Ukraine President Zelenskyy promises no ‘lull’ in taking back towns from Russia

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky His country vowed there would be no let-up in the retaliation that has retaken towns and cities from Russian troops, as shelling continued across large parts of Ukraine on Sunday.

Zelenskiy took part in the list of cities that Ukraine has taken back in the lightning strikes in the northeast.

“Perhaps some of you now feel that we have a certain lull after a series of victories,” he said in his nightly video address. “But this is not silence. This is preparation for the next series … because Ukraine must be free – all of it.”

Ukraine’s military command said its forces secured the eastern bank of the Oskal River on Saturday. The river, which flows south from Russia into Ukraine, was a natural break in the new ranks that had emerged since Kyiv’s retaliation began.

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As Russian shells hit towns and cities over the weekend, British Ministry of Defence warned that Moscow is likely to increase attacks on civilian targets as it faces defeat on the battlefield.

“Over the past seven days, Russia has increased its targeting of civilian infrastructure, even though it may not see any immediate military impact,” the ministry said in an online briefing. “As it faces setbacks on the front lines, Russia has likely expanded the locations it is willing to attack in an effort to directly undermine the morale of the Ukrainian people and government.”

Russian fire killed four medics trying to evacuate a psychiatric hospital in the Kharkiv region on Saturday, Governor Oleh Senyhobov said. He said that two patients were injured in the attack in Strelicha.

Regional governor Vitaly Kim said overnight shelling also hit a hospital in Mykolaiv, a major Black Sea port. And five people died yesterday. Russian offensive in Donetsk Governor Pavlo Kirilenko said the region is one of two regions in Ukraine that Russia recognizes as independent states.

One prisoner was killed and four wounded in Ukrainian shelling of a prisoner-of-war colony in Olenyuka, separatist forces that control much of Donetsk said. More than 50 militants are reported to have been killed in an attack on Olenyuka prison in July. Russian and Ukrainian authorities are blaming each other.

The Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank, said Russian forces in Donetsk continued to conduct “pointless operations” on villages as opposed to reinforcing the front line.

A top Vatican envoy and his entourage were shot while distributing humanitarian aid in Ukraine, the Vatican News Service said on Sunday. No one was injured.

The incident took place on Saturday near the city of Zaporizhzhia, and forced Vatican Almoner Cardinal Konrad Krajewski and others to take cover.

“For the first time in my life, I didn’t know where to run. Because it’s not enough to run, you have to know where to go,” said the Polish-born Cardinal. Name

A top Ukrainian official says 450 bodies, some with their hands tied behind their backs, have been found in the Ezeum mass grave.

Regional governor Valentin Reznichenko said three people were wounded by shelling overnight in Nikopol, across the river from Europe’s largest nuclear power station. The six-reactor Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was seized by Russian forces in March but is being operated by Ukrainian engineers. Its last reactor was shut down a week ago after repeated power failures as shelling threatened critical safety systems.

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Meanwhile, prosecutors in Kharkiv are accusing Russia of torturing civilians in a recently liberated village. In an online statement, he said he had found a basement where Russian forces allegedly tortured prisoners in Kozacha Lupin, near the Russian border.

In the photos they released, they showed a Russian military TA-57 telephone with extra wires and alligator clips attached. Ukrainian authorities have accused Russian forces using the Soviet era A radiotelephone is a powerful tool to shock prisoners during interrogation. It was not immediately possible to confirm the Ukrainians’ claims.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.