On the seventieth day of the Russian-Ukrainian war, the Russian Federation suffers significant combat losses, but continues to advance and try to create an encirclement of the Ukrainian combined forces in the Donetsk region, the press service of the British Ministry of Defense reports..

In the south of the Kharkov region, near Izyum, Russia deployed 22 battalion tactical groups. This grouping continues its offensive in the direction of Slavyansk and tries to move along the northern axis of Donbass.

Despite all attempts to storm the defense positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and increase the rate of attack, the Russian leadership still intends to advance north of Izyum and capture the strategically important cities of Kramatorsk and Severodonetsk.

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Confirmation of the plans of the Russian Federation are the continuous shelling of settlements in the Luhansk region. In particular, yesterday, missile and bomb strikes were carried out against Severodonetsk, Rubizhne, Lisichansk and Zolote-4.