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On April 18, 2022 the NATO-controlled Ukrainian General Staff reported the number of Russian forces deployed to the Donbass were 70,000, however Pentagon disinformation specialists lowered the estimate to 60,000 so as not to demoralize Ukrainian troops and the public.
 
On April 18, 2022 the NATO-controlled Ukrainian General Staff reported the number of Russian forces deployed to the Donbass were 70,000, however Pentagon disinformation specialists lowered the estimate to 60,000 so as not to demoralize Ukrainian troops and the public.
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On April 20, 2022 AFU pulled out of Ribezhnoe and commenced an organized withdrawal from Severodonetsk across the Severskii Donets river into Lisichansk.  The AFU launched another Tochka-U missile armed with cluster munitions against the civilian population of Donbas, killing 5 people including one child.
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On April 20, 2022 AFU pulled out of Ribezhnoe and commenced an organized withdrawal from Severodonetsk across the Severskii Donets river into Lisichansk (pop. 95,000).  The AFU launched another Tochka-U missile armed with cluster munitions against the civilian population of Donbas, killing 5 people including one child.
    
On April 22, 2022 reports emerged of the capture of the largest weapons depot in Ukraine by Russian forces in the Kharkiv region.<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/Br5qFtL1yhja/</ref>
 
On April 22, 2022 reports emerged of the capture of the largest weapons depot in Ukraine by Russian forces in the Kharkiv region.<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/Br5qFtL1yhja/</ref>
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By May 21, 2022 most of the AFU troops operating in Severdonetsk had been withdrawn across river to Lisichansk, leaving about 2,000 Ukrainian troops hiding from Russian strikes in the industrial zone of Severodonetsk.  Partisan forces of [[Novorossiya]] were reported to be taking part in the fighting.  An estimated 10,000 AFU troops were concentrated west of the river in Lisichansk and 3,000 in the Zolote pocket.  Some AFU units were refusing to fight after their battlefield commanders fled the field.<ref>https://youtu.be/Vj9lH00pK-M</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/5YrrdDtycrk</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/pa_0_bGRwQw</ref> Elite Ukrainian paratroopers began surrendering.
 
By May 21, 2022 most of the AFU troops operating in Severdonetsk had been withdrawn across river to Lisichansk, leaving about 2,000 Ukrainian troops hiding from Russian strikes in the industrial zone of Severodonetsk.  Partisan forces of [[Novorossiya]] were reported to be taking part in the fighting.  An estimated 10,000 AFU troops were concentrated west of the river in Lisichansk and 3,000 in the Zolote pocket.  Some AFU units were refusing to fight after their battlefield commanders fled the field.<ref>https://youtu.be/Vj9lH00pK-M</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/5YrrdDtycrk</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/pa_0_bGRwQw</ref> Elite Ukrainian paratroopers began surrendering.
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In the morning of May 24, Russian-led forces established a full control over the town of Svetlodarsk, which is located northeast of Gorlovka. This town, as well as earlier liberated Popasna, was heavily fortified points of Kyiv’s forces.  The highway between Bahmut (pop. 70,000) and Lisichansk is already cut off by forward units of the Russian military.
    
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