Moscow / Kyiv – Following the airstrike by Ukraine in the Russian city of Belgorod, Russian defence forces have intensified their attacks furthermore. Russian forces have targeted southern and eastern Ukraine cities, including a large oil refinery in central Ukraine. In the wake of these escalating Russian attacks, Ukrainian officials have aggressively demanded that Western nations supply Ukraine with heavy weapons, including missiles, tanks, and fighter jets. At the same time, Western countries’ plans to trap Russia by using Ukraine as ‘Afghanistan’ will not succeed, claimed Mykhailo Podoliak, an adviser to the Ukrainian President.  

On Friday early morning, an airstrike was launched on a Russian oil depot in the Russian city of Belgorod, just 40 kilometres from the Russian-Ukrainian border. Russia had claimed that the attack was carried out by Ukrainian MI-24 helicopters. However, Ukraine had avoided providing information for the same. Russia, which has shown displeasure with Ukraine’s stance, appears to have retaliated by launching missile attacks. On Saturday morning, Russia targeted an oil refinery in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk.  

Moreover, Russia used long-range high-precision missiles for the attack. Fuel for the forces in the eastern and central regions of Ukraine was being provided by the project, informed a spokesman for the Russian military. The spokesman also claimed that the Russian attack completely devastated a fuel storage system at the Kremenchuk project. Following these attacks, the military airstrips and other centres in the central Ukrainian city of Poltava and Dnipropetrovsk were targeted, said Russia.  

Furthermore, Russia has also launched missile attacks on the city of Odesa, known as an important port in southern Ukraine. The attack targeted civilian areas, informed Ukraine. Three missiles are said to have been fired on Odessa. The Russian attack in the Pavlohrad region caused extensive damage to the railway, local Ukrainian officials said. Information has surfaced that the Russian Defence Forces have reportedly launched large-scale attacks in the regions of Luhansk, Kherson and Mykolaiv areas to gain full control of eastern Ukraine.  

Meanwhile, senior officials of Ukraine have demanded that Western countries supply heavy weapons to Ukraine in the wake of Russia’s escalating attacks. Although Russia has been prevented to some extent by the force of arms provided so far, a large number of heavy weapons are needed to repel them, Ukrainian officials say. Mykhailo Podoliak, an adviser to the Ukrainian President, has said that Westerners’ plans to form an ‘Afghanistan‘ in Ukraine and trap Russia will not succeed.  

The countries cooperating with us need to understand that the plans to keep Russia in a protracted conflict by making Afghanistan of Ukraine will not succeed, said Podoliak. Russia will withdraw from all Ukraine except eastern and southern Ukraine. Russia will strengthen its position by deploying defence in these two areas, claimed Podoliak.  

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