LATEST: Pres. Zelenskyy says Russian forces have begun offensive in eastern Ukraine after a week of building up troops: 'It can now be stated that Russian troops have begun the battle for Donbas, for which they have been preparing for a long time.'
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Ukrainian and U.S. officials have said Russian troops exiting the Kyiv region over the last week were moving to eastern Ukraine as part of a new effort to take over land partially controlled by theUkrainian Presidential Press Service via Reuters "No matter how many Russian soldiers are driven there, we will fight," he said."We will defend ourselves. We will do it daily. We will not give up anything Ukrainian, and we do not need what's not ours."Share to TwitterPentagon spokesman John Kirby said Monday that while there has been combat in the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine for some weeks, it is part of Russia’s ongoing"shaping" operations for a future offensive, and not the offensive itself.
Asked to clarify his answer, Kirby replied:"We believe that the Russians are shaping and setting the conditions for future offensive operations. We also see ... that there is active combat going on right now in the Donbas as there has been for the last several weeks." Kirby said that the U.S. believes that Russia has reinforced the number of battalion tactical groups in eastern and southern Ukraine as part of their preparations for a large operation in the Donbas region.Share to TwitterThe U.S. is still assessing what the Russians were attempting to strike in Lviv in western Ukraine on Monday, according to Pentagon spokesman John Kirby.
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