Ukraine War: Russian army claims to occupy Ukraine's Blahodatne, Kyiv hopes for help from allied countries

Clashes continue in eastern Ukraine between Russia and Ukraine. After Russia's Wagner Group, now the Russian army also claimed on Tuesday that it has captured the important Blahodatne village of Donetsk province. Meanwhile, Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said on Tuesday that it would soon receive 120 to 140 tanks from 12 NATO allies in the first batch. After this we will be able to put pressure on Russia.

Russia's Defense Ministry has said that Blahodatne, five kilometers from Bakhmut, has been captured with the help of the Air Force. However, this is yet to be independently confirmed.

Apart from this, Russia has claimed control over many areas around Bakhmut. Here, along with the Russian army, members of the private organization Wagner Group have also been fighting together for about a month. 

According to the decree of President Vladimir Putin, published in the Legislative Portal of the Government of Russia, it has been decided in the high-level meeting to check the weapons in the cars in view of the terrorist attack. At the same time, Ukraine's Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov is on a tour of Paris from Tuesday regarding the supply of jets. 

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