Attacks come as Luhansk governor says Russia has launched a major offensive in eastern Ukraine
There are growing signs that even with Russia’s wider battle strategy unknown, a substantial offensive in the east has already started.
Punching through Ukrainian lines there would take Russian forces a step closer to the much larger city of Kramatorsk, a key Ukrainian military hub. Haidai said Ukraine needed “heavy equipment and artillery ammunition, then we will not only be able to maintain the defence but also make a good counter-offensive operation”.Svatove and Kreminna, which lies about 60 miles north-west of the regional capital, Luhansk, were both occupied by Moscow last spring.
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