UAF counterattacks in the Izium direction and the difficult situation in the Donbas: what is happening on the 81st day of the war (online)

The 81st day of full-scale war in Ukraine has started today. The Russian army continues to fire rockets at Ukrainian cities.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a law banning the activities of pro-Russian political parties.

Adviser to the head of the President’s Office Oleksiy Arestovych said that the Armed Forces had counterattacked by enemy troops in the Izyum direction in the Kharkiv region, which may indicate a gradual transition of the enemy to defense.

Zelenskyy also said that the situation in Donbas remains difficult, but since a counteroffensive is taking place in Kharkiv region, the whole of Ukraine will be liberated.

The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov stated that Russia had suffered a strategic defeat and that Ukraine was entering a long-term phase of the war.

The head of the Ministry of Reintegration Iryna Vereshchuk said that Turkey and China are trying to help evacuate the severely wounded defenders of Azovstal.

The most important events of the 81st day are in the broadcast of ICTV Facts.