Boris Johnson has revealed that British forces are training Ukrainian forces, in both Poland and Britain itself.
The announcement comes as Russian forces, having largely withdrawn from the Kyiv region, are refocusing their efforts on eastern and southern Ukraine.
Russian commander Major General Rustam Minnekayev has reportedly said that Moscow’s current goal is to take full control of the Donbas region and southern Ukraine, creating a land bridge between Russia proper and the Crimea, which it annexed in 2014, and possibly Transnistria, a Russian separatist breakaway region of Moldova on the Ukrainian border.
“Since the beginning of the second phase of the special operation, which has already begun just two days ago, one of the tasks of the Russian army is to establish full control over Donbas and southern Ukraine,” Minnekayev said, in comments to Russian media“This will provide a land corridor to Crimea, as well as affect the vital facilities of the Ukrainian economy,” he added.
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