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On the 92nd day of war, Thursday May 26, fighting intensified in the regions of Donbass and Luhansk, eastern Ukraine.
As of March 1, 2022, Russian offensives came mainly from northern Ukraine, towards the capital kyiv, which was the Kremlin’s main objective. Attacks were also increasing towards southern Ukraine. “Tensions are now only crystallizing in the east of the country, in the Donbass and Luhansk regions”explains journalist Christophe Carnino, Thursday, May 26.
The Russian troops are deployed in particular around the city of Severodonetsk (Ukraine), which is currently Moscow’s main objective. “Russia wants to have absolute control around the Sea of Azov”, says the journalist. 25 Russian battalions of 600 to 800 men, 30 transport vehicles and 10 tanks per battalion are deployed in eastern Ukraine.
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