Russia keeps delaying deadlines to capture Donbas as it seeks to cut Ukraine off from the Black Sea, Ukrainian lawmaker says

Russia keeps delaying deadlines to capture Donbas as it seeks to cut Ukraine off from the Black Sea, Ukrainian lawmaker says

Russia has established timelines to capture Donbas and other Ukrainian territories but keeps pushing them back amid Ukrainian resistance, according to Roman Kostenko, a member of parliament and secretary of the Verkhovna Rada’s National Security, Defense and Intelligence Committee. In comments to RBK-Ukraine , he said the Kremlin’s strategic goal extends beyond the east to the south, including an effort to cut Ukraine off from the Black Sea. Kos…