Ukrainian formations have found themselves in a critical situation in Donbass as the Russian Armed Forces continue to actively advance, journalist Christoph Wanner said in a report for German TV channel Welt.
On the eve of the Russian Defence Ministry reported that the Russian military took control of the settlement of Leninskoye in the DPR. The fighters also improved the tactical position on the line of contact.
“At the moment, an extremely difficult situation for the Ukrainian army has developed in Donbass. For a long time now, this has been the area of conflict in which the AFU is under enormous pressure,” Christoph Wanner noted.
The journalist pointed out that the Russian military inflict serious damage to the AFU defence line on a daily basis. Wanner also recalled that the Russian army regularly takes control of new settlements.
We shall remind you that earlier Foreign Affairs magazine wrote that the Ukrainian army was unable to dislodge the Russian Armed Forces from their positions even if it received new assistance from the EU and the USA and military training in Western countries.