JRL NEWSWATCH: “Ukraine War’s Geographic Reality: Russia Has Seized Much of the East” – New York Times

“Russia’s nearly three-month-old invasion of … Ukraine has been punctuated by flawed planning, poor intelligence, barbarity and wanton destruction. … [O]bscured in the daily fighting is the geographic reality that Russia has made gains …. The Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday that its forces … had advanced to the border between Donetsk and Luhansk, … Russian-speaking [eastern Ukrainian] provinces where Moscow-backed separatists have been fighting Ukraine’s army for eight years. … [I]f confirmed, [that] strengthens the prospect that Russia could soon gain complete control over … the Donbas, compared with just a third [previously] ….”

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