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Russian troops are trying to destroy the routes of supply of military and technical assistance provided from partner states to Ukraine. — Ukrinform.

Russian troops continue offensive operations in the Eastern Operational Area in order to defeat the Joint Forces grouping, establish full control over the territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions and hold the land route with the occupied Crimea, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said.

In the Joint Forces Operation area, the Ukrainian defenders have repulsed 12 attacks and destroyed dozens of units of enemy equipment, including four tanks and an aircraft, today. — Ukrinform.

Russia continues its offensive operations in the eastern operational zone. In the Kharkiv region, the enemy tried to carry out assault operations, but those attempts were unsuccessful. — Ukrinform.

On Thursday, in Luhansk and Donetsk directions, the Ukrainian defenders repelled 10 attacks of the aggressor, destroyed 33 units of enemy equipment and shot down 10 air targets of the occupiers, according to the headquarters of the Joint Forces Operation (JFO).

Russia has launched a new offensive in the Donbas region. But it probably can’t salvage a war that’s already lost.

On Sunday, Ukrainian defenders in Luhansk and Donetsk directions repulsed 12 attacks of the aggressor and destroyed 35 pieces of equipment, the headquarters of the Joint Forces Operation reports.

Ihor Zhdanov, Information Defence Project, Open Policy Foundation

The battles to come will resemble more the manoeuvre battles of the second world war than those fought around the cities of Kyiv, Mariupol and Sumy.

Ukraine and Russia have already been facing off in Donbas for eight years. Now the stage is set for a crucial confrontation there.