Ukraine has lost ground around the key eastern city of Lysychansk in a “clear setback” as Russian forces advance. Here's why it matters.
by the Ukrainian news agency Unian on Tuesday as saying that the Ukrainian armed forces were having “big problems” near Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk. He called the threat that the Russians will try to encircle Ukrainians in the area “absolutely real.”
Taking the twin cities would give Moscow full control of the Luhansk province, moving it closer to achieving its objective of capturing the entire region. The gains will come as a boost for Russian President Vladimir Putin, who made capturing the Donbas his primary objective after military setbacks early in the war forced Moscow’s troops to retreat from around the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.
Elderly women have been forced to take cover from shelling in Lysychansk as Russian forces pound the city in an effort to fully seize the Luhansk region of the Donbas.While it would be a “significant blow” to the Ukrainian army, the breakthrough near Lysychansk is not itself a major turning point in the war, Horowitz said, as the Russian forces are still grinding through Ukrainian defenses rather than making swift breaches.
Ultimately, if this week’s breakthrough does bring about the full capture of the Luhansk oblast, it would leave Russia in control of a large chunk of the Donbas but would likely also see Moscow immediately“If Russians are successful in this area, we are probably looking at a relatively fast approach of Russian forces to Slovyansk,” a strategic city in the nearby Donetsk region, Muzyka said.
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