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segunda-feira, 3 de outubro de 2022

Noticias da guerra de agressão da Rússia contra a Ucrânia e da contra-ofensiva ucraniana - The Economist, The New York Times

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As Ukraine smashes through more Russian lines, Russians wonder whom to blame

Ukrainian forces advance in Luhansk and Kherson

TOPSHOT - Ukrainian soldiers fire a mortar launcher at a position along the front line in the Donetsk region on September 26, 2022, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by ANATOLII STEPANOV / AFP) (Photo by ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images)

ON OCTOBER 3rd, Russia’s lower house rubber-stamped Vladimir Putin’s attempt to annex four Ukrainian provinces. But Ukraine is paying no attention. Forty-eight hours before Russian deputies rose to their feet to applaud the unanimous vote, Ukrainian tanks had rolled into Lyman, a strategic hub in the eastern province of Donetsk that Mr Putin claimed as his own. Later that evening, six Ukrainian battalions pierced enemy lines 200 miles away, in north-east Kherson. By the time Russian soldiers were making SOS appeals for emergency aviation support via social media, the Ukrainians were already at least 12 miles (20km) behind enemy lines

It is unclear how far either operation will carry the Ukrainians. But at the very least, they represent a humiliating political defeat for Russia’s president, coming so soon after he tried to formalise the theft of land he does not fully control. If the four provinces are part of Russia, they are presumably sheltered by its nuclear umbrella. Yet Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, cannot even say where their borders lie. Speaking on October 3rd, he waffled as he tried to define them. 

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The New York Times, October 3, 2022

By Carole Landry

Editor/Writer, Briefings Team

Welcome to the Russia-Ukraine War Briefing, your guide to the latest news and analysis about the conflict.

Ukrainian soldiers in the town of Oskil, in eastern Ukraine, today.Nicole Tung for The New York Times

Ukraine’s big advance

After seizing control of Lyman in the Donetsk region on Saturday, Ukrainian forces pushed forward on two fronts in the east and in the south today. Russian troops were on the run.

Ukraine’s troops chased retreating Russian forces in the east and destroyed a Russian armored column near the village of Torske. Russian officials said that Ukrainian forces had set up positions closer to Lysychansk, which the Russians seized over the summer.

Capturing Lyman gave Ukraine’s military a foothold to try to advance farther east.Source: Institute for the Study of War | By The New York Times

Russia’s Defense Ministry acknowledged that Ukrainian tank units had managed to penetrate its line of defense in the south, in part of the Kherson region. A senior Ukrainian military official described the advance as the beginning of the active phase of an offensive.

The battlefield setbacks put a damper on the Kremlin’s plans for a triumphant day in Moscow. Russia’s lower house of parliament voted unanimously to ratify the illegal annexation of four occupied regions: Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson. President Vladimir Putin said last week the regions would be “forever” part of Russia.

Russia still controls large parts of eastern and southern Ukraine, and Moscow’s forces still hold the advantage in numbers and firepower. Analysts said Ukraine’s military risked advancing too quickly, overstretching its forces and becoming vulnerable to a counterattack.

On the ground in eastern Ukraine, my colleague, Carlotta Gall, interviewed an American who commands a unit of international and Ukrainian volunteers. “The Russians have been retreating,” said the commander, Rob Roy, 26, who uses the code name Borys. “We broke their lines and have been pursuing them since.”

Roy said that many of the Russian conscripts were in poor shape.

“Lots of times they were wearing flip-flops, malnourished,” he said. “It does not scream of a well-mobilized army. My feeling is they don’t want to be here.”

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Russia-Ukraine War

The war in Ukraine has devastated the country, further isolating Russia from the West and fueling economic insecurity around the world.

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