KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday his armed forces were undeterred in their efforts to “break” Moscow’s will to pursue a nearly…
Russia captured the city of Lysychansk in eastern Ukraine on Sunday, bringing an end to one of the biggest battles in Europe in generations and completing its conquest of Luhansk province, one of two regions it has demanded Ukraine cede to separatists in the Donbas region.
The battle for Luhansk is the closest Moscow has come to achieving one of its stated objectives since its forces were defeated trying to capture Kyiv in March. It marks Russia’s biggest victory since it captured the southern port of Mariupol in late May. “I think it’s a tactical victory for Russia but at an enormous cost,” said Neil Melvin of the RUSI think tank in London. He compared the battle to the huge fights for meager territorial gains that characterized World War One.Article content
Gaidai said Ukrainian forces that retreated from Lysychansk were now holding the line between Bakhmut and Sloviansk, preparing to fend off a further Russian advance. Russia has said its “special military operation” in Ukraine is meant to demilitarize its southern neighbor and protect Russian speakers from what it calls nationalists.
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