<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ngemva kwalokhu kunqoba, amabutho ahlukene aqala ukuhlasela amabutho ase-Ukraine eduze komugqa wokulawula e-Donetsk nase-Luhansk oblasts. Izimpi ezinzima kakhulu zaqubuka ngasemfuleni iSiverskyi Donets, enyakatho-ntshonalanga yedolobha laseLuhansk. Amabutho ahlukene athatha indawo yokuhlola yase-Ukraine eKrymske, ahlasela ezinye izindawo zokuhlola endaweni, futhi ahlasela amadolobhana aseduze naseShchastia. Amabutho ahlukene nawo aqala ukuhlasela  <response>: edolobheni laseDebaltseve elilawulwa nguhulumeni enyakatho-mpumalanga yeDonetsk Oblast, elihlasela ngomlilo wezikhali. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-DPR yaqala ukuhlasela eMariupol kusuka eShyrokyne ngesikhathi sasekuseni ngoJanuwari 24. Isichotho sama-Grad sabulala okungenani abantu abangu-30, salimaza abanye abangu-83. Ukulwa okunzima kwaqhubeka eDebaltseve ngesonto elilandelayo, okwaholela ekulahlekelweni kwabantu abaningi abavamile kanye nabaphikisi. 