To tip its favour.. America is preparing to give Kiev long-range missiles

The Wall Street Journal reported today, Thursday, that US and European officials said that the United States is about to agree to donate a long-range missile system to Ukraine, in a move that would… Tipping Kiev in its fight against Russia.

This comes while announced ukraine, Today, its forces are making slow gains around Bakhmut in “fierce” fighting with Russian forces, while Russia, for its part, confirmed that it killed two Ukrainian generals in a strike on Kramatorsk two days ago.

“We are advancing near Pakhmut and we are continuing,” said the commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, Oleksandr Sersky, in a post on social media.

For several weeks, Ukrainian forces have been making slow progress on the outskirts of Bakhmut, the epicenter of the fighting in the Donbass region, after launching a counter-attack earlier this month.

For her part, Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Gana Malyar confirmed, on Thursday, that The offensive of our forces in the direction of Melitopol and Berdyansk (Southeast) and Bakhmut is continuous.

“Our forces are gnawing at every meter of enemy territory in this fierce battle,” she said in a statement, adding, “They are making progress.”

Ukraine has announced the recovery of dozens of towns since the start of its counterattack in early June, but it has been facing Russian defenses equipped for months with trenches and minefields.

For its part, Russia announced, on Thursday, that its forces had killed two Ukrainian generals and “up to 50 officers” in a strike on the city of Kramatorsk, 50 kilometers from the front.

According to the Ukrainian authorities, a Russian strike on a restaurant in Kramatorsk two days ago killed 12 people and injured 65 others.

“As a result of the June 27 strike on Kramatorsk, two generals and up to 50 officers of the Ukrainian army…and 20 mercenaries and advisers were eliminated,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

The Russian ministry did not specify whether the strike it was talking about was the same as the strike on the restaurant, at a time when the Ukrainian authorities mentioned the presence of “mainly civilians” in the “Ria Pizza” restaurant, which was targeted on Tuesday and is usually frequented by journalists, humanitarian and military workers.