War in Ukraine: Russia has to prepare for a long war and moves troops
Created: 05/13/2022, 10:22 am
By: Daniel Dillman
The battle for the Donbass is on.
Vladimir Putin sends reinforcements from Syria to the Ukraine war.
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78 days war:
Russia sends more troops to the Ukraine war.
Trench warfare in the Donbas:
Ukraine's units are preparing for a protracted trench war in the east of the country.
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Kyiv - The Ukraine war has been going on for more than two months.
But the invasion of Russia has stalled.
A bitter struggle is raging, especially in the east of the country.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has therefore begun to send units from Syria to the Donbass.
This is reported by several US media.
A number of Russian soldiers have been stationed in Syria since 2015.
According to the news portal Newsweek, their number is said to have been over 63,000 at times.
Moscow had once sent the troops to support ruler Bashar al-Assad in the civil war in Syria.
A large part of the associations based there were relocated by plane to the border with Ukraine.
According to the Moscow Times, the units are now ready to intervene in the war in the east and south-east of the country.
Newsweek, in turn, reports that the Kremlin is even willing to completely abandon army airports in Syria and hand them over to Iranian security forces instead.
Ukraine News: Russia must prepare for trench warfare in Donbass
Around Kharkiv in northern Ukraine, Russia is apparently suffering further losses.
Unconfirmed video footage, apparently captured by drones, shows a number of burned-out Russian military vehicles.
A few days ago, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj praised the troops in Kharkiv, who had succeeded in pushing back the attacker beyond the country's border.
In the Donbass, on the other hand, according to current reports, the Russian army must continue to prepare for a protracted trench warfare.
As the US news channel CBS reports, the Ukrainian armed forces have started digging trenches.
A reporter on the spot reports of heavily secured villages, where the residents are preparing for the imminent arrival of the Russian units.
If that happens, they will put up fierce resistance and, even after an enemy capture, will use guerrilla tactics to make life difficult for the intruder, a resident of the Ukrainian city of Sloviansk told reporters.
Russian troops are advancing in eastern Ukraine.
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Ukraine News: Heavy fighting in the east of the country
However, the Kremlin's troops managed to gain territory in the east of the country.
According to information from the USA and the Pentagon, the Ukraine war is raging there in full force.
Russia is continuing to shell the cities with artillery, while the Ukrainian armed forces are increasingly using combat drones against advancing Russian tanks.
(Daniel Dillman)
