Russia making steady advances towards capturing Sevierodonetsk and Lysychansk, the last two cities under Ukrainian control, advisers say
The battle for two key cities in eastern Ukraine is edging towards “a fearsome climax”, an adviser to the Ukrainian president,Russia’s efforts to capture Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk – the two remaining cities under Ukrainian control in Luhansk – have turned into a bloody war of attrition, with both sides inflicting heavy casualties. Moscow, over the last two weeks, has managed to make steady gains.
“In order to avoid encirclement, our command could order that the troops retreat to new positions,” Haidai said in a post on Telegram. The Russian state news agency, Tass, cited Russian-backed separatists saying Lysychansk was surrounded and cut off from supplies after Russia captured a road linking the city to Ukrainian-held territories.
There are now concerns among the Ukrainian military that Moscow is mounting a new attack on Kharkiv, despite a successful counter-offensive that pushed Russian troops away from its outskirts earlier this month. Ukraine’s military will also welcome the announcement made by Oleksii Reznikov, the defence minister, who on Thursday announced that the much-requested Himars long-range rocket systems had started to arrive from the US.
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