Putin is Sweating: Russia Is Blowing Up Bridges in Donbas to Stop Ukraine

Ukraine Pushing Back in Donbas, Retaking Territory in Severodonetsk – The Ukrainian military has been conducting counterattacks in the city of Severodonetsk and once again controls about half of the city. Constant, bloody assaults by Russian forces had resulted in its troops and proxies from the separatist-held areas controlling about 70 percent of the city. But Ukraine has now retaken about 20 percent of that area.Serhiy Haidai, head of the Luhansk region military administration was asked about an intelligence assessment by the British Ministry of Defense that said that Russian military forces would gain total control of the Luhansk Oblast within the next two weeks. 
“Two weeks is unrealistic. It’s just unreal,” Haidai said. “Earlier there was a difficult situation, and somewhere around 70 percent [of Severodonetsk] was captured, now we have already moved them back somewhere around 20 percent,” he added.
“They are moving forward step-by-step. They are simply destroying everything with artillery, aircraft, mortars, and tanks. As soon as we have enough Western long-range weapons, we will push their artillery away from …

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