Ukraine’s battlefield optimism is ebbing as Russia threatens its ‘fortress belt’
But unfortunately for Ukraine, Russia is chipping away at the so-called “fortress belt” in the east, a string of four industrial cities that form the backbone of Ukraine’s eastern defenses.
That’s why Ukraine has spent the last few years pouring resources into fortifying the cities that form this defensive line: Sloviansk, Kramatorsk, Druzhkivka and Kostyantynivka.” The city remains one of Ukraine’s last strongholds in the Donbas region, but the Russians are getting dangerously close.
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