ISW: Russian forces have likely seized the town of Siversk after 41 months of fighting (MAP)
After years of resistance and brutal advances, Russian troops may have finally taken the small town of Siversk in Donetsk Oblast.
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Lysychansk “bakery” strike: how Russian propaganda duped Western media
In a casebook study of war propaganda, a Ukrainian strike on a Lysychansk restaurant hosting Russian occupiers was falsely portrayed by Kremlin outlets as an attack on a civilian bakery, fooling major Western publications.
Strike on Russian-held Lysychansk kills 28, top-ranking Russian military might be dead
Moscow-backed authorities blame Ukraine and insist all casualties were civilians, while Ukrainian military bloggers suspect high-ranking Russian officers.
1 soldier KIA, general linked to downing of MH17 identified, state of emergency in energy sector
February 15 was a relatively quiet day in the Donbas except for Donetsk city where a harassing shelling…