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The wives of Russian soldiers trying to fight in Ukraine’s Donbas region staged a protest, demanding information about their husbands’ whereabouts. More than 100 days have passed since the war began, and Russia’s recent focus has been on the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. According to Newsweek, a video of the women’s protest has surfaced on social media, in which they can be heard complaining. The women, speaking in the local language, say they haven’t listened from their husbands in four months and aren’t getting any information, according to the outlet.
“We are the wives of soldiers from the 121st regiment’s 2nd battalion who have been mobilised. For the next four months, we have no idea where our husbands are “According to Newsweek, a woman can be heard saying in the video.

The protest took place in the fast break Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) last week. The men from the area were decided to order to galvanise in February, just days before the Ukraine war began.

This comes just days after a mass demonstrations in eastern Ukraine’s neighbouring Luhansk region. The women there started demanding that all cases of forced mobilisation be investigated.
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky stated on Tuesday that the battle against Russian troops in Donbas will decide the outcome of the war.

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“It is critical to remain in Donbas. Donbas is crucial in determining who will dominate in the coming weeks “He stated this in a video address.
According to regional governor Sergiy Gaiday, Ukraine’s forces have been forced back from Severodonetsk’s centre, with the Russians controlling 70 to 80 percent of the city in their attempt to encircle it.

Capturing Severodonetsk would pave the way for the capture of Sloviansk and then another major city, Kramatorsk, in Moscow’s push to conquer Donbas, a predominantly Russian-speaking region held by pro-Kremlin separatists since 2014.