Residents of Kramatorsk and Slovyansk are being urged to leave as Russian ground assaults increasingly focus on the two Ukrainian cities in the Donbas.
The cities are described as Ukraine’s main defensive strongholds in the area and have become the principal targets of Russia’s current push to gain control of the region. The warning to civilians reflects the intensifying military pressure around the two locations.
Kramatorsk and Slovyansk are now at the centre of the fighting effort, although the supplied information does not give further details about the precise areas affected, the scale of the assaults or the number of people being asked to evacuate.
The latest situation is that Russian forces are continuing to direct ground attacks towards the two cities while residents are being told to leave for their safety. The developments form part of Russia’s wider attempt to take control of the Donbas.
