Russian troops will continue to "level towns and cities" as Vladimir Putin's war machine rumbles through eastern Ukraine, the Ministry of Defence in the UK has warned.
The Kremlin's capture of the strategic city of Lysychansk in the Donbas region has given Russia's military a platform to mount an assault on neighbouring Donetsk, the MoD predicts.
But defence chiefs say the victory is unlikely to change Russia's performance in the conflict despite having given Putin control of almost all of Luhansk.
