The long-awaited passing of the U.S. aid bill in the House of Representatives over the weekend was swiftly followed by a collective sigh of relief in Ukraine and among the country’s allies. Speaking in an interview with MSNBC on April 21, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the delay "has had real consequences" for Ukraine. "The Ukrainians have now, for months, been outgunned, roughly one to five, one to 10, depending on what part of the front line you are talking about," Stoltenberg said.
A major television tower was toppled in Ukraine's war-battered city of Kharkiv on Monday after bombardments from Russia forces, as the country's head of military intelligence warned the situation on the front lines would likely deteriorate in coming weeks.The claim of Novomykhailivka's capture from the Russian defence ministry came just after the head of Ukrainian military intelligence warned that fighting for his country's forces in the east would likely get much harder in the coming weeks.
Due to the depletion of Ukraine's air defences at the front, Russian aircraft are supporting consistent and rapid Russian successes, including near the town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk Oblast. Source: Institute for the Study of War (ISW) Details: Military analysts believe that Ukraine's air defences remain limited and degraded, allowing Russian aircraft to operate freely and without threat in certain critical areas of the front line.
In Rostov Oblast, the drones were downed at 3:10 a.m. local time over the mining city of Novoshakhtinsk, the regional governor, Vasily Golubev, claimed.