After Lysychansk, Russia will proceed to capture the Donetsk region – British intelligence
Russian occupation forces, after the withdrawal of the Armed Forces from Lysychansk, the last large populated place in Luhansk region, will almost certainly focus their attention on the complete capture of Donetsk region.
This is reported by the intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Great Britain.
The department emphasizes that the fighting in and around Lysychansk in Luhansk region has intensified over the past week, and Russian troops are confidently advancing.
– The city was the last remaining large settlement of the Luhansk region under the control of Ukraine. Now, Russia’s attention will almost certainly turn to the capture of the Donetsk region, most of which remains under the control of Ukrainian forces, – intelligence sources say.
The fighting for Donbas has been extremely exhausting, and that is unlikely to change in the coming weeks.
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The head of the Luhansk regional military administration, Serhiy Gaidai, said that the Russians were outnumbered tenfold during the offensive on Lysychansk, and now the occupiers are already entrenched in the city.
Source: UK Ministry of Defence
Photo: General Staff of the Armed Forces, ISW