The situation in Eastern Ukraine was not good, and Zelenskiy appeared on the streets of Kharkiv wearing a bulletproof vest, which was the first time that Zelenskiy had appeared outside Kiev in the three months since the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
Kharkiv Oblast is close to the Donbass region, and the Ukrainian side said that the Russian army still controls 30% of the territory here. Previously, the Russian army abandoned the attack on Kharkov and instead attacked the Donbass region in an all-round way, and now the Russian army holding on to Kharkov has made no new progress or retreat. The city of Kharkiv is located just 40 kilometers from the Russian border and is an important transport hub as the second largest city in Ukraine.
Zelenskiy was here, inspected the front lines, and awarded the Ukrainian soldiers, partly to boost morale, and partly because Kharkiv is now relatively safe, and Zelenskiy also sent a signal to the United States that the war situation was deteriorating, ukraine had strong determination and will, but was in urgent need of American military assistance.
Biden's attitude has also changed by one hundred and eighty degrees, and the previous day he vetoed the supply of long-range rocket systems to Ukraine, "We will not send rocket artillery systems to Ukraine that can strike in Russia." Kiev began to publicly "threaten" Washington, and Ukrainian presidential adviser Alessovich said that if it was not given, Kiev would have a "typical and public hysterical attack" against Washington.
Less than a day later, Biden changed course, saying he had decided to provide Ukraine with more advanced rocket systems and ammunition that would allow them to strike key targets on the Ukrainian battlefield with more precision. The United States will supply Ukraine with a small number of high-tech medium-range rocket systems. Zelenskiy also pledged not to use the U.S.-supplied multiple rocket launcher system to attack the Russian mainland.
Zelenskiy's rare move in Kharkiv has attracted widespread attention. He fired Roman Duding, head of the Department of Security of kharkiv District, because Roman Duding did not do his best to protect the city "just thinking of himself". Earlier, two Ukrainian generals were dismissed by Zelenskiy, who announced on television that he accused the two of "treason." The on-site dismissal was the first since the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
However, compared to the two generals who were accused of "treason" and never bubbled up again, Roman Dooding was not reconciled. Roman Dudin angrily angered Zelenskiy, demanding that Zelenskiy apologize for his remarks and expressing disagreement with his decision to be fired. "I ask you to publicly withdraw the information contained in the allegations about the 'inaction of the leadership of the State Security Service of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region' and to apologize to the personnel of this institution, which is the best performer of all institutions." Roman Dooding said he was willing to be tested with a lie detector.
Most dramatically, Roman Duding also revealed some insider information. Not only the violations of the Ukrainian army in the defense process, law enforcement personnel and leaders of the region, but also mentioned a "show" sent by the Ukrainian army to Zelenskiy. In mid-May, a video of the Arrival of the Ukrainian Army on the Russian-Ukrainian border appeared on the Internet, in which about 12 Ukrainian soldiers took a group photo in front of the Ukrainian boundary monument, which was painted with the representative color of the Ukrainian flag, and one of them reported to Zelenskiy: Mr. President, we did it, we are on the border ...
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry informed the Ukrainian army of the arrival of the Russian-Ukrainian border on Facebook, and Zelenskiy also posted a video praising the heroic fighters.
However, Roman Duding revealed that because of this operation by the Ukrainian army, 4 people were killed and 3 people were injured. "Counterfeiting" is the favorite trick of the Ukrainian armed forces, and a photo with the boundary monument is also arranged, "a pillar is carried to the border and then shamefully discarded ... That's the show for the president."
After a protracted battle, the Azov Steel Plant in Mariupol, which has now been taken by the Russian army, the Russian Ministry of Defense also made surprising discoveries. When the Russian army inspected the steel plant, it found a refrigerated truck filled with the bodies of 152 Ukrainian militants and soldiers, and four mines under the car that had not been detonated.
Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Konashenkov believes that the Ukrainian side ordered the destruction of these bodies in order to "save the Kiev regime and Zelenskiy's personal political reputation" by removing the remains of Ukrainian fighters, otherwise these remains may be handed over to their relatives and expose the true death toll of ukrainian troops. Konashenkov recalled that before being captured, the top brass of the "Azov battalion" had publicly appealed to Zelenskiy to take the body of the deceased away for his family to bury, but there was no response, and the Russian side would hand over the body to the Ukrainian side in the near future.
The Russians are close to taking the strategic location of Luhansk, Severodonitesk. Admiral Shpak, the former commander of the Russian airborne troops, analyzed the tactics used by the Russian and Ukrainian sides in the battle against the city. Schpak said the Russians were gradually occupying the target cities, "and it is clear that the Ukrainians are using the tactics of the German fascists of the last century." They set up firing positions on the upper floors of residential buildings and used civilians underneath the buildings as 'human shields', and the neo-Nazis turned large factories into real fortresses."
The Russian army, then, had to learn from the experience of military struggles of the last century, "we divided the troops into mobile assault groups, as well as precise fire support from tanks and artillery." Shpak highly appreciated the tactics used by the Russian army in Ukraine: this could advance methodically and save the lives of soldiers and civilians.