Ukraine admits to suffering “more and more” in the Donbass

Europe 1 with AFP 07:12, May 23, 2022

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The situation is becoming "more and more difficult" for Ukrainians in the Donbass where Moscow is bombarding Severodonetsk "24 hours a day", while the verdict in the first war crimes trial against a Russian soldier is expected in kyiv on Monday.

Moscow continues to step up its firepower in the Donbass.

There are, according to Sergei Gaïdaï, governor of the Lugansk region, the units withdrawn from the Kharkiv region (north-east), the attackers of the siege of Mariupol (south-east), the militias of the separatist republics of Donetsk and Lugansk , Chechen forces and troops mobilized as reinforcements from Siberia and the Russian Far East.

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