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The Russians will try to surround Ukrainian forces in the East – British intelligence

27 March 2022, 11:35

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However, the battlefield across northern Ukraine “remains largely static with local Ukrainian counterattacks hampering Russian attempts to reorganise their forces.”

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UK Ministry of Defence

Russian forces appear to be concentrating their effort to attempt the encirclement of Ukrainian forces directly facing the separatist regions in the east of the country, the UK’s Ministry of Defence has said in its latest intelligence report on the war in Ukraine.

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It said Russian forces were advancing from the direction of Kharkiv in the north and Mariupol in the south.

Green corridors

Two humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians from conflict zones have been agreed for Sunday, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister Iryna Vereshchuk has said, including from Mariupol.

Residents of the besieged Donetsk city will be allowed to use their own transport to get to the city of Zaporizhzhia, around 250km away.

People trying to escape the fighting in the neighbouring Luhansk region will be allowed to evacuate from the city of Rubizhne to Bakhmut, about 80km away.