According to domestic media reports on June 8, at present, the battle between Russia and Ukraine in North Donetsk continues. In the dangerous frontline areas, a group of journalists remain on duty, reporting on the local fighting situation in real time, including Chinese journalist Lu Yuguang.
The battlefield is littered with detonators and grenades
Recently, Chinese journalist Lu Yuguang left Mariupol with a film crew and entered Severotsk.
"The fighting in this area is very fierce, there are unexploded detonators everywhere, including grenades, and you have to be very careful when walking here." The reporter clutched the microphone and carefully walked through the dangerous grass while explaining.
Subsequently, the reporter showed everyone a huge bomb crater in front of him, he stood at the edge of the crater, pointed with his hand, "aviation bomb". According to him, the deployment of the Russian army in the local area is relatively compact, and a large number of mobile troops are assembled, mainly encircling and suppressing the central city of Slavyansk.
The Decisive Battle of Wudong may last for one to two months
Recently, Ukrainian media said that death squads composed of foreign mercenaries had retaken half of the northern suburbs of Serdonnetsk. Later, Russian Defense Minister Shoigu said that the Russian army has successfully controlled 93% of the territory of the Luhansk region, "liberating" the residential areas of Severodonitesk, and its troops are continuing to compete for control of the local industrial area and nearby settlements.
Russian military experts pointed out that in the key areas of the North Donetsk Front, the nearest combat distance is only a few hundred meters, and the Russian and Ukrainian sides are engaged in strangulation warfare and tug-of-war.
Strategically, Northern Donetsk is an important town in Donbass, and the Ukrainian military hopes to hold on to it to prevent Russia from winning victory and buy time for Western military assistance to Ukraine. Senior Ukrainian Defense Ministry officials also recently said that the outcome of the war in Eastern Ukraine may determine the fate of the entire Ukraine. He also acknowledged that the current situation in the Eastern Region was extremely difficult.
Previously, some people thought that the decisive battle in Eastern Ukraine would take two to three weeks, but now it seems that this battle may drag on even longer. The reporter who was interviewing in the local area also pointed out that according to his on-site observation, the decisive battle in East Ukraine may last for one to two months before it ends.
The Russian-Ukrainian negotiations remain deadlocked
In view of the current war situation, Ukrainian President Zelenskiy recently said that Severodnetsk and Lisichansk have become "dead cities" in the fierce war, and the Ukrainian army left in Severodonitesk is inferior to the Russian army in numbers.
In terms of peace talks, Russia and Ukraine will not give in to each other, while Western countries continue to arch fire, and it is still unknown when a truly ceasefire will be achieved.
Recently, Zelenskiy once again stressed that he was willing to talk with Putin, but he said on the 7th that only by restoring the Line of Control before February 24 could it be possible to negotiate with Russia. The Ukrainian side insisted that their "ultimate goal is still to reclaim all territory."
It is worth mentioning that Zelenskiy is not the first time to make such a statement, and the Russian side is often skeptical of its sincerity. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov recently said: "Ukraine is expressing its own different fantasies every day, [these fantasies] are diverse and sometimes contradictory. ”
In the view of the Russian side, Zelenskiy should not be able to take the lead, the Ukrainian authorities are only "fulfilling the wishes of the Western countries", while the West is using Ukraine to fight a "proxy war" with Russia, which makes the Russian side very dissatisfied.
Text/Three Fish