- Title: Video shows Ukrainian troops on the move in Donetsk region
- Date: 1st June 2022
- Summary: DONETSK REGION, UKRAINE (JUNE 1, 2022) (REUTERS) TRAIN IN MOTION CARRYING TROOPS VARIOUS OF UKRAINIAN MILITARY VEHICLE DRIVING BY TRAVELLING SHOT OF UKRAINIAN MILITARY VEHICLES DRIVING ALONG ROAD TRAVELLING SHOT OF UKRAINIAN MILITARY VEHICLE, SOLDIERS AT THE BACK OF VEHICLE TRAVELLING SHOT OF SOLDIERS ON THE ROADSIDE NEXT TO A MILITARY VEHICLE
- Embargoed: 15th June 2022 14:44
- Keywords: Donbas Donetsk Russia invasion Ukraine military vehicles troops
- Location: DONETSK REGION, UKRAINE
- City: DONETSK REGION, UKRAINE
- Country: Ukraine
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Europe,Military Conflicts
- Reuters ID: LVA001209301062022RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Ukrainian troops were seen on the move in the Donetsk region on Wednesday (June 1) as Russian forces pushed to advance in Ukraine's east.
In recent weeks, Russia has focused its drive on Donbas after pulling back from a failed advance on Kyiv and other Ukrainian regions.
Known collectively as Donbas, the Donetsk and Luhansk regions have long been a flash point for conflict between Russia and Ukraine with parts ruled by separatists loyal to Moscow and parts controlled by Ukrainian authorities.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday (May 29) the "liberation" of Donbas is an "unconditional priority" for Moscow.
The self-proclaimed People's Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk have been recognised by the Russian Federation as independent states.
Moscow claims that its "special military operation" in Ukraine is to demilitarise its neighbour after waves of NATO's eastward expansion and cleanse it of what it sees as "Nazi"-inspired nationalism. Kyiv and Western countries see those claims as baseless pretexts for a land grab.
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