The commander of the Ground Forces, Lieutenant General Oleksandr Pavlyuk, said that the Ukrainian army will soon stabilize the situation on the battlefield and aims to form units for counteroffensive actions already this year. Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said that Russia will try to launch a new offensive this spring or summer, but Kyiv has its own battle plan. On the other hand, the spokesman of the Ukrainian military, Dmytro Ligovii, said on Wednesday on national television that the Russian troops failed to gain a foothold near Avdiyivka. Instead, the Russians concentrated on the territory in the south. The Russians are trying to advance on Donetsk at the cost of significant losses. According to the balance presented by Kyiv on Wednesday, 1,250 Russian soldiers would have died in one day.

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07:48Russian troops failed to seize a new area near Avdiivka. According to the spokesman of the Ukrainian army, Dmytro Likhovoy, the Russians are focusing on the area in the south, The Guardian notes.

Maksym Zhorin, the Ukrainian commander in the area, also said Russian forces were having difficulty advancing. The last target was the village of Orlivka. “They are constantly trying to move forward and make progress where possible. Despite heavy losses, they persistently attack both day and night.”

01:14The Republic of Moldova suspends the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe

The Government of the Republic of Moldova approved on Wednesday the draft law on the suspension of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, signed in Paris on November 19, 1990. Also in Paris, Chisinau will sign a bilateral agreement on defense cooperation. with France on Thursday, News.ro reports citing NewsMaker reports.

00:16The visit of President Volodymyr Zelenskyi and Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis to Odesa on March 6 was not the reason for the rocket attack on the city by Russia on the same day, spokeswoman of the Southern Operational Command of Ukraine Nataliya Humenyuk told Radio Free Europe.

A brief retelling of the last events of the war:

• The visit of President Volodymyr Zelenskyi and Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis to Odesa on March 6 was not the reason for the rocket attack on the city by Russia on the same day, spokeswoman of the Southern Operational Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Nataliya Humenyuk told Radio Free Europe.
• The US administration believes it is too early to say whether Wednesday’s attack in Odesa, which killed five people, was aimed at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi, who was in the southern Ukrainian city with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis , reports AFP.
• The Ukrainian army will soon stabilize the situation on the battlefield and plans to form units for counteroffensive actions later this year, a military commander said on Wednesday, Reuters reports.
• Maya Sandu, appeal to Vladimir Putin: Withdraw your army from Ukraine and deal with the internal problems of the Russian Federation
• Five people died as a result of a Russian attack on the infrastructure of the Ukrainian port in Odesa on Wednesday
• The former head of the Russian space agency, Dmytro Rogozin, posted on his VK account a message from Senate Senator Diana Ivanovych-Shoshoake on Tuesday regarding Transnistria, which he said is “a new bone of contention between the Eastern and Western blocs and a possible new flashpoint of the conflict around Romania”.
• Maia Sandu: Russia cannot reach Moldova. Ukraine is our shield
• VIDEO Violent clashes erupted in parts of Warsaw on Wednesday between law enforcement agencies outside the parliament and farmers protesting policies they say threaten their livelihoods.

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