The fall of Sievierodonetsk — once home to more than 100,000 people, now a wasteland – is Russia’s biggest victory since capturing the port of Mariupol last…
Ukraine called its retreat from the city a “tactical withdrawal” to fight from higher ground in Lysychansk on the opposite bank of the Siverskyi Donets river. Pro-Russian separatists said Moscow’s forces were now attacking Lysychansk.
Kyrylo Budanov, Ukraine’s military intelligence chief, told Reuters that Ukraine was carrying out “a tactical regrouping” by pulling its forces out of Sievierodonetsk to higher ground across the river. As Europe’s biggest land conflict since World War Two entered its fifth month, Russian missiles also rained down on western, northern and southern parts of the country.
The capture of Sievierodonetsk is likely to seen by Russia as vindication for its switch from its early, failed attempt at “lightning warfare” to a relentless, grinding offensive using massive artillery in the east. Asked about a potential counterattack in the south, Budanov, the Ukrainian military intelligence chief, said Ukraine should begin to see results “from August.”Russian missiles also struck elsewhere across Ukraine overnight in an unusually large volley.Article content
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