. "offensive in eastern Ukraine" . . . . "Donbas" . . . . . "38,000+ soldiers (late March)" . "Lugansk" . . . "25,000+ wounded" . "Eastern front" . "50,000\u201362,000 soldiers (early April)" . . "2022-02-24" . . . . "Eastern Ukraine offensive" . "10,000-15,000 killed" . "10,000\u201320,000 mercenaries (per European officials, early April)" . . . . . . . . . "Ongoing" . . . . . . "an operation to capture the entirety of Donetsk Oblast and Luhansk Oblast" . . . . "order of battle" . . . . "* Russian, LPR and DPR forces occupiedStarobilsk,Shchastia,Svatove,Volnovakha,Izium,Kreminna,Popasna,Rubizhne,Mariupol,Svitlodarsk,Lyman,Sviatohirsk,Hirske,Zolote,Sievierodonetsk,Pryvillia,NovodruzheskandLysychansk." . "southeastern front" . . . . . . . . . . . "east" . "due to shelling" . . "Eastern Ukraine offensive#25 February" . . "Eastern Ukraine offensive" . . "a south-eastern front" . . "40,000\u201350,000 (as of the start of theBattle of Donbas)" . . "300\u2013500 Syrian and Libyan mercenaries (perISW, early April)" . "Eastern" . . . . "125,000 soldiers (ineastern Ukraine)" . . . . . . "eastern Ukraine offensive" . .