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The military situation on Ukraine’s eastern front has “significantly deteriorated” for Kiev, the Ukrainian military command has admitted. “The situation on the eastern front has deteriorated significantly in recent days,” the commander of the Ukrainian armed forces, Oleksandr Syrsky, declared on his Telegram channel, noting an “intensification” of the offensive by Moscow’s forces after the Russian presidential elections. , whose thrust is concentrated in the direction of Khasiv Iar, in the Bakhmut region, in Donetsk.

Sysrsky added, however, that the “most problematic” areas for Ukraine “have been reinforced”, including with anti-aircraft defense means.