The U.S. Sun, by Harvey Geh: Savage Russian troops made a sudden thrust in a two-pronged attack, as Ukraine’s General Staff revealed the raging despot has massed at least 110,000 on the frontline in the Donetsk region.
The terrifying development could give warmongering Putin an upper hand when he meets the US President for crunch talks on Friday.
Mad Vlad might even leverage the move as a bargaining chip to increase pressure on Kyiv to give up land.
His bloodthirsty forces have reportedly advanced by at least 10km north in two prongs in recent days, as part of their attempt to capture the entire Donetsk region.
The surprise thrust was made near the coal mining town of Dobropillia – marking the most dramatic advancement this year.
Russian forces barbarically surged towards three villages on a section of the frontline near Kostyantynivka and Pokrovsk, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.
The city of Pokrovsk has an immense strategic importance – the road and rail hub has been dubbed by Russian media as the “gateway to Donetsk.”
Moscow currently controls over 70 per cent of the highly-contested Donetsk region – but capturing it entirely could allow Putin’s forces to cause major disruption to supply lines on the eastern front.
Ukraine’s DeepState authority said: “The situation is quite chaotic, as the enemy, having found gaps in the defence, is infiltrating deeper, trying to quickly consolidate and accumulate forces for further advancement.”
Russian troops reportedly used small sabotage and infantry groups to carry out their advancement.
Ukrainian authorities said additional units had arrived in the affected areas.
Some of Putin’s forces have reportedly already been eliminated or captured.
It comes as Russia accused Britain of trying to sabotage the Ukraine peace talks set to be held between Trump and Putin.
The Kremlin slammed the UK and accused it of trying to disrupt the crunch talks – after Sir Keir Starmer warned the Russian leader could not be “trusted”.
The Russian embassy in London said: “We note the ongoing attempts by London and some of its partners to disrupt a peace resolution of the conflict by eliminating its root causes.
“This is clearly demonstrated by the statements and activity developed by the British leadership in the run-up to the Russian-American summit in Alaska.”
Sir Keir backed Trump’s plans but urged to be more caution.
The PM’s official spokesman said: “Never trust President Putin as far as you could throw him, but we obviously will support Ukraine.
“Any ceasefire cannot just be an opportunity for President Putin to go away, re-arm, restrengthen, and then go again.”
Trump said on August 8 that he hopes to hold a meeting with Putin in Alaska on August 15.
Washington and Moscow are said to be eyeing a deal to put an end to the bloody conflict in Ukraine – but it may not be all good news for Kyiv.
Trump told reporters in The White House that Zelensky is “going to have to get ready to sign something” in order to bring peace to his nation.
Top diplomats from the US and Russia and currently working on an agreement to finalise post-war territories, senior officials told Bloomberg.
Zelensky’s invitation to the peace talks is still being weighed up by the White House and it is currently unclear if he will attend or not.
Sources said Trump’s team is trying to get Ukraine and its European allies on board to get a peace deal that would see Kyiv make some concessions.
One major sticking point for Moscow is the annexation of Ukrainian territory – one of Putin’s long-term demands.
Zelensky has been adamant that Ukraine will not accept any further annexation of its land.
Although he suggested Russia could be allowed to retain some of the land it has taken.
Moscow is likely to demand that Ukraine cede its entire eastern Donbas area to Russia, as well as Crimea – which Moscow annexed in 2014.
This means Ukrainian troops will need to withdraw from the territory of Donetsk and Luhansk – the regions still being held by Kyiv.
In return, Moscow would stop its offensive in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine along the current battlelines, according to the officials.
Kyiv risks being presented with a take-it-or-leave-it offer during the high-stakes meeting.
Zelensky has told European leaders they must reject any settlement proposals by the US that demand Ukraine give up further land.
Trump announced on Friday that the only way to resolve the issues is for both sides to accept losses of land.
He said: “It’s complicated, actually. Nothing is easy. It’s very complicated.
“We’re going to get some switched. There’ll be some swapping of territories to the betterment of both.”
The MAGA prez said he would try to return territory to Ukraine.
Don added: “Russia has occupied a big portion of Ukraine. They’ve occupied some very prime territory.
“We’re going to try and get some of that territory back for Ukraine.”
Putin, who has consistently rejected calls for a ceasefire, said that he wants peace but that his demands for ending his invasion were “unchanged”.
Prophetic Link:
“And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.” Matthew 24:6, 7.