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Russia’s costly military campaign in Ukraine has likely significantly depleted Russian equipment and manpower reserves necessary to sustain a successful large-scale offensive in eastern Ukraine – says the Institute for the Study of War.
Russia’s loss of the strategic eastern town came a day after Vladimir Putin proclaimed the annexation of the Donetsk region in which it is situated.
The battles currently being fought in eastern Ukraine could determine the whole country's fate, a Ukrainian defence ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.
Capturing the eastern Donetsk city is seen more as a symbolic victory for Moscow than a strategic one. For Kyiv, it's becoming a sign of its own resistance
Euronews finds out how reconstruction work in a shelled village to the west of Kyiv is helping to restore hope among residents.