{"id":7867,"date":"2022-05-24T00:30:05","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T00:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/russia-tries-to-close-in-on-donbas-region\/"},"modified":"2022-05-24T00:30:05","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T00:30:05","slug":"russia-tries-to-close-in-on-donbas-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/?p=7867","title":{"rendered":"Russia Tries To Close In On Donbas Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C-T2lv6pnkQ\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Russia is gaining ground in a slow, destructive assault on the Donbas region in Ukraine\u2019s far east. Russia controls areas on three sides of the Donbas coal-mining heartland and is closing in on territory held by Ukraine. At the center is Kramatorsk, where the main hospital is receiving the wounded. Russia\u2019s first convicted war criminal, who was a soldier, was handed a life sentence for killing a 62-year-old unarmed citizen.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb Subscribe to NBC News: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nbcnews.to\/SubscribeToNBC\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/nbcnews.to\/SubscribeToNBC<\/a><br \/>\n\u00bb Watch more NBC video: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/MoreNBCNews\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/MoreNBCNews<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NBC News Digital is a collection of innovative and powerful news brands that deliver compelling, diverse and engaging news stories. NBC News Digital features NBCNews.com, MSNBC.com, TODAY.com, Nightly News, Meet the Press, Dateline, and the existing apps and digital extensions of these respective properties.  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Russia controls areas on three sides of the Donbas coal-mining heartland and is closing in on territory held by Ukraine. 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