The Donnetsk fights: Ukraine backs Russian efforts to advance

The Ukrainian Army said on Monday that bombings against its defence troops in Donnetsk are continuing, but that new efforts by Russian forces to gain territory have failed, CNN writes, Pryskopi records. The General Staff said the north of the town of Slovenansk has faced new attacks and that many civilians are [...]
The General Staff said that the north of the town of Slovenansk has faced new attacks and that many civilians have left the region weeks ago.
The Russians continued to bomb areas along the border of Luhansk and Donetsk and have faced ground attacks from the east of the town of Lysychansk, which they took last month.
Ukrainian forces still in defense of this territory in the eastern Donestsk region are under attack on two sides as the Russians try to reach the village of Siversk. But the General Staff said that <x0backers successfully rejected attacks in the regions of Verkhniokaske, Spirne and Serebrianka” all in the vicinity of Siversk.
The Ukrainian Army said Russian efforts to attack from the south, near Bakhm, had also been reversed.
Overall, very few territory has changed hands in Donbas since the fall of Lysychanx while Ukrainian forces have seized new defensive positions. /Periscopi/












