Russia’s major offensive in eastern Ukraine begins

Russia’s major offensive in eastern Ukraine begins


The Russian Navy is getting closer to controlling the city of Mariupol. Once this goal is achieved, it will be able to unite Crimea with the Donbass regions.

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when they are fulfilled 54 days since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the great Russian offensive in Donbass, in eastern Ukraine, has begun, after several days of preparations and concentration of Russian troops in that part of the country. “We can report that the offensive has already started,” Luhansk regional authorities said in a statement.

In a message broadcast through the Telegram account, the regional military administration adds that the evacuation of civilians is “impossible.”

From eastern Ukraine, new russian attacks with missiles against the city of Kramators, as well as other towns in Donetsk, such as Vugledar, Marinka and Gradiv.

On the other hand, the situation has not changed in Mariupolthe besieged port city that the Russian command urged yesterday to surrender. the ultimatum imposed by moscow expired on Sunday at noon, without the Ukrainian resisters laying down their arms.

thousands of civilians of Mariupol, on the coast of the Sea of ​​Azov, are resisting the continuous bombardment of the Russian refugee troops at the Azovstal steel works, a former metallurgical plant created in the 1930s, according to Ukrinform. It is estimated that in that old steel mill there are also entrenched about 2,500 soldierswhich would be the last defense on the Ukrainian side of the city.

Everything seems to indicate that the Russian Navy is getting closer to controlling the city of Mariupol. After taking control of this practically destroyed city, Russia intends to establish a corridor for its troops that once crimeaterritory controlled since 2014, with the pro-Russian regions of donbass.

At least 11 people have died in Lviv, including a child

The death toll in Monday’s attacks on Lviv, a Ukrainian city about 80 kilometers from the border with Poland, has risen to 11, including a child, when one of the Russian missiles hit a civilian target.

Several of the missiles have hit military infrastructure, but at least one has hit facilities with tires and a spectacular fire has broken out. In addition, the authorities have also reported several impacts near the main train station, with no record of civilians injured in this area.


Source: Eitb

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