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reported General Staff of the Armed Forces of UkraineMonday, that a number of Russian battalions Posted by Mariupol To the town of Popasna in Lugansk east of the country.
Bubasna was one of the hotbeds of fighting in Eastern UkraineThe Russian military sought to break through the Ukrainian defenses there in an attempt to encircle Ukrainian forces in the East.
The Ukrainian General Staff added that Russians They were also trying to intensify their attacks from Izyum to the towns of Sloviansk and Parvenkov.
Ukrainian military analyst Oleh Zhdanov told The Associated Press that the redeployment of forces from Mariupol to the front line in the east reflects a failure to make any gains there.
The Russian army is still making strenuous efforts to eliminate the last pockets of Ukrainian resistance at the giant Azovstal steel complex in Mariupol.
You are scheduled to United nations Coordinating an effort, Monday, to evacuate civilians who are sheltering in the factory.
bombing ukrainian targets
In this context, the Russian army announced that it had bombed dozens of Ukrainian military targets in the east.
Russian military spokesman Igor Konashenkov said that Russian fighters launched precision-guided missiles to hit 38 Ukrainian targets, including troop and weapons mobilization centers, during the past 24 hours.
Konashenkov added that a Russian air strike destroyed an ammunition depot near Chernihiv in the Zaporozhye region.
A Russian military spokesman said that a Ukrainian fighter jet "MiG-29 was shot down near the city of Sloviansk in eastern Ukraine.
The Russian army has focused its attacks in recent weeks on Donbass regionIndustry stronghold in Ukraine – where Moscow-backed separatists have been battling Ukrainian forces since 2014.
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reported General Staff of the Armed Forces of UkraineMonday, that a number of Russian battalions Posted by Mariupol To the town of Popasna in Lugansk east of the country.
Bubasna was one of the hotbeds of fighting in Eastern UkraineThe Russian military sought to break through the Ukrainian defenses there in an attempt to encircle Ukrainian forces in the East.
The Ukrainian General Staff added that Russians They were also trying to intensify their attacks from Izyum to the towns of Sloviansk and Parvenkov.
Ukrainian military analyst Oleh Zhdanov told The Associated Press that the redeployment of forces from Mariupol to the front line in the east reflects a failure to make any gains there.
The Russian army is still making strenuous efforts to eliminate the last pockets of Ukrainian resistance at the giant Azovstal steel complex in Mariupol.
You are scheduled to United nations Coordinating an effort, Monday, to evacuate civilians who are sheltering in the factory.
bombing ukrainian targets
In this context, the Russian army announced that it had bombed dozens of Ukrainian military targets in the east.
Russian military spokesman Igor Konashenkov said that Russian fighters launched precision-guided missiles to hit 38 Ukrainian targets, including troop and weapons mobilization centers, during the past 24 hours.
Konashenkov added that a Russian air strike destroyed an ammunition depot near Chernihiv in the Zaporozhye region.
A Russian military spokesman said that a Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter was shot down near the city of Sloviansk in eastern Ukraine.
The Russian army has focused its attacks in recent weeks on Donbass regionIndustry stronghold in Ukraine – where Moscow-backed separatists have been battling Ukrainian forces since 2014.