Russia Claims Key Victory In Eastern Ukraine
Newsy
Russian forces are closer to their goal of capturing the entire Donbas region in Ukraine's industrial heartland.
New footage from Moscow shows a Russian marine unit, using rapid-fire cannons atop an armored personnel carrier pushing deeper into Ukraine.
It's the potent weaponry of a scorched earth campaign that, as Russian-state TV itself shows, is creating victories over wastelands.
This is Sievierodonetsk, a key city where Russia on Monday claimed victory after Ukrainian forces withdrew the day before. Here's why this is significant: these are the areas that were under Russian control before the February 24 invasion. And here's what they've added to their column to date: with Russian forces fully seizing Sievierodonetsk, the last major stronghold of Ukranian resistance in Luhansk province. Russian forces are closer to their goal of capturing the entire Donbas in Ukraine's industrial heartland.
