There will be no winner in Donbas

There are indications that a decisive battle has begun between Russia and Ukraine in Donbas.

Russia's elite forces have joined forces in Donbas with those withdrawing from around Kyiv and elsewhere. Russia has deployed 76 battalion-level tactical groups around the front line, with a total of about 70,000 to 80,000 troops. Add to that troops from the periphery, and the number reaches 200,000 troops.

The Ukrainian military－mainly consisting of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the Ukrainian Security Service and Border Guards, the Ukrainian National Guard and local police forces, with a total of about 90,000 troops－has also completed its deployment in Donbas.