'The battle for Donbas will remind you of the Second World War, with its large operations and maneuvers, the involvement of thousands of tanks, armored vehicles, planes and artillery,' said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba last week after a meeting with NATO ministers. It is expected that Russia will be able to deploy its full heavy military equipment in the eastern region thanks to the shorter supply line from Russia, taking advantage of its military superiority in this form of traditional warfare. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that Russia is amassing tens of thousands of troops in the east of Ukraine for a new offensive that likely aims, as the Kremlin has announced, at the 'complete liberation' of Donbas. The battle ended when the Germans were forced to retreat after being unable to break through the Red Army's defense and allied troops landed in Sicily on July 10 to open up a new front. It is estimated that there were 800,000 casualties on the Soviet side, while the Germans suffered 200,000 casualties.

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Ukraine's Azov Regiment Destroys Russian Tanks and Vehicles.The Red Army reportedly had an additional 1,500 tanks to deploy. The Soviet Army faced the German troops with over one million men, more than 20,000 artillery pieces and mortars, 2,650 aircraft and 3,600 tanks. Germany reportedly had amassed over 500,000 men, 10,000 mortars and artillery pieces, 2,500 aircraft and 2,700 tanks at the front in Kursk. Kursk, a city in western Russia 280 miles south of Moscow, became the stage of a week-long bloody battle involving heavy artillery, tanks and over a million men.

The battle was Germany's last chance to conquer the Eastern Front after being defeated by the Red Army in the Battle of Stalingrad the year before. Anatolii STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images The Battle Of KurskĪ future clash between Ukraine and Russia in Donbas, as predicted by Morawiecki, echoes the horrors of the Battle of Kursk between German and Soviet forces in July 1943.

Ukrainian authorities expect a huge battle to break out in the region soon. Ukrainian artillerymen prepare a BM-21 'Grad' multiple-rocket launcher on Apon the front line near Luhansk in the Donbas region of Ukraine.

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