Ukraine said Tuesday that Russia’s military campaign has “entered its most active phase,” according to the words of Defense Ministry spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk.
“Three months after invading Ukraine, Russian forces are trying to encircle Ukrainian troops in twin cities straddling the Siverskyi Donets River in eastern Ukraine,” he described. Further as Reuters reports, “Motuzyanyk said Russian forces had not given up attempts to cross the river.” The area referenced is in and around the vicinity of the city of Sievierodonetsk and represents the last major Ukrainian stronghold in the eastern Lugansk province. Alongside Lysychansk on the opposite bank, this section of the river is where the most pivotal battle is now taking place.
Russian forces are reportedly advancing from three directions in an attempt to completely encircle Ukrainian positions there. Shelling on the area has greatly increased according to accounts from all sides.
Local Ukrainian officials have also acknowledged that the fighting has intensified to its worst point since the start of the conflict, and that civilians are now being told to evacuate immediately, as The Moscow Times details:
The governor of Lugansk said Russia had sent thousands of troops to capture his entire region and that Severodonetsk was under massive attack.
He warned an estimated 15,000 civilians still in the city that it was too late to leave.
“At this point I will not say: get out, evacuate,” Sergiy Gaidai said on Telegram.
“Now I will say: stay in a shelter, because such a density of shelling will not allow us to calmly gather people and come for them.”
West of this in one of the largest Donbas cities, called Slovyansk, Ukrainian forces are still firmly in control, with the streets still relatively ‘normal’ in terms of civilian activity, despite air raid sirens routinely blaring.
Serhiy Gaidai, governor of Luhansk province, said of the Russian assaults on Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk, “The enemy has focused its efforts on carrying out an offensive in order to encircle Lysychansk and Sievierodonetsk.”
“The intensity of fire on Sievierodonetsk has increased by multiple times, they are simply destroying the city,” he said in televised statements. He estimated that some 15,000 civilians are under threat given how rapid the fighting is approaching.
Should the twin cities fall, expelling the final Ukrainian troops still fighting, this would effectively mark a complete Russian takeover of Luhansk province.
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With the Azov leadership in Russian custody, maybe the poor Ukrainian conscripts (and volunteers) will finally be allowed to surrender without getting shot in the back. Meanwhile America is pushing a plan to sink any Russian ship in the Black sea (having the Romanians do it). We thought America would only fight to the last Ukrainian. Looks like they have plans to continue the fight against Russia even AFTER they’ve run out of Ukrainians. I get that America can buy off Romanian (and Moldovan and Polish) politicians to keep the fight going, but how stupid would the citizens of those countries have to be to go along with it? Zelensky is tempting the Polish to enter Ukraine, but Lviv – while historically Polish – got thoroughly de-Poled in 1946 and the ethnically Polish population there is now miniscule. Do the Poles they they’ll be welcomed as liberators in Lviv?
The latest from the Ukes is they introduced a bill to make it legal to execute soldiers trying to flee or surrender. This is a desperate attempt to get in front of the Nuremburg II trials likely to be conducted by the Russians.
Putin gonna be getting a bunch of US supplied weapons soon. Biden is pissed because no 10% for The Big Guy.
U.S. Weapons. They’re not just for afghanistan, anymore
Aren’t supply chain problems worth another 5% for President Asterisk?
Hey Everybody! Look at Taiwan! A Squirrel!
Earlier, the Alex(s) discussed how the US and NATO has realized Ukraine is lost, left it to Poland to lose and turned their attention on Taiwan, not realizing the mistake they’ve made.
Jake Sullivan, the Cow Nuland and Blinken are making policy for the country and they do not realize they are stupid. I’m paraphrasing.
The Duran is livestreaming now. Fascinating discussion ongoing.
Alexander just said that Britain is in economic crisis.
Gonzalo Lira:
“The war is over.”
“The worst part is, that the people in Washington knew that they [Ukrainian soldiers] would be dying for nothing.”
They didn’t die for nothing. They gave their lives to help cover up the Biden Crime Family’s corruption, and so the military industrial complex had a war to profit on to replace Afghanistan
And probably more to it beyond that.
From another ZH article, Kissinger suggests that Ukraine should sue for peace, including ceding territory to the Russians. He also commented that seeking to suffer a “crushing defeat” upon the Russians could have long term disastrous consequences. Hmmmm a feint upon a feint upon a feint? /s
Henry K. needs to focus on the nice fresh adenochrome cocktails and pineal gland canapes being served at Zoroz’ after party later on.
Uncle Henry always bets on both sides, win-win.
Why didn’t Putin send a few bombs and kill Zelensky and all the Ukrainian leadership months ago?
Kill your teammates? Bad for morale.
Why didn’t he nuke Davos. It’s not even in a NATO country.
Austin and Milley hold news conference to give update on events in the Ukraine. So they decide to fly Ukrainian flags alongside Old Glory for CuNNt and Fux news. Problem with this photo op is these idiots are flying Kiev’s flag UPSIDE DOWN!
It has devolved into a clown show at the Pentagon.
That upside-down flag is a real tell.
These people are successful pole-climbers, and have power, but they are basically ignorant fucks.
miley is the faggot lover of admiral levine.
A complete disgrace to the uniform !
Universal surrender sign?
I object. Where is the rainbow flag?
I never thought I’d see the day when I would be pulling for the Russians. It’s a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world.
Just for the hell of it, I tried click’en my heels three times, not damned thing. still living in this shithole.
OK Putin……………maximum firepower and finish these parasite cia/democrat pretenders off.
Not in Russias interests to let this continue.
Only interest it will serves is the parasites in dc/nyc !
Finish it before the Americans get physically involved. It’s all so retarded and it needs to end.
“The 90-year-old puppet”. Period.
FIFY
Followed soon after by the mostest active phase…