Had my first telephone conversation in the new year with #GenMilley, Chairman of @thejointstaff.
I told him about changes in the operational and strategic situation, primarily on the land and in the air space of Ukraine⬇️
Fierce fighting is going on along Svatove-Kreminna line, also in the direction of Lysychansk. The most challenging situation remains in Soledar-Bakhmut-Mayorsk area,🇷🇺is virtually attempting to advance over their corpses, but 🇺🇦Defenсe Forces units constrain the enemy's offensive
In Donetsk direction, we managed to hold positions, continue counteroffensive efforts. Securely hold defensive lines in the Zaporizhzhia direction & put effort into protecting against the hostile shelling of Kherson, primarily civilians & city's critical infrastructure facilities
From Dec 31 until this morning,🇷🇺 launched 14 cruise missiles and employed 94 "Shahed-136" drones. I thanked #GenMilley for the foreign-manufactured anti-aircraft missile systems provided with his active assistance. Today, they’re primarily saving the lives of Ukrainian civilians
We discussed 🇺🇦AF needs in order to continue the fight. I highly appreciate Gen.Miley’s leadership in providing 🇺🇦 with military aid. Mutual trust & shared vision assist in ramping up capabilities of 🇺🇦military to defend 🇺🇦peaceful cities, which guarantees security throughout #EU
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In a conversation with #GenMilley, Chairman of @thejointstaff, thanked for everything done for us by the 🇺🇸people. Assured, we’ll fight until we have no strength. Our goal is to liberate the whole 🇺🇦land. 🇺🇦soldiers will accept no negotiations, agreements or compromise solutions.
Have informed my 🇺🇸counterpart on the operational picture & urgent needs of #AFU.
Situation on the frontline is stable & controlled. We are tracking attentively the enemy’s activities on the border with belarus & building a reliable shield for the protection of 🇺🇦 in the North.
🇺🇦Defence Forces continue the offensive in Kharkiv direction.
Enemy actively attacks in Donetsk direction but has no success. We are holding defence due to the resilience of our units.
In Kherson direction, we are conducting stabilizing activities & reinforcing defence lines.
Significant efforts of our military are behind the so-called “goodwill gesture” of the enemy. Just as the enemy retreated from Kyiv and Kharkiv oblast, abandoned Zmiinyi (Snake) Island, the likely pullout from Kherson are the outcome of our active operations. #ValeriiZaluzhnyi
Directly along the Kherson axis, 🇺🇦Defence Forces have destroyed the logistic lines & support system, disrupted the enemy’s command & control system.
Thus, 🇷🇺 was left with no other option but to resort to fleeing.
As of now, we can neither confirm nor deny the information about the so-called withdrawal of 🇷🇺occupational troops from Kherson. We keep conducting offensive operations in accordance with our plan.
This is how the aggressor state 🇷🇺 carries out air-to-surface & surface-to-surface missile attacks on 🇺🇦territory. Situation as of 10:20-11:00.
Enemy used air-,sea- & land based missiles; ballistic missiles; surface-to-air missiles; reconnaissance & attack UAVs of Shahed-136 type
Air defence Assets of Air Force, Land Forces of 🇺🇦Armed Forces & our air defence units destroyed the majority of lethal missiles & projectiles. With such an intensity of simultaneous attacks from all directions, they have demonstrated professionalism & devotion to their deal.
We have to repel these attacks using soviet-era weapons which we possess an insufficient quantity of.
Security of Ukraine and the entire Europe – in the skillful hands of our warriors.