There were great battles near Lysychansk and Severodonetsk.
The Battle of Donbas remains Russia's main strategic direction in Ukraine, the British Ministry of Defense said on Friday, but the Russian army has suffered significant losses due to limited territorial acquisitions.
< span style = "font-weight: 400;"> Russia withdrew its troops from Kyiv in March after failing to take the capital in the early stages of the February 24 invasion, and launched a massive offensive in the Donbas.
“The fighting was particularly heavy around Lysychansk and Severodonetsk, with an attempt to advance south of Izyum in the direction of Slovyansk,” the ministry said in a statement on Twitter.
Latest Defense Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 29 April 2022
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Due to Ukraine's strong resistance, Russia's territorial successes have been limited and achieved at a significant price, the Ministry added in a regular bulletin.
The fiercest fighting and shelling is taking place in the south and east of Ukraine, and the southern port of Mariupol has been under siege for several months and lies in ruins. Its inhabitants and Ukrainian troops are hiding underground at the Azovstal metallurgical plant.
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It will be recalled that on April 27, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson stated that he did not object if Ukraine used its weapons against goals in Russia. He noted that our state has the right to defend itself. But the first to publicly support this thesis was United Kingdom Minister for the Armed Forces James Gippi. He stressed that weapons from the West even have the necessary range. Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said Ukraine has the right to do whatever it takes to defend its land.
What foreign experts predict – read in the material of Tatiana Silina “Battle for Donbas: why Putin should lose” for ZN.UA.
See the special topic: Enemy hangars with a “cargo of 200” clogged with “cue” – audio interception of the SBU Russian invader told about the losses in the company: out of 67 servicemen, only 10 remain. The enemy has increased the rate of artillery and air strikes on Azovstal – ISW In particular, the occupiers are targeting a field hospital located on the territory of the plant. Russia has already lost about 23,000 troops in Ukraine – the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Data on Russia's military losses are being clarified. Russian invaders fired on a school in Severodonetsk – head of the OVA Artillery strike on the city by the Russian army in the morning.
