● Prayers needed for a decisive Ukrainian Victory in this area..with God all things are possible! HalleluYah ♡
.... " The towns now in Russian sights have already experienced years of war since Russian-backed separatists first seized large parts of Donbas.
The next big target down the M03 road is Slovyansk, a city of 125,000 people that was seized by Russian-backed forces in 2014 before being recaptured. Capturing Kramatorsk, just to the south, is also a big objective.
The US-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW) says if Ukraine holds on to Slovyansk, Russia's campaign to seize both regions "will likely fail".
Russian forces have attacked a succession of Ukrainian-controlled towns further to the east in areas of Luhansk. They claim to have seized Rubizhne near Severodonetsk and have destroyed much of the towns of Lysychansk and Popasna, killing civilians in their homes.
These towns are important because controlling them would enable Russia to drive west and link up with Russian forces planning to move south-east of Izyum, says the ISW "....
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