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A new project suggests Russia is making a big effort to fortify its defences in the occupied Luhansk region and would be “likely to deter any rapid Ukrainian counteroffensives”, the UK Ministry of Defence says.
Its latest intelligence update said Wagner Group owner Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed online this week that his engineering team was constructing an extensive fortified line of defences in Luhansk.
If the plans are as extensive as Prigozhin claims, the works likely aim to integrate the Siversky Donetsk river into the defensive zone, partially following the 2015 line of control.
The project suggests Russia is making a significant effort to prepare defences in depth behind the current front line, likely to deter any rapid Ukrainian counteroffensives.
A military car had been blown up. I think he was Russian, from the boots and the uniform.
