Signals of Danger, Russian Troops Join Separatist Groups in Eastern Ukraine

MOSCOW, KOMPAS.com – Troops Russia and pro-Moscow rebels have joined in important areas along the coast Laut Azov Of Ukraine East.

This was conveyed by the spokesman for the Russian Ministry of Defense, Igor Konashenkov, on Tuesday (1/3/2022) or the sixth day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Russian troops has annexed the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine in 2014 and has been using the territory to launch attacks since Thursday (24/2/2022), when Moscow began its invasion.

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“The rebels have joined the military units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, which control the territory of Ukraine along the coast of the Sea of ​​Azov,” Konashenkov said in a statement. AFP.

Pro-Russian separatist fighters in eastern Ukraine have pushed the West as part of the offensive.

A defense official in the Donetsk region, who had previously seceded, said troops intended to besiege the main port city that separates the annexed peninsula and rebel territory.

Power has been cut in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol on the Sea of ​​Azov following an attack from Russian troops who advanced, according to regional head Pavlo Kyrylenko earlier in the day.

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Konashenkov said that on Tuesday, the Russian army had carried out an attack with high-precision long-range weapons from the sea, without specifying the targeted area.

He said that two airfields and three air defense radars were hit in Ukraine.

Konashenkov claims that no civilian infrastructure was targeted.

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