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The world’s sanctions offensive must resume – address of President of Ukraine
President of Ukraine Official Website
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
8 September 2023 - 21:49
https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/sankcijnij-nastup-svitu-maye-vidnovitisya-zvernennya-prezide-85493
Dear Ukrainians, I wish you good health!
It’s been a very active day today, with a lot of international communication – Ukraine needs to be heard and understood worldwide. Shared emotions are always a great source of greater support.
Yalta European Strategy Summit - various meetings, interviews.
A meeting with the members of our sanctions group led by Andriy Yermak and Michael McFaul. A report on what has already been achieved in our work with partners for sanctions against Russia. Milestones for the near future. Currently, we see a prolonged sanctions pause from our partners. And Russia’s overly active attempts to circumvent the sanctions. It’s crucial to add solutions to the free world, which should defend itself. And have success in this!
And, even more so, it should avoid any attempts to use free world companies, technologies, and products to wage war against freedom.
Three priorities: further sanctions against Russia’s energy sector, real restrictions on the supply of chips and microelectronics in general to terrorists, and further blocking of the Russian financial sector. This world’s sanctions offensive must resume.
On the eve of the Sports Day, I met with the community of our athletes. Those who bring glory to the world for Ukraine deserve applause on the arenas for our flag.
Today, I also held an important preparatory meeting regarding an upcoming international event planned for this September. Details will follow shortly. We are preparing an important defense package for our soldiers.
And one more thing. Chevron badges. Guys, our brigades, which I recently visited in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions – your chevron badges are already here, in my office, on the boards. I am proud of every brigade, every soldier!
Glory to all who fight for our state! I thank each and every one who works for the Ukrainian strength! And to all who help our people overcome this time, overcome the consequences of Russian terror. We will definitely win!
Glory to Ukraine!
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7 Sep: Finally! Ukrainians BREAKTHROUGH MAIN RUSSIAN LINE & PUNCH 2nd HOLE | Ukraine War Update
Divine Justice
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Sep 8, 2023 12:15 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZWuwZje6M
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the Defense Forces continue to conduct offensive defense in the Bakhmut and Melitopol sectors of the front, and also achieved success in the Robotyne-Novoprokopivka direction. For these successes to continue, the Ukrainians’ primary objective was to make a major breach in the Russian 1st Main Line of defense in Zaporizhia. The Ukrainians achieved this. But in order to increase Kiev’s opportunities in these areas, it needs to encircle the Tokmak direction and open the 2nd breach there. And then the Ukrainians are expected to go on an adventure to Melitopol.
Let’s explore how this breakthrough, which covers the critical areas between Orikhiv and Melitopol, is taking place. First of all, there is evidence that clashes are now intensifying in other sectors as well. On the Berdyansk axis, first and foremost in the area of Novodonetske and Novomayorske settlements, we are seeing such situations this week. The area between Pryiutne and Novodonetske in Velyka Novosilka is also quite active. There, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are currently advancing from Novodonetske towards Novomayorske.
On the other hand, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are conducting military operations in two other directions. To the west of Orikhiv, these are attacks on Kamianske near Vasylivka. There is also good news south of Orikhiv. Its Russian-appointed head, Yevgeny Balitsky, reported that the Russian army tactically abandoned the village of Robotyne in the Zaporizhzhia region. That is, Russia has completely abandoned this settlement. After that, the Ukrainian Forces achieved another breakthrough near Robotyne. The gap in the Surovikin Line was significantly widened. War analysts report that Ukrainian forces have widened the gap in Russian defenses near Robotyne in the Zaporizhzhia region, the so-called Surovikin Line.
Intelligence reports indicate that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have started to use infantry more actively in this direction. Ukrainian troops also moved closer to the Russian defenses between Robotyne and Novoprokopivka. Judging by some of the activities of the collaborators, they say that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been carrying out artillery strikes in this direction for several days. A large number of minefields have been destroyed during the work of Ukrainian artillery in these last few days.
There are also Ukrainian breakthroughs southwest of Orikhiv. Retired colonel Viktor Kevliyuk, a military expert at the Ukrainian Center for Defense Strategies, noted that there are three sectors available on the front where the Tavria Operational-Strategic Force Group is infiltrating the Russian defense. These directions are the strategic trenches on the Vasylivka side southwest of Orikhin, an area about 30 km wide from the village of Zherebianky northeast of Vasylivka to Nesteryanka, and a section 3-5 km deep.
But today’s most important news came from near the settlement of Verbove, southeast of Orikhiv. Ukrainian forces are advancing towards the wooded positions east of the Russian anti-tank ditches and the dragon’s tooth obstacles, part of the three-layer defense, just west of Verbove. Ukrainian light infantry also reached a series of prepared Russian defensive positions along the road from Verbove northwest to this settlement. In addition, Ukrainian forces appear to be making gains with infantry attacks and heavy artillery fire on Russian positions further inland and south of this layer, in the immediate vicinity of the as yet unviolated Russian defensive layer stretching from northwest of Verbove to north of Solodka Balka.
So first Ukrainian troops made a major breach in the 1st Main defense line between Robotyne and Verbove in Zaporizhia. Now the Ukrainians have stepped up their military activity to open the 2nd breach in the Tokmak direction to reach Melitopol. Ukrainian troops have already established a complete blockade of these areas and launched siege operations. To this end, Kiev’s current target is Tokmak and beyond. The section between Novoprokopivka and Verbove, which achieved the greatest success in the Tokmak direction, is about 10 km wide and up to 8 km deep.
The Ukrainians want to use this line to capture Tokmak completely. Seeing this vulnerability, the Ukrainians have already made a move to land in the settlement. According to the Commander-in-Chief of the Operational-Strategic Force Grouping Tavria, Ukrainian forces have advanced through the main Russian defense line towards Tokmak.