War in Ukraine: intense fighting in the Donbass, thousands of people caught in a vice

People wait at the Pokrovsk train station to leave the Donbass region in eastern Ukraine on August 2, 2022. AFP - BULENT KILIC

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In Ukraine, fighting continues in the east and in the south of the country, and in particular in the Donbass where, in recent hours, the Russian army has been making slow progress, making the military and humanitarian situation increasingly complex in the region. from Donetsk.

The Ukrainian authorities demanded the evacuation of the remaining population.

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With our correspondent in Kiev,

According to the Ukrainian authorities, Russian forces are in the process of transferring troops from eastern Ukraine to the south in the regions of Kherson and Zaporizhia in order to prepare the response to the counter-offensive by kyiv in these geographic areas.

However, fighting has been raging in the Donbass in recent hours, and in particular around Bakhmout, a city in the Donetsk region, around which the Russian army has focused its efforts.

Heavy Russian shelling

, AFP reported.

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Some 2,000 evacuations

According to several eyewitnesses, the Kremlin forces are progressing around Bakhmout, but also further south in the areas of Avdiivka, Pisky, northwest of Donetsk, parts of the front extremely fortified by the Ukrainians where high intensity fights.

This makes the evacuation of civilians difficult.

According to kyiv, more than 2,000 people were evacuated by bus and train from the combat zones.

But there are still tens of thousands of people, caught in the stranglehold of the bombardments.

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