(ANSA) - BELGRADE, MAY 24 - Russia has intensified military
operations in the Donbas with the aim of encircling
Severodonetsk, Lyschansk, and Rubizhne, the UK Ministry of
Defence said in its intelligence update about the conflict
today. "There has been strong Ukrainian resistance with forces
occupying well dug-in defensive positions. Ukraine's
long-established Joint Force Operation likely retains effective
command and control of this front," the report reads. However,
it continues that Russian forces "achieved some localised
successes due to concentrating artillery units." (ANSA).
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