Au “96e day of the defense of Ukraine against the Russian offensive”, writes daily online Oukraïnska Pravdathe clashes in the Donbass are of concern to all the Ukrainian media, which are particularly worried about the situation in the city of Sievierodonetsk.
Russia pulls out all the stops to occupy Luhansk Oblast
“The occupiers continue to try to take Sievierodonetsk”, continues Oukraïnska Pravda, which reminds us that the city is “the administrative and industrial center of Luhansk Oblast since 2014”.
If several sources mention a “decisive fight” about the battle of Sievierodonetsk, the journalist Yury Boutoussov believes that:
“Discussions about the decisive fight in the Donbass began almost immediately after the liberation of the regions of Sumy, Chernihiv, kyiv and its suburbs”.
“But it’s only been a few weeks since experts have been talking about the actual start of the battle for Donbass. Currently, all the most severe fighting is taking place on the entire perimeter of Luhansk and Donetsk. The hottest spots are in Avdiivka, Bakhmut, Sievierodonetsk and Lyssychansk.”
The reasons for the Kremlin’s stubbornness
To achieve their objectives as quickly as possible, the Russian forces again changed tactics. In an interview with the television channel Apostrophespecialist in military matters Mykhailo Zhyrokhov explains