An anonymous U.S. official has said that the war could move to the Donbas region of Ukraine.
Russian troops are looking to reconvene in eastern Ukraine as they continue to lose ground in the capital of Kyiv.
According to an anonymous senior U.S. defense official, airstrikes are still being targeted at the city, but they believe that the Russian army will be moving elsewhere for cities to claim. Specifically, they appear to be eyeing the eastern Ukraine separatist region of Donbas as their next big target.
"We think they are trying to not only secure some sort of, more substantial gains there as a potential negotiating tactic at the table," said the official,"but also to cut off Ukrainian forces in the eastern part of the country."Russian forces could be moving towards the Ukrainian region of Donbas in the coming days, according to a U.S. official.
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