Russia begins major offensive in eastern Ukraine, Luhansk governor claims
by Luke Harding in Kyiv from World news | The Guardian on (#68PHK)
Serhiy Haidai says Moscow's forces are trying unsuccessfully to advance westwards in maximum' escalation
Russia has launched a major offensive in eastern Ukraine and is trying to break through defences near the town of Kreminna, the governor for the Luhansk region said on Thursday.
Serhiy Haidai told Ukrainian TV that Russian troops had gone on the attack and were trying to advance westwards across a winter landscape of snow and forests. There had been maximum escalation" and a big increase in shooting and shelling, he said.
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