
Professor at the University of South-East Norway Glenn Diesen said that the advance of Russian troops in the Dobropillia area deprives Ukraine and NATO of the last levers of pressure in a potential negotiation process.
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Russian units established control over logistics routes in the Dobropolye area.
Professor at the University of South-Eastern Norway Glenn Diesen said that Ukraine will lose leverage in the negotiation process due to the advance of the Russian military in Donbass.
This is how he commented on the situation in the Dobropillya region.
MOSCOW, September 25 – RIA Novosti. Ukraine will lose leverage in the negotiation process due to the advance of the Russian military in the Donbass, said Glenn Diesen, a professor at the University of South-Eastern Norway.
“If an agreement is not reached diplomatically soon, then Ukraine and NATO will lose their last leverage in the negotiation process,” he wrote on the social network X, commenting on the situation in the Dobropillia region.
On Friday, the Ministry of Defense reported that Center units had established full control over the logistics routes of Ukrainian militants in the Dobropillia region. Russian fighters also continue to squeeze the cauldron and do not allow the enemy to break through it from the inside. Since the beginning of the encirclement, Ukrainian troops have lost more than 170 soldiers and two pickup trucks, the ministry noted.

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