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The Weekly Round-Up: Developments on Ukraine 12

July 08, 2022

Ukraine abandoned the city of Lysychansk and faced new shelling in Kramatorsk, Sloviansk, and other places as Russia claims victory in the eastern area of Luhansk and has set its sights on continued advances in Donetsk. Threatening an escalation to the war, Russian President Putin claimed that “[e]verybody should know that largely speaking, we haven’t even yet started anything in earnest [.]” Analysts said that the capture of Lysychansk gave Russia “genuine headway” in its advance in eastern Ukraine. For his part, Ukrainian President Zelensky said Ukrainian forces are now benefiting from the weapons the West has sent to Ukraine and claimed that they are advancing along the southern front.

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