Vladimir Putin’s forces have hit a key checkpoint in their battle to take control of the Donbas.
Footage released on Thursday shows heavy artillery in the Russian occupied village of Dibrova, in the separatist Donestk region of Ukraine.
Fighting in the Donbas has intensified in recent weeks and reports suggest that Russia now has control of almost all of Luhansk and half of Donestk – the two regions that make up the Donbas.
According to the latest intelligence update by the Ministry of Defence, Russia has almost complete control of the key city of Severodonetsk in Luhansk but its forces have made little progress in encircling the wider area from the north and south.
source: express.co.uk