricity for several weeks, and the shocks continue. Many people are leaving the city. This seems to be a harbinger of things to come.


According to Terekhov, the reason is not the advancement of the Russian army, but the Russians' use of new types of ammunition that destroy everything.





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