Medvedev, deputy head of Russia’s National Security Council, warned Ukraine and its allies last week. He said, ‘I am often asked why my Telegram posts are so raucous. The answer is that I hate them. They want the end of Russia. As long as I am alive, I will do whatever it takes to make them go missing. Earlier, Medvedev warned that Russia was ready to expand its military operation if it came under attack from Western missiles delivered to Ukraine.
‘Medvedev trying to please fundamentalists’
Meanwhile, former Russian opposition lawmaker Dmitry Gudkov claimed that Medvedev is eyeing power so that Putin can take over the chair if he is forced to step down. “Medvedev is trying to appease the fundamentalists in the hope that Putin will promote him if he leaves power,” he said. Medvedev wrote a Telegram post in April justifying the attack on Ukraine. At the same time, there was a call to increase the influence of Russia throughout Europe and Asia.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Russia could lose more than 40,000 troops by the end of June. In a video address on Sunday, the president said, ‘The Russian army is trying to deploy reserve troops in the Donbass. But what reserve can they talk about now?’ “Russian losses in June could exceed 40,000 military personnel,” he said. They have not lost so many soldiers in any war in many decades. Zelensky said the fiercest battle between the two warring nations is currently taking place in Svyarodonetsk, a city in the separatist Luhansk region in the Donbass.
Fighting for every inch of Ukrainian land: Zelensky
“The Ukrainian Defense Forces are fighting for every inch of Ukrainian land,” he said. He said that Russian forces were also advancing on Lisichansk, Bakhmut and Sloviask. Meanwhile, the military administration of the Luhansk region said that Russian forces continued to open fire on Lisichansk and Svyarodonetsk during Sunday. A six-year-old has died as a result of Russian shelling.