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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Day 54 Battle of Donbas Seems to have begun
2022-04-19
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More than 25k Russian troops have been mustered and attacks have begun at several points along the Donbas front. No breakthrough at last report, midnight local time.

Ukraine believes main Russian effort will try to push south from Russian held Izium toward Ukraine held Slovyansk along a major highway (into what some people call the Ukraine held Donbas Salient).

Some Ukraine elements in Mariupol still holding out.

Russian forces attempted to take Oleksandrivka in the south but were repelled.

Otherwise considerable shelling but little movement.
Posted by:Lord Garth

#4  The 900 days...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-04-19 17:34  

#3  Day 54 of Putin's strategic taking Ukraine in 2 days with regime change. Hope he's loving being adored by his countrymen as Russia's new Stalin idol.
Posted by: jpal   2022-04-19 16:51  

#2  Russia 'bombards 1,200 targets' and street gunfights break out as Putin's troops begin Battle of Donbas with Mariupol's last defenders given 'surrender or die' ultimatum
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-04-19 12:59  

#1  Putin's invading troops 'are using lethal WW1-era metal DARTS' in bombing raids: Russian shell that exploded over Bucha 'was packed with inch-long arrows'
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-04-19 12:58  

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