British intelligence: Russia increases intensity of operations in Donbas 

Russia has increased the intensity of its operations in the Donbas as it seeks to encircle Severodonetsk, Lysychansk, and Rubizhne, British Defence Ministry wrote on Twitter, Report informs.

“There has been strong Ukrainian resistance with forces occupying well dug-in defensive positions. Russia has, however, achieved some localised successes due in part to concentrating artillery units. Russia’s capture of the Severodonetsk pocket would see the whole of Luhansk Oblast placed under Russian occupation. While currently Russia’s main effort, this operation is only one part of Russia’s campaign to seize the Donbas,” the ministry tweeted.