Russia has set up a no-fly zone over the two breakaway regions of Donetsk and Lugansk in Donbass, eastern Ukraine, in the context of the war in this country showing no signs of abating.
Interfax news agency quoted Eduard Basurin, a representative of the Armed Forces of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), on March 18 as saying that Russia has established a no-fly zone over the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR). DPR) and the self-proclaimed People's Republic of Lugansk (LPR), two breakaway regions in the Donbass.
"From a military point of view, we don't need advanced air defense systems, Russia controls the sky is enough. It's like an umbrella or a dome protecting us," Mr. Basurin commented to the broadcaster. picture Rossiya-24.
Donbass, consisting of the two regions of Donetsk and Lugansk, is a center of Ukraine's coal mining, ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy industries. However, this place has become a flashpoint of hostilities between the Ukrainian army and Russian-backed separatists since 2014. The separatists then took control of parts of Donetsk and Lugansk, creating two institutions. political DPR and LPR, but not internationally recognized, except for Russia and Syria.
At the end of February, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree officially recognizing the "independence and sovereignty" of the DPR and LPR. A few days later, on February 24, the Kremlin owner announced the opening of a "special military operation" in Ukraine, saying that it was aimed at "demilitarizing" and "de-fascistizing" Ukraine, as well as protecting Ukraine. people in the breakaway Donbass region.
The campaign has entered its fourth week and shows no sign of cooling down despite negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. Russia is said to be changing tactics after advancing slower than expected. Accordingly, Moscow shifted the focus of its military campaign from eastern to western Ukraine in order to block weapons aid to Kiev while continuing to besiege other major cities across Ukraine such as Kiev. Russia realizes that the flow of weapons that Western support to Ukraine is significantly affecting its campaign, so Moscow decided to stop this flow.
Last weekend, Russia hit the Ivano-Frankivsk and Lutsk air bases in western Ukraine. Moscow claimed that the airstrike destroyed a large amount of foreign weapons aided to Ukraine and "killed about 180 mercenaries".
In another development showing the escalation of hostilities in western Ukraine, this morning, March 18, Russia was said to have launched an air strike on the city of Lviv. At least three large explosions reverberated along with rising smoke. Local people said that the city airport was hit by a missile. Before that, many foreign governments decided to move their embassies from Kiev to Lviv to limit the risks caused by the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
Russia announced an end to the military campaign in Ukraine only on condition that Ukraine commits to maintaining neutrality, not joining NATO, ensuring demilitarization and recognition of independence for Donbass, recognizing Crimea as part of Russia. .
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