Ukraine War Maps Reveal Possible Russian Advances Into Fortress Cities

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Russia hopes to capture Chasiv Yar, just west of Bakhmut, by early May, Ukraine's commander-in-chief said on Sunday.

New maps show the 'backbone' of Ukraine's defense in the eastern Donetsk region, as Kyiv's army chief warns that the situation on the eastern front had 'significantly worsened.'Moscow hopes to capture a 'group of major cities' in the Donetsk region, including Sloviansk, Kramatorsk, Druzhkivka, and Kostyantynivka, U.S.-based think tank the Institute for the Study of War said on Saturday.

'Russian threats to Druzhkivka and Kostyantynivka are very operationally significant since these 'fortress' cities help form the backbone of the Ukrainian defense in Donetsk Oblast and of eastern Ukraine in general,' the ISW said on Saturday.

 

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