Senior U.S. Official Say Russia Will Control All Of Luhansk In The Coming Weeks

Washington Post: Russia likely to seize all of Luhansk in coming weeks, U.S. official says 

Russia is likely to seize control of the entire Luhansk region of Ukraine within a few weeks, a senior U.S. defense official said, as Ukraine sustains heavy casualties and its supplies of ammunition dwindle. 

Such a move would leave Russia short of its war aims of capturing all of Luhansk and Donetsk, which together make up the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. But it would still amount to a win for Russian forces and create a new de facto front line that could last for some time. 

The Ukrainian cities of Severodonetsk and Lysychansk, in Luhansk, are increasingly under duress and could fall to Russian forces within a week, the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.  

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Update: Russia likely to capture Ukraine’s Luhansk region within weeks: US official (NYPost)  

WNU Editor: Russia controlled 90% Luhansk ten days ago .... Russia controls more than 90 per cent of Luhansk and ‘will seize whole region in next two weeks’ (Evening Standard), and 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers are now trapped and surrounded in the city of Severondonetsk's industrial zone .... Russia Destroys Last Bridge Out of Heavily Occupied Severodonetsk: Governor (Newsweek). The fall of Luhansk is probably going to happen sooner than the "coming weeks" scenario being advanced by the US.