One of the Senior United States defence officials has revealed that the Russian Nation has increased its rate of destructive strikes by launching some more strikes on Ukraine in the past week than America has seen in recent weeks.
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The official had also revealed that the Ukrainians are using the (High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems) HIMARS that were delivered to their country in security assistance packages “very well.”
According to CNN, the official said this “could be related to the G7. It certainly could be related to the Ukrainian movement of HIMARS into the war theatre.
“Or it could be a larger portion of their long-term battle strategy here. I’m just not sure,” said the official.
The official had also revealed Russia is currently making substantial gains in the Donbas region but is still facing Ukrainian resistance.
In a background call with reporters, the official added the US is aware that several Russian generals have been relieved of command and there are “continued morale concerns with Russian forces.”
In the Kherson region, the United States officials in the country have also reported that some of the local officials who have been working with Russia have been assassinated amid Ukrainian resistance and that the Ukrainians have made modest gains in the northern part of the region.
In another report, some scores of people who are mostly civilians were confirmed dead or wounded in a Russian missile strike Monday on a crowded shopping mall in Ukraine’s central city of Kremenchuk, Ukrainian officials said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a Telegram post that the number of victims was ‘unimaginable,’ citing reports that more than 1,000 civilians were inside at the time of the attack. Images from the scene showed giant plumes of black smoke from a shopping center engulfed in flames, as emergency crews rushed in and onlookers watched in distress.
According to the regional governor, no fewer than 10 people were dead and more than 40 wounded, according to the Ukrainian regional governor.
Zelenskyy said the target presented ‘no threat to the Russian army’ and had ‘no strategic value.’ He accused of Russia of sabotaging ‘people’s attempts to live a normal life, which make the occupiers so angry.’
The alleged Russian missile strike carried echoes of attacks earlier in the war that caused large numbers of civilian casualties — such as one in March on a Mariupol theater where many civilians had holed up, killing an estimated 600, and another in April on a train station in eastern Kramatorsk that left at least 59 people dead.
